<h2>CARRIE UNDERWOOD JOINING KEITH URBAN ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA</h2>
<p>Nashville, TN – (April 11, 2016) – Seven-time Grammy winner <a title="Carrie Underwood" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/carrie-underwood-tour-dates/">Carrie Underwood</a> recently extended her critically acclaimed <strong>Storyteller Tour-</strong><em><b>Stories in the Round</b></em> tour through this fall including stops in Los Angeles (STAPLES Center), Nashville (<a title="Bridgestone Arena" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbBridgestone&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fbridgestone-arena-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221417&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Bridgestone Arena</a>), and New York City (<a title="Madison Square Garden" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbMSG&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fmadison-square-garden-tickets-new-york%2Fvenue%2F483329&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Madison Square Garden</a>). It was also just announced that she will close out her year of touring playing arenas with <a title="Keith Urban" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSKUrban/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkeith-urban-tickets%2F">Keith Urban</a> on the Australian leg of his “<strong>ripCORD World Tour 2016.” </strong></p>
<p>This will be Carrie’s third trip to Australia, having been there before for extensive album promotion in 2011 and again in 2012 when she also took her “Blown Away Tour” to Melbourne, Tamworth, Brisbane, and Sydney &#8212; wrapping with 2 sold-out nights at the iconic Sydney Opera House. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/carrie-underwood-2-113x150.jpg" alt="Carrie Underwood Concert Tickets" width="113" height="150" class="alignright size-large wp-image-32998" /><b>ripCORD World Tour 2016 Australia Tour Dates:</b><br />
Tuesday, December 6th &#8211; Adelaide – Entertainment Centre<br />
Thursday, December 8th &#8211; Melbourne – Rod Laver Arena<br />
Saturday, December 10th &#8211; Canberra – GIO Stadium<br />
Monday, December 12th &#8211; Sydney – Allphones Arena<br />
Friday, December 16th &#8211; Brisbane – Entertainment Centre<br />
Saturday, December 17th &#8211; Brisbane – Entertainment Centre</p>
<p>Ticketing information<br />
The Telstra Thanks pre-sale, for Telstra customers starts 2pm Tuesday 12th April.<br />
Head to <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/w9ddp/wx4h1b/82gcxe">www.telstra.com/music</a> for more details on how to purchase.</p>
<p>Tickets will be available to the general public at <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/w9ddp/wx4h1b/ovhcxe">www.ticketek.com.au</a><br />
from 2pm, Friday 15th April. </p>
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<p><b>About <a title="Carrie Underwood" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/carrie-underwood-tour-dates/">Carrie Underwood</a>:</b> <a title="Carrie Underwood" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/carrie-underwood-tour-dates/">Carrie Underwood</a> emerged from the promise of her 2005 <i>American Idol </i>win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner, she has amassed over 100 major honors, sold 58 million records worldwide, and recorded 23 #1 singles, 13 of which she co-wrote, with a catalog of songs that have been streamed more than 1.5 billion times worldwide. The first female artist to be twice named the <i>Academy of Country Music’s</i> Entertainer of the Year, Underwood was recognized as Pollstar’s top female country touring artist for her headlining tours in 2008, 2010, and 2012. Her first four studio albums, <i>Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Play On</i>, and <i>Blown Away</i> – each certified multi-Platinum or Platinum, and each an <i>American Music Awards</i> winner as Country Album of the Year – tallied an incredible 38 weeks at #1 on <i>Billboard’s</i> Top Country Albums chart. In 2013, Underwood starred as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning <i>The Sound of Music Live!,</i> whose airings attracted 44 million viewers. In December of 2014, <a title="the Grand Ole Opry" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/category/the-grand-ole-opry/">the Grand Ole Opry</a> member released her first hits collection,<i> Greatest Hits</i>: <i>Decade #1.</i> <i>Billboard’s </i>best-selling hits album of 2015, the chart-topping package was certified Platinum in January of 2016, making Underwood the only country artist – and one of only six all-genre artists – to launch an album to Platinum success since the time of its release in December of 2014. Celebrating her first 10 years of music, the collection’s 25 songs included two new #1 hits co-written by Underwood: the Platinum-certified, GRAMMY-winning “Something in the Water,” as well as the Gold-certified “Little Toy Guns.” In 2015, she began her third season as the voice of primetime television’s #1 program, <i>Sunday Night Football</i>, and returned for an eighth consecutive year as co-host of the <a title="CMA Awards" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cma-awards-tickets-pre-sale-starts-now/">CMA Awards</a>. Underwood’s chart-topping, Gold-certified fifth studio album,<i> Storyteller</i>, has produced two #1 singles with “Smoke Break” and “Heartbeat.” </p>
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