Keith Urban - by Jeff Apter

Highlights

• FIRST & ONLY BIOGRAPHY: Despite enormous success in the music world, his
• high-profile turns as a judge on 4 seasons of American Idol and two seasons of
• Australia’s The Voice, and his marriage since 2006 to Nicole Kidman, this is the
• first and only comprehensive biography of Keith Urban.
• MAJOR SUPERSTAR: Keith Urban has won 4 Grammys (the same number as
• Bee Gees and Olivia Newton-John). He’s had 20 #1 hits in the US and 12 Golden
• Guitars, and collaborated with music royalty including the Rolling Stones, Taylor
• Swift, Pitbull, Nile Rodgers, Pink, and many more. Since 2000, he’s played more
• than 600 live shows, to five million-plus people, generating more than $327
• million at the box office.
• 25 YEARS IN THE MAKING: Jeff Apter first met Keith Urban in Nashville in
• 1998 and has been charting his career ever since, making him a credible,
• in-depth biographer
• PREVIOUSLY UNREVEALED INFORMATION: Apter’s biography presents Keith
• Urban as he’s never been seen before, chronicling how, after being taken to a
• Johnny Cash concert at five years old, the shy, working class kid with a mullet
• rose to global fame. While Keith’s struggles with addiction are public knowledge,
• this biography provides greater detail than anything previously published,
• including Keith’s experiences while working at a rehab counselor, his relapses,
• the intervention Nicole Kidman organized, and his journey in recovery. It also
• chronicles his humble childhood, first love, and early musical adventures in
• Australia – episodes not well-known to American audiences.
• AUSTRALIAN EDITION: The Spring 2022 Australian edition of Keith Urban
• (published by Allen & Unwin) hit the Australian bestseller list and was covered
• extensively in The Sydney Morning Herald, GLAM, The Daily Mail, The NZ Herald,
• ABC’s Overnights, and more.
• ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR: Jeff Apter has written about music for more than
• three decades and is the author of over thirty music biographies. He was on staff
• at the Australian Rolling Stone for several years, and has had unusual encounters
• with such greats as Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Helen Reddy, and
• many others. His most recent publication in America was 25 Years of Grace: An
• Anniversary Tribute to Jeff Buckley’s Classic Album, which he co-authored with
• acclaimed photographer Merri Cyr, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2019.