Urban adds third leg
"Light The Fuse Tour 2014" with Little Big Town and special guest Dustin Lynch (Brett Eldredge in place of Lynch for all Canadian dates), will get underway on Jan. 9, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Mich. and will feature five concerts in Canada and his return to New York City's Madison Square Garden, before the tour's close at home in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. Upon the close of "Light The Fuse Tour" 2013 and 2014, Urban will have played 58 shows.
The "Light The Fuse Tour 2013" first leg kicked off on July 18 in Cincinnati. After 28 outdoor shows, which will include Urban's first performances at the Hollywood Bowl and Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the second leg, performing in arenas, will get underway in Omaha, Neb. on Oct. 18.
The concerts will feature new music from his forthcoming Sept. 10 album release "Fuse," as well as new songs, some of which Urban has never performed while on tour.
Third leg tour dates are:
Jan. 9 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena on sale Oct. 11
Jan. 10 Chicago United Center on sale Oct. 4
Jan. 11 Minneapolis Target Center on sale Oct. 18
Jan. 15 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena** onsale Sept. 13
Jan. 17 Calgary, AB Saddledome** on sale Sept. 13
Jan. 18 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place** on sale Sept. 13
Jan. 20 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre** on sale Sept. 13
Jan. 23 London, ON Budweiser Gardens** on sale Sept. 13
Jan. 24 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre** on sale Sept. 13
Jan. 29 New York Madison Square Garden on sale Sept. 13
Jan. 31 Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boling Arena on sale Sept. 13
Feb. 1 Nashville Bridgestone Arena on sale Nov. 8
** (with Little Big Town and Brett Eldredge)
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- 05/06/24: Urben gets HIGH in Vegas
- 05/03/24: Urban looks to "GO HOME W U"
- 02/29/24: Urban releases "Messed Up As Me" on Friday
- 09/07/23: Urban, Gill, Bentley, Ballerini play All for the Hall
- 08/03/23: Urban, Brooks, Murphy to join Nashville Songwriters Hall
- 11/18/22: Urban drops "Street Called Main" video
CD reviews for Keith Urban
It's getting tougher and tougher all the time to justify categorizing Keith Urban's music as country. "The Speed of Now, Pt. 1" doesn't help. (What, is there a pt. 2 of this largely lame music on the way? Say it ain't so!) It's a relatively good pop album, for a Nashville pop effort, but there's just too much real country (Jon Pardi, Luke Combs) getting played on mainstream radio these days. The world just doesn't really need new Urban pop music. ...
It's telling how two songs on Keith Urban's "Graffiti U" album chug along to a reggae beat because pop rhythms and non-country elements are the obvious inspirations for this collection. Opener "Coming Home" may borrow (steal?) a guitar riff from Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried," but this is where that country road begins and ends.
Urban follows "Coming Home" with "Never Comin' Down," which is introduced with a funky bass line ...
Even though Keith Urban's single, "Wasted Time," borrows more than a little sonic sensibility from electronic music, there's still an upfront banjo solo. And this is how it's always been with Urban. He may play the part of the guitar hero at times, and even revealed his eclectic musical knowledge as a judge on American Idol, but Urban will always be a country boy at heart. And boyish good looks and talent have taken this country boy far, too.
The wonderfully titled ...
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