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Brad Paisley Gives Keith Urban a Tweet Tweaking
Originally posted 10/14/2009 03:20PM
Guitar heroes, take note: If you want to share the stage with Brad Paisley, be ready for some Twitter ribbing before and after the show.
"Get to jam with an up N coming young Australian guitarist 2night named, um, can't remember," Paisley Tweeted on Tuesday. "Starts with a 'k' I think, anyway, he's got potential ... Karl? Kelvin? Ken? ... Rural ... rural's the last name, I'm sure of that."
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Keith Urban Spills About Dealing with Eager Fans
Originally posted 10/01/2009 06:30PM
Keith Urban has two secret weapons when it comes to handling overeager female fans at his shows – his guitar and his speediness.
Asked by Canada's The London Free Press whether he's ever been fondled by fans during his concerts, Urban – who performs amid the audience during part of his show – says, "Nothing like that. That's the good thing about having a guitar in front of you." Plus, he adds, "we're moving at a pretty good clip."
Still, the country star admits, "It can get a little hairy sometimes. I've had a few injuries, but hey, it's rock 'n' roll."
While on the Canadian leg of his Escape Together tour, wife Nicole Kidman might just have Urban's back. "They've been out a couple of times," he told the paper of Kidman and their 1-year-old daughter Sunday Rose.
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Oops! CMA Leaves Out Nod for Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
Originally posted 09/10/2009 06:55PM
He was already this year's top Country Music Association nominee with six nods, but you can add one more to Brad Paisley's tally.
Paisley and Keith Urban were "inadvertently omitted" Wednesday from the list of nominees for Musical Event of the Year for their duet "Start A Band," the CMA now says. The addition bumps Urban's nomination count to five and Paisley's to a leading seven.
"We take the integrity of the CMA Awards balloting very seriously," says Tammy Genovese, CMA Chief Executive Officer. "When an oversight like this occurs we commit ourselves to a thorough review, thoughtful and immediate correction, and complete disclosure and accountability to the artists and our industry."
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Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley Win Big at CMTs
Originally posted 06/17/2009 08:10AM
From T-Pain to the B-52's, everyone went a little bit country at last night's CMT Music Awards in Nashville.
The rapper kicked off the show alongside Taylor Swift, winner of Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Love Story." Their hilarious duet (watch video above) was topped only by Sugarland, who won for Duo of the Year, and the B-52s, who got the audience up on their feet for "Love Shack."
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Keith Urban Set to Jam at the CMT Music Awards
Originally posted 04/27/2009 11:50AM
Country fans get ready to rock. Keith Urban will be hitting the stage for a live star-studded performance on the 2009 CMT Music Awards.
Joining Urban are Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland and Def Leppard, who are among country's hottest stars scheduled to raise the roof at Nashville's Sommet Center on June 16.
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Nicole Kidman Brings Sunday to Oz for Easter
Originally posted 04/10/2009 10:00AM
They say there's no place like home, so it's no surprise that Nicole Kidman brought husband Keith Urban and their 9-month-old daughter Sunday Rose to her native Australia for Easter weekend.
The family touched down at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport early Good Friday morning, posing briefly for paparazzi who had camped out amidst rumors the couple were headed down under from their adopted hometown of Nashville.
The trio is believed to be heading to the couple's $6.5 million mansion, Bunya Hill, in the small rural town of Sutton Forest, NSW, which was purchased last July, for some Easter weekend down-time. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the old-fashioned homestead on 110 acres of cattle property has undergone multimillion-dollar renovations, reportedly including a 20-yard swimming pool, tennis court and a new gymnasium.
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Keith Urban Opens Up About Daughter Sunday's Name
Originally posted 03/31/2009 01:55PM
Sunday Rose may have been born on a Monday, but Keith Urban says his daughter's name has a bittersweet meaning.
"Particularly when you don't have someone in your life ... in my experience, Sunday was the loneliest day," Urban, 41, tells Ellen DeGeneres on an episode of her talk show set to air Wednesday. "It went from being sort of the most dreaded day of the week for us to being the most joyous day, because we just had a family."
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Keith Urban: 'Definitely Not' Pregnant
Originally posted 03/11/2009 12:20PM
While recent photos of Nicole Kidman placing her hands over her midsection had fans wondering if she was hiding a pregnancy bump, her husband Keith Urban has set the record straight.
Asked in an interview for CMT Insider whether he wanted to make any baby announcements, he joked, "I'm not pregnant, no, definitely not. Clear that one up right now. I haven't had any check-ups recently but … it's just going out on a limb here."
Urban, whose new album, Defying Gravity, will be released March 31, also called fatherhood "excellent" and, responding to a viewer question, clarified that the baby in his "Sweet Thing" video is not his 8-month-old daughter, Sunday Rose.
The full interview with Urban will air Saturday March 14 on CMT Insider at 1.30 p.m. EST. – Eileen Finan
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Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Julianne Hough Nominated for Academy of Country Music Awards
Originally posted 02/11/2009 12:55PM
The nominees for the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced during The Early Show on Wednesday morning, bringing good news for performers including Brad Paisley, Julianne Hough, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift.
Underwood is the lone women nominated for entertainer of the year, and will face off against Paisley (up for six awards), Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban and George Strait.
Kellie Pickler – who made the announcements along with Jessica Simpson, LeAnn Rimes, and Hough – lit up and clapped when Underwood's name was called. "I think it's so amazing a female is up there to represent," she tells PEOPLE.
Adds Rimes, "We're in such a male dominated world, it's great to see a woman there."
Permalink | Filed Under: Music News, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Jessica Simpson, Julianne Hough, Keith Urban, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes
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Pregnant M.I.A. to Rap at Grammys – On Her Due Date
Originally posted 02/05/2009 12:45PM
Rapper M.I.A. had better add one more person to her Grammy entourage – a doctor.
The pregnant hip-hop star, who is nominated for two awards, is scheduled to perform at the ceremony Sunday, which is also her due date.
"They say that you're often late the first time, so I'm planning to go," the mom-to-be, 31, who is engaged to musician Benjamin Brewer, tells USA Today. "We'll see. People are trying to get me to relax and focus on the baby. It's like being in parallel universes."
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