Keith Urban follows holiday break with more touring
Country hit-maker Keith Urban , who recently finished up his 2005 tour, won't have long to recharge his batteries before it's time to get back out on the road.
Urban's 2006 tour schedule gets underway in late January with an appearance at a Florida radio-station festival, and subsequent shows are stacked up throughout February. The country singer has also nailed down a handful of shows on next summer's fair circuit. Details are included below.
Urban continues to back his 2004 album, "Be Here," which hit triple-platinum status in September, marking U.S. shipment of 3 million copies. Also in September, Urban offered up "Livin' Right Now," a concert DVD that captures his 2004 two-night stand at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater. The disc also features behind-the-scenes footage, including Urban's pre-show soundcheck and an interview with the singer.
In November, Urban scored his second consecutive Male Vocalist of the Year award at the annual CMA Awards ceremony, and landed his first Entertainer of the Year trophy; in 2001, he picked up the CMA Horizon Award, and is now the only country artist in CMA Awards history to score wins in all three of the aforementioned categories.
Urban followed his CMA wins by taking home the Country Radio Artist of the Year Radio trophy at last week's Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas.
January 2006
29 - Pembroke Pines, FL - C. B. Smith Park (KISS Country's Chili Cookoff)
February 2006
1 - Evansville, IN - Roberts Stadium
2 - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Convention Center
3 - Waco, TX - The Ferrell Center
4 - San Antonio, TX - SBC Center (San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo)
10 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena
11 - East Lansing, MI - Breslin Center
14 - Huntsville, AL - Von Braun Center
16 - Charlotte, NC - Charlottte Bobcats Arena
17 - Chapel Hill, NC - Dean Smith Center
19 - Knoxville, TN - Thompson Boling Arena
20 - North Charleston, SC - North Charleston Coliseum
21 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
23 - Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre
24 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
25 - Tallahassee, FL - Leon County Civic Center
July 2006
19 - Twin Lakes, WI - Country Thunder
20 - Eau Claire, WI - Country Jam USA
21 - Minot, ND - North Dakota State Fair
23 - Cheyenne, WY - Frontier Days
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