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Keith Urban <\/strong>may be a big-time country music star, but that doesn\u2019t always mean he takes part in living in a world of luxury. In fact, the award-winning artist still doesn\u2019t allow other folks to chauffeur him around.<\/p>\n During a recent episode of Country Countdown USA<\/a><\/em>, Urban served as the co-host alongside Lon Helton<\/strong>, where he opened up about driving himself to his own gigs. The 57-year-old guitar-slinger had good reason for carting himself around, as he revealed that getting behind the wheel without anyone in his space helps him unwind.<\/p>\n \u201cI drive,\u201d he said when asked what he does to unwind. \u201cI drove to the gig the other night, and someone asked [me], \u2018How come you drive yourself?\u2019 I said, ‘I always drive myself.’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSomebody driving me is like somebody playing my guitar,\u201d Urban, who is married to actress Nicole Kidman<\/strong>, 58, added. \u201cI\u2019d rather be doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n For the majority of the month, Urban is overseas playing shows as part of his headlining High & Alive World Tour, which returns stateside on Sept. 25 with its first performance at the United Center in Chicago. Urban spent August in his native Australia, and talked about rearranging his tour set list to accommodate the fans he has in different countries.<\/p>\n \u201cWe made a couple of song tweaks for Australia, songs that were released here that weren\u2019t in the US, and some local covers,\u201d he explained. \u201cI\u2019ll do the same thing in Canada. I usually think of them as I\u2019m driving to the gig.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of trial and error with set lists for me. I agonize over set lists,\u201d Urban admitted<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s like a Rubik\u2019s Cube. I spend months and months over set lists, tweaking, coming back to it every couple of days, looking at it. I put a playlist together and I listen to the songs back-to-back-to-back and just feel the flow from one song into the next \u2013 energy-wise, thematically, the key, tempo, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDoes this feel like it should flow out of that? Is the audience gonna be exhausted right about here? This would be a good time for a ballad. This would be a good time to strip it down to an acoustic song,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd then BOOM right back out of the gate again and trying to imagine what the live experience is gonna be and put a setlist together for it\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n One of the stops on the Australian leg of his tour included a three-show stint in Brisbane, which served as a full-circle moment for Urban, who admittedly got emotional during the run.<\/p>\n \u201cThree nights in Brizzy,\u201d Urban captioned a video on Instagram of his time in Brisbane.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a lot of history there.\u00a0 So many things about what I do, I learned by watching bands play there,\u201d Urban shared of the reason he got choked up about those shows. \u201cIt was a great training ground to be in the audience there.\u201d<\/p>\n Fellow country artist Chase Matthews<\/strong> has been the opening act for the trek, and Urban has nothing but praise to share about his tour mate.<\/p>\n \u201cHe comes out with a take-no-prisoners attitude,\u201d Urban applauded Matthews. \u201cTwo songs in, he has everybody on their feet.\u00a0Same thing in Australia.\u00a0He\u2019s got something. He\u2019s a motivational speaker and an entertainer.\u201d<\/p>\n Urban\u2019s High & Alive World Tour runs through Oct. 17, where it will wrap in Nashville, Tenn., at the Bridgestone Arena.<\/p>\n Related: Jason Aldean Talks the Inevitable Surgery He Will Have To Get: \u2018It Hasn\u2019t Happened Yet\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Sep 6, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keith Urban may be a big-time country music star, but that doesn\u2019t always mean he takes part in living in a world of luxury. 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Keith Urban Says He Agonizes Over the Songs He Puts in His Set List<\/h2>\n
The Country Superstar Got Emotional During His Brisbane Tour Stop<\/h2>\n