Urb your enthusiasm for Country fest

KEITH URBAN heads up one of the hottest line-ups of recent years for the annual Country to Country Festival at Dublin’s 3Arena in March.

Married to Hollywood legend Nicole Kidman, New Zealand-born Urban’s country music career took off in the mid 80s in Australia before he moved to Nashville. After stints as a guitar player for Alan Jackson, and Brooks & Dunn, his big break came with his hit, ‘But For The Grace of God’.

By embracing drum loops and elements of pop, Urban wrote songs that appealed to a wide audience. In 2013, he debuted as a judge on American Idol.