Keith Urban brought an exhilarating energy to the stage during his exclusive iHeartCountry Album Release Party on Wednesday evening (September 18) in Los Angeles, California.
The show included Urban’s career-spanning hits and some of his newest anthems from his soon-to-debut studio album, HIGH , which arrives on Friday (September 20). Urban spoke about the project during Q&As with iHeartRadio’s Bobby Bones , including when he revealed he nearly worked on a different concept altogether; however, when that idea didn’t take off, Urban switched gears and started working on HIGH instead. A few of the songs from the previous project, he noted, made their way onto the album, including “Messed Up As Me” and “Break The Chain.”
So far, Urban has released a few of the songs from the record, including “Straight Line,” “Messed Up As Me,” “Wildside,” “Go Home W U” featuring Lainey Wilson , and “Heart Like A Hometown.” Urban played those songs and others — including the first-ever live performance of “Heart Like A Hometown” and a rendition of “Go Home W U” with Maggie Baugh subbing for Wilson — during the iHeartCountry Album Release Party. The set also included career-spanning hits like “Somewhere In My Car,” “Somebody Like You,” “Wasted Time” and more, plus a cover of “Miles On It,” Kane Brown ’s latest collaboration with Marshmello .