When Keith Urban hits the stage, he’s not just giving a performance; he gives every ounce of himself to the audience. He’s widely known for his electrifying live shows and undeniable connection to the fans who come to his concerts. Whether he’s ripping through fiery guitar solos, sprinting down the stage or jumping into the crowd for an unrehearsed, spontaneous moment, the three-time Entertainer of the Year pours everything he has into each performance.
“First of all without the audience, it’s just one long sound check. So the audience is everything, everything. I was thinking the other day, there’s a line in a Jackson Brown song called “The Loadout” where he talks about the audience he goes, people you’ve got the power over what we do. You can sit there and wait or you can pull us through. The audience has so much power to make or break a show. We as a performer can only do so much. And I’ve watched our audience night after night after night just give so much to me on stage. And when that happens, you can just play forever. If we didn’t have curfews, we’d play way longer. But the other thing that I really am aware of, especially having kids, when you want to go to a concert, it’s a big deal. It’s not like going to the movies. It’s a very different thing. Ya know, parking and babysitters and like, are we going to carpool? And tickets at Will Call. We have to get there two hours to line up. And it’s a big, big deal. And then parking, all the expenses, it goes through the roof. So my want is to give them the greatest night and give everything I’ve got to not take that for granted.”
