Keith Urban’s guitarist Maggie Baugh did not join him on stage in Nashville amid his divorce from Nicole Kidman.
Urban, 57, closed out his High and Alive tour at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, October 17. Meanwhile, Baugh, 25, took to Instagram the same evening to share that she was in a different state altogether.
In a short clip shared via her Instagram Story, Baugh posed in red top, black mini skirt and matching hat in what appeared to be a backstage dressing room, prior to her own performance in Carmel, Indiana.
“Indiana! See you guys soon,” she wrote via the post.
Urban’s High and Alive World tour kicked off earlier this year, with Baugh serving as the country star’s guitarist and occasional violinist. The duo first collaborated back in 2024, when Urban asked Baugh to perform with him at the CMT awards. She later joined his band full time.
When news broke in September that Kidman had filed for divorce from Urban after nearly 20 years of marriage, footage of Urban’s past concerts began to resurface online of Urban and Baugh on stage together. The videos — which featured Urban changing the lyrics to his song “The Fighter,” which is about Kidman, while pointing at Baugh and giving her a shout out — sparked speculation that there was something romantic going on between them.
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Neither Urban or Baugh have spoken out about the allegations, but Baugh’s father addressed the affair rumors via his Facebook page last month. “NO. Just No,” he wrote in response to someone claiming that Baugh contributed to Urban and Kidman’s divorce. (Kidman officially cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split, per documents obtained by Us Weekly. She also was granted “primary residential parent” of their two daughters, Sunday, 17, and Faith, 14.)
Urban, for his part, has since removed “The Fighter” from his setlist. Baugh has also been missing from Urban’s tour band since Kidman filed for divorce, as the guitarist is busy with her solo career. (Natalie Stovall has taken her place in the primary position.)
Baugh currently has multiple shows of her own scheduled throughout October and November across the country and recently announced her new song, “The Devil Wins,” which she released on October 10.
“I don’t know what the hell I believe in / I don’t know how to heal my soul,” Baugh croons in the country track, which deals with the struggle of fighting “feelings” in “tempting” situations. “Or how to fight this feeling and it’s a damn good place to go / No matter how close I get to burning the edge / Tempting as it is, I won’t let the Devil win.”
TMZ reported earlier this month that there were “no plans” for Baugh to return to Urban’s tour due to “logistics” in scheduling. Urban was also forced to cancel his Greenville, South Carolina, show on Thursday, October 16, due to illness after being advised by a doctor to focus on his health.
The Bon Secours Wellness Arena released a statement on their website on Thursday, telling fans, “Urban has been advised by his longtime laryngologist Dr. Gaelyn Garrett, from the Vanderbilt Voice Center, to cancel his performance in Greenville, SC at Bon Secours Wellness Arena due to laryngitis which began earlier this week.” (Per the Mayo Clinic, Laryngitis is a type of inflammation that affects the voice box which can become inflamed from overuse, irritation or infection.)
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The venue noted that anyone who purchased tickets through Ticketmaster would have “refunds issued immediately.”
Urban also shared a personal apology via the venue’s website.
“Hey Greenville, I’m so SO sorry to have to cancel the show …. I know all the logistics it takes to get to a concert these days and I’ve never taken any of that, or any of YOU for granted,” Urban said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to getting back there when we can!!!!!”
