Keith Urban will take his Get Closer 2011 Tour to Seattle. The Aussie singer – known for “Days Gone By,” “You’ll Think of Me” and other hits – will headline KeyArena on Sept. 29. Tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster at 10 a.m. on Feb. 18.

Urban previously stopped at the Gorge Amphitheatre last year and at the Tacoma Dome in September 2009. Click here for links to audio from our interview that preceded the Tacoma stop.

Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush – the award winning country duo that’s better known as Sugarland – will bring their Incredible Machine Tour to Comcast Arena in Everett on July 18, their only Northwest stop this year. Tickets prices will range from $35 to $82, and they will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Comcast Arena announced last week.

Find more info here, and listen to clips from our last interview with Nettles here.

The other day we revealed who country star John Rich was flying in for a special guest appearance during his show Saturday at Shelton’s Little Creek Casino. But also of interest is this clip featuring …

… Rich talking about reuniting with partner Big Kenny Alphin this year and their planned tour with Muzik Mafia homie Gretchen Wilson.

No Big & Rich tour schedule is posted on the band’s fan site, and Pollstar only lists a handful of dates in Minnesota, Colorado and Saskatchewan. But …

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Just got off the phone with country hit machine John Rich, and he let us know about a special guest he plans to fly in for his Jan. 29 appearance at Shelton’s Little Creek Casino – none other than Skid Row front man Sebastian Bach.
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Kenny Chesney is headed to Tacoma. The country superstar added 41 dates to his new Goin’ Coastal tour today including a July 22 appearance at the Tacoma Dome, a relatively intimate setting compared to his previous local stops at Qwest Field in 2008 and 2009.
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Last Friday’s GO cover subject, Jo Dee Messina, is the main attraction at Broadway Center’s Pantages Theater tonight. And you can Click here to listen to the county star break down what sets tonight’s Music Room format apart from other concerts she headlines.

At some point during Kid Rock’s return to the Puyallup Fair Sunday night it struck me just how artificial a lot of what you hear on top 40 radio is these days. It was right around the time that Kid – a guy who’s spent the latter part of his career lifting riffs from Metallica, Warren Zevon and ZZ Top – bragged about how authentic his band was because, you know, they play instruments and stuff. Oooooh, ahhhhh.
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He’s a country icon, accomplished songwriter, counterculture hero and activist. It doesn’t get much bigger than Willie Nelson, a living legend if there ever was one and the biggest deal to headline the Puyallup Fair grandstand this year. His Thursday night concert sold out at 10,056 strong, and it was no wonder as he and his Family band – featuring little sis, Bobbie on piano – reminded fans why Nelson is still one of the of the most beloved figures in all of popular music.
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Dierks Bentley will be the main attraction Saturday night at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center grandstand. You can expect some “What Was I Thinkin’,” some “Sideways” and maybe some “Feel That Fire” on the set list. But along with the big radio hits, expect a few unplugged selections from his latest critically acclaimed album “Up On the Ridge.” There’ll be a related Q & A in Friday’s GO section, but until then click here to listen to the country superstar talk about why he went bluegrass on the new CD.

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Was going back through my Dierks Bentley interview audio, and he mentions this appearance with bluegrass legend Tim O’Brien – this being the cover of Dylan’s “Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)” as remade on for Bentley’s “Up On the Ridge” CD. Stay tuned, since I’ll be posting clips from my interview and I’ll have a related story in GO previewing his upcoming appearance at the Puyallup Fair later this week.