Keith Urban performs ‘The Fighter’ on The Graham Norton Show

KEITH URBAN PERFORMS ‘THE FIGHTER’

ON THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

ALSO JOINS GRAHAM NORTON ON THE SOFA FOR A CHAT WITH A HOST OF STARS INCLUDING NICOLE KIDMAN, ALAN CUMMING AND SHERYL CROW

NEW SINGLE OUT NOW ON DECCA RECORDS

(Left-right) Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Graham Norton, Alan Cumming and Sheryl Crow during the filming of the Graham Norton Show at The London Studios, May 18, 2017, which aired on BBC One on Friday May 19, 2017 evening | Credit: Isabel Infantes/ PA Wire/PA Images | Image ref #: 31360958 | Facebook

  

Four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban has given a thrilling performance of his new single ‘The Fighter’‎ on The Graham Norton Show – featuring ‎Mel C, who sang Carrie Underwood's part from the official single released earlier this week. 

The show was broadcast on Friday May 19th on BBC ONE at 10.35pm. Watch it back on the BBC iPlayer

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Sheryl Crow performing "Be Myself" during the filming of the Graham Norton Show at The London Studios, which aired on BBC One on Friday May 19, 2017 evening | Credit: Isabel Infantes/PA Wire/PA Images Image ref #: 31360962

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Keith Urban joined Graham Norton and a host of guests including wifey & Oscar winner Nicole Kidman (starring in Civil War drama The Beguiled), actor Alan Cumming (talking about his memoir You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams) and singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow (who performed "Be Myself" the title cut from her new album) for a chat on the sofa, discussing his new album RIPCORD, which was recently certified platinum – his ninth consecutive No.1 album.

‘The Fighter’ is the first UK single released from Urban’s new album and is available now on Decca Records. It’s been added to the BBC Radio 2 “A” Playlist for the week commencing Say May 20, 2017.

Accompanied by a brand new music video, the upbeat and infectious track tells the classic tale of young love. Co-written by busbee and Urban, inspired by the singer’s wife Nicole Kidman, the song features Urban and Underwood’s distinctively explosive vocals and Urban’s heartfelt lyrics and contagiously catchy chorus.

“Writing ‘The Fighter’ came pretty quickly,” said Urban.  “I could hear most of the song already in my head on the ride to the studio that day, where busbee and I were already working. I was thinking about how long it’d been since I heard a song with a guy and girl actually speaking back and forth to each other.”

The release of RIPCORD in 2016 marked the second time one of Urban’s albums simultaneously topped the all-genre charts in America, Canada and Australia. The album has produced four No.1 songs, including ‘Wasted Time’, ‘John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16’ and ‘Break On Me’.

The Graham Norton Show: Series 21 Episode 7 
(broadcast May 19, 2017) 

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At 12 mins Keith Urban performs "The Fighter" with Melanie C, and Keith said, "absolutely of course" (43min) when "Urban Army" fans shouted from the BBC audience asking if he will come back to the UK perform!

Sheryl Crow performs "Be Myself" (36mins).

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— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) 19 May 2017

Nearly one year following its release, RIPCORD was yet again No.1. It’s single releases have not only added to Urban’s total of No.1 songs (22) but has also added to an historic run of consecutive Top 10 songs – an incredible 37.  He’s celebrated 3.4 billion worldwide streams, over 524 million on RIPCORD alone, and his previous single ‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ spent 13 weeks as one of the most streamed songs of any genre.

In Australia, RIPCORD was 2016’s No.2 selling album on the all-genre chart behind Adele’s 25.

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