Keith Urban Gives a Stadium Show in Nashville Club
Keith Urban put on a private show last night (March 5) at the Rutledge, a small Nashville club, but somehow packed nearly his whole stadium sized show onto the tiny stage. Massive light racks sat behind the band, amplifiers and monitors occupied any space on stage that didn't have a musician on it and control boards littered the club's floor. With any more sound and lighting gear, there would have been nowhere to stand. As the venue filled to its capacity of about 300, Urban took to the stage to perform songs from his upcoming album, Defying Gravity.
To me, the experience was far more exciting than the last time I saw Urban at Nashville's LP Field during Kenny Chesney's Poets and Pirates tour. Those stadium shows are so impersonal and on such a huge scale that they almost don't feel real. But in this small, sweaty little club everything was obviously real, with no JumboTron necessary. He previewed "Kiss a Girl," "Til Summer Comes Around" and "Only You Can Love Me This Way," along with seven or eight of his hits, including "Sweet Thing." It was cool to be so close to a big-time performer since shows like this don't happen that often. However, Urban was having enough fun that he did say he wanted to do a full tour of club venues. After seeing the difference between the two types of shows, I'm all for it.
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JANET says:
Sorry I’ll past he is more of a rock star than country star. Also many of his uptempo songs sound alike, the music.
janie says:
Oh how I wish I could have been there! He is the best LIVE performer I’ve ever seen in concert, and I’ve seen a bunch, and I cannot wait for this new album. He loves playing music and playing live, and it shows!!!!
Nikki says:
I would have given anything to be able to go to that show last night! Keith Urban is the BEST performer out there!
JAK says:
I’m so close to Nashville, if only I had known … I would def have been there. I would love to see Keith perform in a small bar setting instead of a stadium!! WOW, lucky fans
Bobbie says:
Ahh man, that would of been a fun night to remember!
Keith and the band are great, and the clips I heard from last night, WOW. I can’t wait for the new album on March 31 and the upcoming tour dates!! My dream is a “No Frills” ticket, whoever wins these are going to so love the gig!!
I really really love “till summer comes around” and can’t wait to put it on my ipod..
Beth says:
Sounds like you had an awesome time. So glad you got to see and hear Keith live. He and the boys do put on an awesome show, don’t they? As for Keith being rock and not country….there are many types of country music, not just one. Same for rock music…many types. Country rock music has been around for a long, long time and will never go away.
Louise says:
If it wasn’t for Keith Urban, I would not know country music existed. The old, traditional country music is twangy, whiney, sad, and quite pathetic. It took the ‘new boys’ to bring country music to the level that it has reached. No one in country music has a passion for their profession like Keith Urban has!
Bettye says:
Janet, I’m sorry for you that you feel that way. Good music transcends genres. In my opinion, Keith Urban simply makes great label-defying music.
Cindy says:
Don’t worry about anything “Janet” says. She’s a die-hard Tim McGraw fan and she uses every opportunity to put down one of Tim’s competitors.
Kim says:
I agree whole heartedly with Bettye…Keith Urban is the new rock pop country like all the other newbies and he IS the BEST live PERFORMER!
Kim
RedMaZ says:
Sissy Country This person is as bad as Rascal Flatts..
Michelle Allen says:
I would have given anything to have been there ! I just love Keith Urban! He does put on a great live show. I have only got to see him once because he does not come to many towns close to me which is Springfield, Illinois!