Keith Urban is not just coming back to C2C. He is running the whole show.
In March 2026, he opens the festival in the most personal way possible. Before the big arena lights switch on, he steps into Indigo at The O2 in London, a small club that holds just over 2,500 people. There he hosts the CMA Songwriters Series, sits on stage with a guitar in his hands, and talks about the songs that changed his life.
Ashley Cooke, Kristian Bush from Sugarland, Aaron Raitiere, and Meg McRee are his hand picked company for that night. If you know country songwriting, you know how serious that list is. It feels less like a showcase and more like being invited into Keith’s inner circle.
C2C rolls into full festival mode for three days in London, Belfast, and Glasgow. The O2 Arena fills, the Hydro shakes, and tens of thousands of fans watch the same man who played an intimate club now lead a global country party with Brooks & Dunn, Zach Top, Scotty McCreery, and more.
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If you have never been to a CMA Songwriters Series night, this is the perfect way to picture what Keith will do at Indigo at The O2. Sitting in a circle with other writers, trading stories and songs instead of big stage moves. They play “She Got The Best of Me” like it was first born, just a voice and a guitar.
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After the quiet stories and acoustic guitars, this is what the same weekend feels like when the volume hits ten and the lights flood a full arena. “Brand New Man” turns a sea of strangers into one loud choir, hands in the air for every chorus. It shows why their first UK return since 2010 is such a big deal for this lineup.