Thursday, February 14, 2008

Press release of the day: Artist plays concert! To people! Who paid!

Warning: the following contains graphic, nauseating detail about the onstage explosion of country star Keith Urban. It is not known at press time whether this explosion was caused by the security-defying fans of this very exhaustively described thing called a “concert” or if Al Qaeda was somehow involved. This is being investigated...

KEITH URBAN EXPLODES ON MADISON SQUARE GARDEN STAGE BEFORE SOLD-OUT CROWD; JUMPS INTO THE FIRST TIER TO GIVE AWAY GUITAR

She goes by the name Marissa and last night she became the luckiest fan in the sold-out Madison Square Garden audience when she was handed a signed guitar as Keith performed “You Look Good In My Shirt.”

“Last night my friend Todd took me to the Keith Urban concert at MSG. It was my first country concert and will now surely NOT be my last. Carrie was stunning and amazing, but when Keith came out ... damn! Keith came into the crowd and into my row. I was so excited! And then he whipped off his guitar, signed it and handed it to me! I almost died.”

Urban, surrounded by Garden security, walked half-way back on the floor while playing a guitar solo, and unexpectedly went about 10 rows up where he gave away his guitar. Moments later, as his band continued to play, without missing a beat, being escorted through a frenzied audience Urban returned to the stage, picked up another guitar and continued the song.

Urban took Madison Square Garden by storm. From start to finish the audience was on its feet as he moved via a catwalk from one stage to the other. Throughout the night the audience defied security to get inches away from Urban himself. Impeccable guitar solos, awe-inspired vocals all contributed to Urban’s reputation as one of music’s best live performers.

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