Pre-Order Keith's CD, New Website, and More

VISIT THE NEW KEITHURBAN.NET! This is a big week for Keith...he has the #1 song in the country, a huge iTunes campaign beginning, pre-orders for his upcoming Defying Gravity album are underway...and...the NEW KeithUrban.net is up and running. Be sure to stop by to see all the new features, including a new and improved video player in KU Tube, updated photo galleries, a redesigned tour page, the new Gear section that includes images of Keith's guitars and amps, and more! Visit KeithUrban.net for all the latest news and information on Keith! DEFYING GRAVITY NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Keith's Defying Gravity album hits stores on Tuesday, March 31, but you can pre-order the album now! ALL pre-order packages will come with a FREE download of "Sweet Thing" (acoustic version). Not only can you pre-order the album, but you can also add on a Monkeyville membership and get a NEW and EXCLUSIVE Keith t-shirt that has never been available before. Below are the three pre-order options... Option 1: Pre-Order Defying Gravity (album only) - PRE-ORDER NOW! Option 2: Pre-Order album, along with a Monkeyville membership - PRE-ORDER NOW! Option 3: Pre-Order album, along with a Monkeyville membership and NEW T-Shirt - PRE-ORDER NOW! As a member of Monkeyville, you will have access to Pre-Sale tickets to Keith's 2009 Escape Together World Tour, the opportunity to meet Keith at the Backstage Barbeque Experience, access to exclusive videos and photos, members-only contests, community message boards, and more! Please Note: US orders purchased by 12am CST on March 22 will be deliverd by March 31. International orders are not guaranteed to arrive by March 31 and may take several weeks. COMPLETE KEITH'S ALBUM ON ITUNES! Keith fans eagerly awaiting the upcoming Defying Gravity album will get to hear the new material ahead of the album release and will get an exclusive bonus song when they purchase at least one track in advance and then complete the album on iTunes. The deal marks the first time in iTunes' Complete My Album campaign where fans that buy at least one advance track and complete the album within two weeks of its release will receive an extra song, "Call My Name." The Complete My Album service allows customers to turn their individually purchased tracks into a complete album by giving them a full 99 cent credit for every song they have previously bought from that album. And as an extra treat, Keith will be doing video podcasts about the program and about each song he is releasing at iTunes before Defying Gravity is in stores on March 31. Those tracks include: Keith's 9th #1 single "Sweet Thing," "Kiss A Girl," "I'm In" and "Only You Can Love Me This Way." The release dates of the tracks are as follows: March 3: Complete My Album Campaign begins w/ "Sweet Thing" March 10: 2nd song releases, "Kiss A Girl" March 17: 3rd song releases, "I'm In" March 24: 4th song releases, "Only You Can Love Me This Way" CLICK HERE to visit the iTunes Complete My Album campaign! Want a FREE video of Keith? Visit iTunes each time that a new song appears in the Complete My Album campaign and you can download a FREE video podcast! Click Here to download the videos! "NO FRILLS" SHOWS SET TO HIGHLIGHT NEW SONGS! Keith is teaming up with Verizon for a series of exclusive "No Frills" performances with his band on the Verizon VIP Tour. These concerts will precede the May launch of Urban's Escape Together World Tour...and Monkeyville members have the opportunity to attend! Each show will be very limited but Monkeyville members will have the chance to attend. Not only will members get to see the show, but eight (8) lucky members will also get to meet Keith backstage! The Keith and the Verizon VIP Tour will appear in the following cities: March 18 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues March 24 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore March 27 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues March 30 - Chicago, IL - Joe's Bar on Weed Street April 1 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall April 3 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts Monkeyville members - CLICK HERE to enter and for more info! "Clubs are where it all began." said Keith. "There's just something about the way the band grooves and how the audience gets right up there close and personal, and I love it. So for me there's a nostalgic cool factor in doing this with Verizon." "SWEET THING" HITS #1 ON CHARTS...FOR TWO WEEKS! "Sweet Thing" lands at the top spot for two consecutive weeks on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and Mediabase / Country Aircheck. This marks Keith's tenth #1 and his third consecutive within the past six months ("You Look Good In My Shirt" and his duet "Start A Band" with Brad Paisley). Thank you to everyone for your support of the hit single! NEW SINGLE SET FOR MARCH 9TH RELEASE! "Kiss A Girl" will be the second single from Keith's upcoming Defying Gravity album and will be delivered to radio this week. Be sure to check out the site next week to hear the song! "Kiss A Girl" will also be featured as the song of the week in the iTunes Complete My Album campaign on March 10. Members of Monkeyville will get a FREE download of "Kiss A Girl" (acoustic version) on Tuesday, March 31. Join Now to have access to the exclusive song! As always, thanks so much for your support! KeithUrban.net echoCrew