7 October 2019

Fresh after headlining C2C 2019, Keith Urban will be returning to the UK in 2020 for a seven-date run as part of his European tour. Tickets are available from October 10 at 9am here. Prior to C2C – and the one-off special show at O2 Kentish Town Forum in London a few days prior – Urban hadn’t performed in the UK for almost 12 years, but now seems to be making up for lost time with his second UK appearance in two years. There were only four dates announced initially, but due to intense demand for tickets, Urban has now added a number of other dates to his UK leg. In addition to the UK, Urban’s European tour will also see him perform in the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Germany (Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin), Denmark (Copenhagen), Sweden (Stockholm) and Norway (Oslo). Keith Urban’s UK dates are: May 5 – Eventim Apollo, London, England May 6 – Eventim Apollo, London, England May 8 – O2 Apollo, Manchester, England May 9 – O2 Apollo, Manchester, England May 12 – O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland May 13 – O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland May 14 – O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham, England

At Millport Country Music Festival 2019, Maverick spoke to Kerry Fearon, who performed two sets over the course of the weekend.  How have you found Millport? I couldn’t see much of it on the first day because the rain was so bad yesterday, but the second day it looked a lot prettier! It’s really cute. You keep yourself very busy in the music world, how is the radio work going? Good! I just recently finished a show with Downtown Country – they are in Northern Ireland and in the same building as Downtown Radio and Cool FM. I was with them for four years, but now I’m doing my own show now on community radio, which has given me more scope to do whatever I want. At the minute, I’m pushing more into more rootsy stuff, Americana and even folk Bluegrass. These are all aspects of country music that I love and it means I can have guests in too, so I’m really happy to do that. Going back to your music, a new single came out in June – how’ve you found the reception to that? Yeah, I think it was June. It’s my version of the Bob Dylan track To Ramona and it’s been doing well, it’s been getting a good lot of airplay. It’s still getting airplay too, so I’m delighted with it. In terms of new music have you got anything on the horizon? Last year, I released my debut album and to me, it was very radio safe and very traditional country. I love traditional country and I love the honky tonk sound as well, but it was very radio safe, so To Ramonawas the first step of my next project. I have some more songs recorded and I will be releasing maybe a single again in maybe October/November time – I’m still going with country, but I’m leaning more towards rootsy Americana stuff, so I will see how it goes. Is there anything you’re working on at the minute that you’re finding very exciting? I have a few duets lined up and it’s exciting to be able to work with other artists, but apart from that, a cousin of mine called Dave Murphy is a songwriter from New Jersey and he has got six albums out already. I decided in March to send his music out and he got some airplay in Glasgow, so I’ve put together a two-week tour for him and another songwriter called Paul Sacks. I’m really excited about that.