Keith Urban Super Bowl Performance

Country singer Keith Urban performed during the pre-game show for Super Bowl XLV. The performance was televised on Fox TV. He performed "You Gonna Fly" from his 2010 album Get Closer. The performance kicks off Urban's Get Closer 2011 World Tour set to begin in June with tickets going on sale February 11.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/01/keith-urban-to-play-super-bowl-pregame-show/1

Urban's performance at Super Bowl XLV marks his second performance at Dallas, Texas' Cowboys Stadium. He previously performed at the Cowboy's Thanksgiving Day game in November 2010 when the Cowboys faced the New Orleans Saints. 

In addition to Urban, the Super Bowl XLV pre-game show line-up includes Maroon 5 and Glee star Lea Michele. Christina Aguilera is set to close the pre-game show with a performance of the Star-Spangled Banner. The Black Eyed Peas were selected to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show.http://www.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/01/lea-michele-maroon-5-to-sing-at-the-super-bowl/1

Keith Urban began his musical career as part of the country group The Ranch in the early 1990's. Urban played the guitar and provided vocals for the band. When the group disbanded in 1997, Urban was approached to contribute music to some of country music's prominent stars, including Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks. In 1999, Urban released Keith Urban, his first solo album.http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/keith-urban/bio/241828

Urban has seven studio albums to his credit. In 2010, he released Get Closer, which features the single "Without You".http://www.billboard.com/#/album/keith-urban/get-closer/1450314 Urban has been featured on Billboard Magazine's year-end artist chart in 2009 and 2010.http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/keith-urban/chart-history/241828 

In December 2010, Urban and wife Nicole Kidman welcomed daughter Faith Margaret Kidman Urban into the world. Urban and Kidman have one other daughter, Sunday Rose, and two adopted children from Kidman's first marriage to Tom Cruise.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20458381,00.html