Four-time Grammy Award winner and American Idol judge Keith Urban, will host a new weekly video series that premieres today, Wednesday, April 16th, on Country radio station websites across the country and at http://smarturl.it/IdolBTS. The unedited series of shorts will feature the illustrious on-air talent and off-air Idol team, as they chat with Urban about life on the set of American Idol. Nothing is off limits. American Idol XIII airs on Wednesdays (8:00-10:00 PM live ET/tape-delayed PT) and Thursdays (9:00-9:30 PM live ET/tape delayed PT) on FOX.
³We figured why not have a bit of fun during our down time at Idol too,² said Urban. ³Show a bit of what they won¹t let you see!!!²
Next up for Urban, his fifth annual We¹re All 4 The Hall benefit concert hosted with Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill, to take place on Tuesday, May 6th at Nashville¹s Bridgestone Arena. The benefit will include performances from Urban, Gill, Brantley Gilbert, Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves and more. Urban also heads back on the road July 12th as his 2014 ³Raise ŒEm Up² Tour, with Jerrod Niemann and special guest Brett Eldredge, kicks off at the Calgary Stampede in Canada. Tickets for Urban¹s ³Raise ŒEm Up² Tour are on sale now.
Urban¹s 2013 release FUSE, debuted at #1 on the all-genre album charts in three countries (the United States, Canada and Australia) and has already produced two #1 songs, ³Little Bit of Everything² and ³We Were Us,² a duet with Country superstar Miranda Lambert. The latter a winner at the 2014 ACM Awards for Vocal Event of the Year. His third and current single from FUSE, ³Cop Car,² is fast climbing the charts at #13.
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