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June 28, 2025

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Keith Urban has won the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Associations Entertainer of The Year Award, and after witnessing Urban's performance last night, it is amazing he hasn't won more of them.

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Urban brought his High and Alive Tour to the rolling hills of Blossom Music Center along with up and comers Chase Matthew and Alana Springsteen.

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Kicking off the show with "Straight Line" from his latest album Alive, Urban and his crack five piece backing band had the crowd in the palm of their hands. 

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After playing "Where The Blacktop Ends," Urban addressed the audience saying that has had a long relationship with Ohio.  He even referenced the time he missed a show at Blossom because he was stuck in a storm in New York.  He then went into the crowd and talked to some people in the pit.  One fan recalled that he came back and played thirty-six songs the next time he came to town to make up for the missed appearance.

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Urban showed off his skills on the guitar all evening long.  The man is a master of the fretboard and can easily play in any rock band that he wanted.  He can shred with the best of them, but he also can slow it down and make the guitar sing as well.

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The set consisted of some new songs like "Chuck Taylor's" and "Messed Up As Me" as well as some classics like "Cop Car," "The Fighter" and "Long Hot Summer" and even a few cover songs.

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Before playing a mash up of "Pink Pony Club" and "Think Of Me," Urban headed out to a small stage on the lawn so those fans could get a close up view of this Country Music legend.

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The main set ended with "Wasted Time" and "Folsom Prison Blues."  He and the band came back to encore with a great version of The New Radicals "You Get What You Give."

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Chase Matthew entertained the crowd with a great set of original tunes as well as a mash up of AC/DC and Red Hot Chili Peppers classics.  Matthew noted that he loves Ohio and mentioned that he has played The Dusty Armadillo a few times and still has a hoodie from there on his tour bus.

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Alana Springsteen also put on a very entertaining set.  She has a great personality and interacts with the crowd very well.  She asked the audience if she could borrow a snap-back hat before she played "look i like."  Of course, someone from the pit obliged and handed her his hat for that song. 

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Photos and review by Greg Drugan

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