FOCUS on the 615
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American Idol comes to Nashville to hold auditions for Season 14, and of course FOCUS on the 615 was there! We catch up with host Ryan Seacrest and judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, and Harry Connick, Jr. at Music City Center in Nashville.
Nicki D. even thinks that she has what it takes to be the next American Idol. Oh jeez.
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This year’s ALL 4 THE HALL marked the 5th consecutive year of this very special event to raise money for the Country Music Hall of Fame. Taking place at the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville, the event was co-hosted by Keith Urban and Vince Gill. Continue Reading →
Four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban will come out from behind his judges chair, to take to the American Idol stage to perform “Good Thing”, from his #1 album FUSE. The performance will be broadcast this Thursday at 9:00 PM live ET/tape-delayed PT) on FOX. Plans are also underway for the Thursday morning, May 1st release of exclusive footage from Urban’s rehearsal, which can be seen at http://smarturl.it/IdolRehearsalBTS.
Check out this 3rd installment of Keith Urban’s Idle Chatter where he takes us behind the scenes of ‘American Idol’. Watch it here!
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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Check out this fun video of Keith Urban on the set of ‘American Idol‘!
Well, we all know that Keith Urban has been busy lately on ‘America Idol’ helping to mold contestants as a judge; however, did you know he was once on one himself at the age of 16? Check it out here!
I have to say, even at 16 AND in that outfit, he was still adorable!
ACM AWARD NOMINEES JASON ALDEAN, LUKE BRYAN, MIRANDA LAMBERT,BLAKE SHELTON, GEORGE STRAIT, KEITH URBAN AND THE BAND PERRYTO PERFORM ON THE 49TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSBROADCAST LIVE FROM THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGASSUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced ACM Award nominees Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Keith Urban and The Band Perry are scheduled to perform on the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ceremony, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. Continue Reading →
Kree Harrison makes a special appearance at the Grand Ole Opry with a little help from Keith Urban singing “Help Me Make It Through The Night”.
Keith took to the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night as, a surprise performer at the legendary group’s sold-out show.
“If I had have been offered either a trip to the moon or sitting in with The Stones, I would still have been strapping on my Tele saying screw the moon,” said Keith Urban
Urban performed “Respectable” from the group’s 1978 album Some Girls.
