6 DAYS A WEEK: Your look at Great Allentown Fair
Keith Urban, Carter Faith, 7 p.m. Sept. 3, Fairgrounds Grandstand, Allentown Fair. Keith Lionel Urbahn was born Oct. 26, 1967, in Whangarei, New Zealand, and at age 2 moved with his parents to Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. His 12 albums include “Keith Urban” (1991), “The Ranch” (1997), “Keith Urban” (1999), his American debut with “But for the Grace of God,” his first No. 1 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart; “Golden Road” (2002), with the hits “Somebody Like You” and “You’ll Think of Me”; “Be Here” (2004); “Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing” (2006), with the hits, “Once in a Lifetime” and “Stupid Boy”; “Defying Gravity” (2009); “Get Closer” (2010), “Fuse” (2013); “Ripcord” (2016), with the hits “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and the No. 1 Country Airplay hits “Break on Me,” “Wasted Time” and “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” the latter his longest-reigning No. 1 at 12 weeks; “Graffiti U” (2018), with the Top 10 hit “Coming Home,” and the album, “The Speed of Now Part 1” (2020), with the hit “One Too Many” and the Country Airplay Top 10 hits, “We Were” and “God Whispered Your Name.” Ticket information: https://www.allentownfair.com/
Tyler Hubbard, Matt Stell, 7 p.m. Aug. 31, Fairgrounds Grandstand, Allentown Fair. Tyler Reed Hubbard, a singer-songwriter and musician born Jan. 31, 1987, in Monroe, Ga., is in the duo Florida Georgia Line, which went on hiatus in 2021. Hubbard released a solo album in January. Hubbard’s first single, “5 Foot 9,” topped the Billboard Country Airplay charts in 2022. Florida Georgia Line, with Brian Kelley, released its first album, “Here’s to the Good Times” (2012)” with the single, “Cruise,” No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart. A remix of “Cruise,” featuring Nelly, hit No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles from the album include “Get Your Shine On,” “Round Here,” “Stay” and “This Is How We Roll.” Florida Georgia Line’s “Anything Goes” (2014) included “Dirt,” “Sun Daze,” “Sippin’ On Fire,” “Anything Goes” and “Confession”; “Dig Your Roots” (2016) included “H.O.L.Y.,” “May We All,” “God, Your Mama, and Me” and “Smooth”; “Can’t Say I Ain’t Country” (2019), included “Simple,” “Talk You Out of It” and “Blessings,” and “Life Rolls On” (2021) included “I Love My Country” and “Long Live.” Ticket information: https://www.allentownfair.com/