{"id":1320036,"date":"2020-05-15T07:33:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1821195"},"modified":"2020-05-15T07:33:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:33:37","slug":"keith-urban-plays-first-live-show-in-more-than-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/keith-urban-plays-first-live-show-in-more-than-two-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Urban Plays First Live Show in More Than Two Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">41m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>For the first time in two months, there was a live country concert last night.<\/p>\n<p>Not a live stream you watch on your laptop at home on your couch during a quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>But an actual living, breathing, playing kind of thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"e574a86a\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007-1589548171.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"DJI_0108.00_00_40_18.Still007\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Keith Urban was moved to plan the Nashville show on Thursday night (May 14) to give the country\u2019s first responders a chance to escape the tireless work they\u2019ve been doing, at least for an hour. \u201cTo all of you guys here tonight, for everything that you\u2019ve done, and continue to do, to all of your families, we say thank you \u2014 this concert is for all of you,\u201d Urban told the crowd from the stage. \u201cI did this to say thanks to the healthcare workers who are putting their lives on the line for us every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd performing in this environment, with everyone in their cars at a safe distance from one another, seems like an amazing opportunity for everybody to just let go and have fun. And I\u2019m a musician, I HAVE TO PLAY!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpr79mWe2j8?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpr79mWe2j8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The invite-only show was at the Stardust Drive-In Movie Theater in Watertown, Tennessee \u2014 just about 40 miles east of Nashville \u2014 and was the first time a live show has taken place during a pandemic at a drive-in theater. More than 200 doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians and staff from Vanderbilt Health were there to watch, and applaud Urban\u2019s show with the honking of their car horns.<\/p>\n<p>It would be cool if other artists followed Urban\u2019s lead, and these kinds of shows could become our new new normal.<\/p>\n<p>Last night\u2019s show was not the first time Urban has gone out of his way to do something good for all the frontliners. Right <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1819166\/solo-keith-urban-shows-brings-us-alonetogether\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">when the pandemic<\/a> started, he started playing live Instagram shows from his guitar warehouse at home. \u201cWe\u2019re coming to you live from our warehouse. This is where we store all of our gear. We thought we\u2019d just set this up and stream it tonight,\u201d Urban explained back on March 16, \u201cmostly because I was supposed to be playing tonight (in Houston), and I just thought it would be nice to be able to play to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yf3TLdoqWtU?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yf3TLdoqWtU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1821195\/keith-urban-plays-first-live-show-in-more-than-two-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 41m ago For the first time in two months, there was a live country concert last night. Not a live stream you watch on your laptop at home on your couch during a quarantine. But an actual living, breathing, playing kind of thing. 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