Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood team up for Australian tour

Multi-Grammy and ARIA Award winning artist Keith Urban, who will release his eighth studio album RipCordย on May 6th, has announced that he will be bringing his โ€œripCORD World Tour 2016,โ€ home to Australia this December. The tour, which will feature the seven-time Grammy-award winning, multi-platinum superstar Carrie Underwood, will no doubt send Urbanโ€™s legion of fans here into a frenzy. Urban, whose concerts are always a non-stop, electrifying roller-coaster ride featuring world class production and a set-list jammed with all of his biggest hits, is known as one of the industryโ€™s best live performers. In fact, it was following Urbanโ€™s 2014 tour, when he picked up the ARIA Award for Best Live Act.

โ€œThe last time we brought our tour to Australia the energy level was off the hook – unlike anything that weโ€™d ever seen before,โ€ said Urban. โ€œAnd I can tell you now, that the music on this album RipCord, is born of and made for playing live. Itโ€™s gonna go to a whole other level and I canโ€™t wait to get it airborne!!โ€

The โ€œripCORD World Tour 2016โ€ kicks off in the US on June 2nd and will see Urban showcasing songs from his new studio album RipCord, including his US No. 1, โ€œBreak On Meโ€, the new single โ€œWasted Timeโ€ and an extensive repertoire of hits such asโ€œDays Go Byโ€,โ€œSomebody Like Youโ€, โ€œMaking Memories Of Usโ€, โ€œLong Hot Summerโ€,andโ€œWithout Youโ€.

Keithโ€™s eighth studio album RipCord is a 13-track, groundbreaking fusing of genreโ€™s, including โ€œThe Fighter,โ€ featuring Underwood, is the result of collaborations with an eclectic group of Award-winning writers and co-producers. They include Jeff Bhasker, busbee, Greg Wells and Nile Rodgers, as well as long-time collaborators Shane McAnally, Ross Cooperman, Dann Huff and Nathan Chapman, all of whom worked with Urban on his previous No. 1 album Fuse.

This tour will be Underwoodโ€™s third trip to Australia, having been here before for extensive album promotion in 2011 and again in 2012 when she also took her โ€˜Blown Awayโ€™ Tour to Melbourne, Tamworth, Brisbane, and Sydney — wrapping with two sold-out nights at the iconic Sydney Opera House.

Tour Dates:

Tuesday December 6th Adelaide โ€“ Entertainment Centre
Thursday December 8th Melbourne โ€“Rod Laver Arena
Saturday December 10th Canberra โ€“GIOStadium
Monday December 12th Sydney โ€“ AllphonesArena
Friday December 16th Brisbane โ€“ Entertainment Centre
Saturday December 17th Brisbane โ€“ Entertainment Centre

Buddy Iahn
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