Keith Urban appeared on stage for the first time since his split from wife Nicole Kidman made headlines.
The singer did not wear his wedding ring and was in good spirits during his Thursday, October 2, concert at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. While performing “Kiss a Girl,” Urban took a fan’s phone and FaceTimed their friend. And during a passionate rendition of the breakup song “You’ll Think of Me,” he tweaked the lyric “take your space and take your reasons” by adding the phrase “your bulls*** reasons.”
Urban’s guitarist Maggie Baugh was not onstage during Thursday’s show.
Us Weekly confirmed on Monday, September 29, that Urban, 57, and Kidman, 58, had separated after 19 years of marriage. Kidman filed for divorce one day later, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
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Along with the divorce filing, Kidman submitted a marital dissolution agreement, which both she and Urban had signed. The agreement included a parenting plan, a child support plan and a “parenting seminar order.” While the agreement was signed by Kidman on September 6 and Urban on August 29, their date of separation was listed as Tuesday, September 30, which is the same day of Kidman’s divorce filing.
Kidman and Urban’s split came as a shock to some fans, but other observers noticed that the duo hadn’t posted about each other on their respective social media accounts in months. Urban last shared a snap of Kidman in May after winning the Triple Crown Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards, while the Oscar winner posted a tribute to her and Urban’s anniversary in June.
The couple, who share daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith, 14, were last seen in public together in June at a soccer game in Nashville. (Kidman also shares daughter Isabella, 32, and son Connor, 30, with ex-husband Tom Cruise.)
Urban is in the midst of his High and Alive World Tour, which kicked off in May in Orange Beach, Alabama. The tour is set to wrap up on Friday, October 17, in Nashville.
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Days before Kidman filed for divorce, Urban changed the lyrics to his song “The Fighter,” which features Carrie Underwood, during one of his concerts.
The usual lyrics read: “When they’re tryna get to you, baby, I’ll be the fighter.” Instead, he instead offered a shout-out to his guitarist and rising country music star Baugh, according to a video shared via Instagram on Saturday, September 27.
“When they’re tryna get to you, Maggie, I’ll be your guitar player,” Urban could be heard singing in the clip.
Baugh, 25, uploaded the video via social media with a series of emojis sharing her shock over his kind words. “Did he just say that,” she wrote in her caption.
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When the clip resurfaced following Kidman and Urban’s split, some fans began to speculate that the lyric change was a subtle reference to the separation. (Urban has not publicly commented on the song switchup. He did not perform “The Fighter” on Thursday night.)
Last year, Baugh explained that Urban recruited her to play with him at the CMT Music Awards in April 2024. She impressed the Grammy winner so much that he soon invited her to join his touring band too.
“Working with [Keith] was like going to rock star school,” she told Pittsburgh Music Magazine last year. “He is a musical encyclopedia.”
