Keith Urban Returns To Touring After Three Years With High And Alive World Tour
“We’re gonna make this tour the best night of your life,” he promises.
Keith Urban; Photo by Andrew Wendowski
Keith Urban thrilled fans on Monday morning with the announcement of his 2025 HIGH AND ALIVE WORLD TOUR, marking his return to the touring circuit after a three-year hiatus.
The highly anticipated tour kicks off on May 22 in Orange Beach, Alabama and is set to feature Chase Matthew, Alana Springsteen, and Karley Scott Collins.
“Playing live is what I live to do,” Urban shared in a statement. “Looking out from a stage and seeing people singing, forgetting about all the stress in their lives, cutting loose, and feeling ALIVE – that’s what it’s about for me. Lots of hits, new songs, things we won’t even think about until we’re onstage – and loads of guitar. We’re gonna make this tour the best night of your life!”
Tickets for the trek are set to go on sale beginning Friday, December 13 at 10 am local time. Additional North American tour dates are expected to be announced in the coming months.
KEITH URBAN’S HIGH AND ALIVE WORLD TOUR (U.S.)
May 22nd Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater
May 23rd Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
May 24th Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium
May 30th Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
May 31st Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park Raleigh
June 12th Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion
June 13th Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
June 14th Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
June 19th Columbia, MD -Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 22nd Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 26th Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
June 27th Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
June 28th Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
July 17th Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 18th Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 19th Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
July 24th TBA
July 26th Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome
September 25th Chicago, IL – United Center
September 26th TBA
September 27th Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
October 2nd Hershey, PA – Giant Center
October 3rd Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
October 4th Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
October 9th Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
October 11th Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
October 16th Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
October 17th Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Keith Urban’s HIGH AND ALIVE WORLD TOUR is in support of his just-released 11th studio album, HIGH. The project marked the superstar’s first new album in four years and was released in September.
In an interview with Country Now and other outlets, Urban revealed that this album is unlike anything he’s done before. He initially started working on a completely different project, titled 615, but when things didn’t come together as planned, he chose to abandon it and begin again from the ground up.
“In all the albums I’ve ever made, I’ve never scrapped an entire album and started again. So it felt like a gut punch of my own making. It would have been easier to just be like, this album’s fine. There’re some great songs on it. Let’s go, let’s tour, let’s keep the thing going, but every part of me just felt like there’s a better record in me,” Urban explained at the time.
While he may have started over, Urban did keep four tracks from the original project: “Messed Up as Me,” “Daytona,” “Heart Like a Hometown”, and “Break the Chain.”
In the end, Urban wound up with HIGH, a collection of songs that he’s incredibly proud of.
“I genuinely have gratitude for what I get to do. That’s not BS. It’s real. And if that came through on this record, then that’s what you’re feeling,” he said.
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