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Current chart king Keith Urban will join Faith Hill, Dierks Bentley, Big Kenny, Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down and the African Children’s Choir at the Nashville 4 Africa benefit concert, taking place at the Tennessee city’s Schermerhorn Auditorium on April 22nd. Tickets are available now and will benefit charities that help build schools and provide educational efforts in Africa. Urban jetted to Number One this week with his latest album Defying Gravity, beating Prince’s triple-LP Target-only release by just 4,000 sales.
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