Keith Urban performs at CMA Fest in Nashville, showing off his tattoos and biceps in tight T-shirt
Keith Urban stormed the stage as he performed at the Country Music Association (CMA) Festival in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday.
The Australian musician, 55, lived up to his reputation as one of the world's top country music stars as he belted out the hits.
The Four-time Grammy Award winner showcased his muscular arms and extensive tattoos in a tight black top which he paired with ripped jeans.
The singer beamed with his guitar as he performed for an adoring crowd in the country music capital.
His trademark long tresses were also on show.
Keith Urban, 55, (pictured) stormed the stage as he performed at the Country Music Association (CMA) Festival in Nashville on Saturday
This year was the 50th CMA Fest, with it billed as the biggest and best annual celebration of country music in Music City.
Keith performed at the Nissan Stadium Main Stage which also hosted the likes of Tanya Tucker, Ashley McBryde and Tim McGraw.
It comes after the notoriously private singer revealed his marriage to Oscar winner Nicole Kidman keeps him sober.
The Australian musician, 55, lived up to his reputation as one of the world's top country music stars as he belted out the hits
Keith beamed as he spoke to the adoring crowd at the Nissan Stadium main stage
The singer publicly battled drug and alcohol addiction, and entered rehab on several occasions, last checking himself into the Betty Ford Center in October 2006.
The visit was just months after marrying Nicole.
Keith admitted his marriage is a major factor in remaining sober and keeping out of trouble while speaking to The Sun last month.
'I'd like to stay married!' Keith said.
The Four-time Grammy Award winner showcased his muscular arms and extensive tattoos in a tight black top which he paired with ripped jeans
'Night-time me hates daytime me, it’s so true. But the next morning night-time me is nowhere to be found — he’s totally unaccountable.'
Keith - who shares daughters Sunday, 13, and Faith, 11, with Nicole, added: 'Life is very different nowadays. I’m trying to set a good example for the kids, but I still don’t know if I’m getting it right.
'I have made so many mistakes, but you have to work out what works for you. bMy message to them is always to do what-ever they are passionate about, I don’t care, as long as they work hard to achieve it.'
This year was the 50th CMA Fest, with it billed as the biggest and best annual celebration of country music in Music City
Keith said staying on top of his successful career, which includes touring, releasing music, and working as a mentor on The Voice Australia, helps him stay sober too.
He recently recalled the moment his wife Nicole staged an intervention for his addiction issues, in an extract from the book Keith Urban by Jeff Apter.
Keith told Rolling Stone magazine back in 2016 that he would have understood if Nicole, 54, chose to leave him after his 2006 rehab stint as the couple had only married that year.
Keith performed at the Nissan Stadium Main Stage which also hosted the likes of Tanya Tucker, Ashley McBryde and Tim McGraw
'I was very, very blessed to have Nic call an intervention on me,' Keith said, adding that his reckless behaviour 'caused the implosion of my fresh marriage'.
He also reflected on the intervention with Oprah Winfrey, admitting to the famed talk show host that he 'went off the rails' and 'needed help and a new direction' in his life.
Nicole, who was working in Rome at the time of his bender, flew back to the States and rounded up his friends to stage an intervention.
'The love in that room in that moment was just right,' Keith told Oprah. 'To see love in action in that way... I'd never experienced anything like that before.'
Keith admitted his marriage is a major factor in remaining sober and keeping out of trouble while speaking to The Sun last month
Keith has been open about his past struggles with alcohol addiction, and revealed at the South By Southwest conference in Texas in 2018 that he wished he'd got sober earlier in his life.
'I wish I'd gotten sober many years earlier than I did, but it is what it is,' he said.
'I knew I wasn't at my full potential, and that's what was starting to get to me. I was enslaved... I was living a very, very small life.'
Source: Daily Mail
