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Keith Urban
Location:
Rose Garden
Ticket Prices:
$59.50, $39.50, $20;
Stage:
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Opening Act: Little Big Town
Tickets: $59.50, $39.50, $20
Parking: $13
Keith Urban’s much anticipated return to the concert stage is set for Portland on Friday, September 11th. Little over a decade and a half after he first came to America from Australia, Keith Urban has arrived in a major way as a global musical force. This accomplished singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has slowly but surely established himself as one of the most consistent and exciting talents not simply in country music, but in our music world as a whole.
Urban most recent album, Defying Gravity, was released on March 31st 2009, through Capitol Records. "Sweet Thing" became the first #1 single off the album. The song was co-written with Monty Powell, who wrote some of Urban's past hits, and co-produced with his longtime producer Dann Huff. Its second single, "Kiss a Girl", debuted in March 2009. Defying Gravity debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. This was Urban's first #1 CD. His past two albums debuted at #3.
Keith Urban returned to the stage on Thursday night (May 7th) to thunderous applause from nearly 10,000 adoring fans who packed into the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. What they came for, they got, the debut of Urban’s highly anticipated “Escape Together World Tour” - a two-hour high-energy party of hits, guitar-slinging and what has became an Urban concert trademark - the unexpected.
“We finally made it back...2009,” said Urban, greeting everyone for the first time, before making his way out through the crowd to a small 8’ by 8’ stage. “You know I’m really nervous tonight,” he said. “I almost lost my voice on the first two songs, but we’re getting back on track now.”
Urban took full advantage of his massive stage, which features two ramps on either side that gives him the ability to walk into the crowd at will – something that he did more then a ½ dozen times much to the delight of the audience. On one occasion Urban left the “floor,” weaving his way through the crowd escorted by securty, and landed 12 rows up in Section 25 of the arena.
Twenty songs, almost half of which were from Urban’s catalogue of #1s, rising microphone stands and five massive video walls, each of which rotate up to 270 degrees, highlight a masterful show that is not to be missed.
“I was freaking out at the beginning of the show, but you guys made it easier with your love and appreciation,” said Urban before his final song. “It’s some hard times out there for a lot of people, so it’s especially gratifying that you chose to come out to see us tonight.”
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