NOVA PERTH INTERVIEW

Nat: Now that's enough frivolity! We've got important things to do,
important people to talk to now, Nathan concentrate!
Nathan: I am!
Nat: In Sydney, in our studios in Sydney (KU voiceover: That's excellent) we
have the wonderful Keith Urban, and as a special guest interviewer we've
brought him Lisa from uh – who does news in the afternoons because - massive
Keith Urban fan aren't you Lisa?
Lisa: Morning! Yes I am!
KU: Morning, Lisa!
Nathan (in background): Hi, Keith!
Nat: Now Keith I'm not sure if you remember Lisa (Lisa VO: Oh, God!), but
Lisa last year flew to Adelaide to see you (Keith VO: That's right) and she
um, she met you afterwards and she was so overwhelmed by your mere presence
that she couldn't talk –
KU: Wow...
Nat: -- so she's going to give it another go today okay – Lisa, are you
okay?
Lisa (laughing): Yeah, I'm fine now thanks.
Nathan: Okay wait there -- Keith, I'm just taking a photo of you and Lisa
(all laughing) – Keith of course is in Sydney, so this is Lisa on the
microphone – Lisa, smile!
Nat: Smile, Keith!
KU: Oh, that's perfect... (tries to say something else here but gets cut off
by Nathan)
Nathan: Don't grab him – don't grab him there! She's got you on the mic --
KU: That's why I'm smiling, what're you talking about! (all laughing)
Nathan (in background): Oh Lisa! That was perfect(?)!
Nat: Now Keith, may we point out that Lisa at the moment is your fan of the
week (Lisa: Oh geez...) on the fan website as well --
KU: Wow...
Nat: I know!
Lisa: I know, if you go to keithurbanmates dot net you'll see my noggin on
the head. How sad is that? Keith, did it spin you out that there are
fansites left, right and centre and at the moment we've got listeners logged
onto the internet listening to this from the US and Canada? Does that freak
you out?
KU: Ah - You know, only when 'fan' is short for 'fanatic' I think is (gets
drowned out by everyone laughing)
Nat: Lisa, you're freaking him out! (all laughing)
Nathan: No, a fan wanting an autograph's fine, a fan wanting an autograph
with a shotgun – that's not good at all, is it? (all laugh, especially
Keith) That's where it gets a little bit scary.
Nat: What about the fact that you're a sex symbol, Keith?
KU (dead quiet, sounds taken aback): Um – m-me?
Nat: Yeah, you are – come on, you know you are!
KU: Ohh I'm so attractive in the morning taking the garbage out, you know.
Such a good look. (all laughing)
Nathan: Well [something] the ladies do swoon! (Keith laughs)
Lisa: Keith, I've been trying to explain to these guys just how mammoth you
are in the States, like you've sold millions of albums – what's the biggest
crowd you’ve ever played for?
Nathan (in background): [something I can't understand!] (everyone starts
laughing and cracking jokes)
KU: It all started with Sex in the City, didn't it? (all laugh and agree,
Nathan says something else in the background that I can't work out) We did,
we did a show up in uhh Knoxville, uh Tennessee, ah with Kenny Chesney with
a bunch of other artists – Kid Rock, and Uncle Kracker and stuff – and it
was, I think about 65,000 people?
All: Whooooaaaa!
KU: Yeah, it was really good.
Nathan (sounds in awe): What a moshpit...
Lisa: And does it annoy you that – like, obviously you're huge in the States
– does it annoy you we're not picking you up as much in Australia?
KU: (sighs, like he's trying to think of a right answer) It's, you know it's
a f--
Nathan (in background): Yes! (all laugh)
KU: (laughing) Yes! (everyone laughing and repeating YES! in background)
Yes!
Nat (in background): Say it loud, say it proud (Nathan: Who gives a shit?
Yes!) – very annoying, isn't it Keith?
KU: This is great, I keep having to remind myself that I don't have to give
political answers anymore – yes, it sucks! (everyone laughing)
Nat: We love honesty around here, Keith!
Nathan: Yeah what's next on Keith's list is revenge! (more laughing)
Lisa: And Keith I was telling these guys that you've been touring virtually
nonstop since your last album, "Golden Road", for a couple of years (KU:
Right.), and you've put everything in storage and you hopped on a bus and
you literally toured for years in a bus (KU: Mhm). What's the logistics of
traveling in a bus? Like I know you've got a bedroom on a bus (KU: Mhm), but
where do you park the bus? And like, do you park at a caravan park and then
take your toiletries bag (Nat and Nathan start losing it here, laughing) to
a local, I don't know – the amenities? How does that work?
Nathan (laughing): Keith, she wants to know if you live in [something] – she
wants to know if you're all "Home and Away" style when you're on tour. (all
laughing)
KU (laughing): Wow...
Nat: Where do you park it? I'm intrigued now, I'd never thought of that, but
where do you go?
KU: Yeah, that's a -- that's a legitimate question. Uh, actually there's a
bunch of bus leasing companies in Nashville, so they have huge warehouses
and the buses are stored there, and I go back to my hotel in Nashville.
Nathan: Oh, okay – alternatively: um, three um, disabled car parks (everyone
starts laughing, Keith loses it) – if you pull your bus across those –
'cause no one's ever using 'em!
KU: You know, just leave the drum sticks on the dashboard, right? (more
laughing)
Nathan: Exactly! Pretend they're little crutches.
KU: Yeess, yeess... (everyone's still laughing)
Nat: And, and to be careful, do you have to wear thongs in the shower on the
bus?
Nathan: Yeah, what if you give yourself athlete's foot or something? (still
laughing)
KU: Yeah, it's -- it's an art of balance, especially with the buses rolling.
And uh, you know 'cause you do, you get on the bus and you roll after a show
and you're takin' a shower while the bus is navigating the uh freeways and
everything (Nat: No way!), so it can be a bit challenging.
Nathan: Hey Keith I -- I do know that you've got a large fanbase out there,
and I have to say some of your fans are so fanatic that they're like animals
– Lisa – anyway –
Lisa: Oh, that's not true! It's about the music, Nathan!
Nathan (makes snarling noise, laughing): Anyway –
KU: I think there's a Nine Inch Nails song about that, isn't there? (all
crack up)
Nathan: Yeah she wants that as well! (Keith laughing) But Keith um, would it
freak you out – because I know that this happened to other people – would it
freak you out if someone come up to you and go, "Oh Keith I've got a tattoo
of your face on my body"? Like, that would –
KU: Only if his name was Jim. (everyone laughs again)
Nathan (in background): And he was a truckie.
Nat: Now, Keith I heard a rumour that there are girls coming to your
concerts throwing knickers on stage, is that true?
KU: Yeah, and we're running out, so uh we need -- we need more, yes. No uh,
they throw all kinds of stuff, it's really bizarre.
Nat(?): Now with the knickers, Tom Jones used to get quite annoyed that uh
(Keith starts laughing) women would take a spare set of undies and throw
them (Nathan: that's sick) and Tom would get really annoyed -- it's like,
"If you're at my concert, you take the knickers off there and throw them" –
what's your preference?
KU: (loses it)
Nathan: Would you like them still in the packaging (all laughing) so you can
just regift for Christmas?
KU: Wow...
Lisa: Keith, now if everything came together and things worked out, is there
a package there in front of you right now?
KU: Wow, that's a very forward question! (cracks up at himself and set
everyone else off as well!) I am happy to be here, but it's [something, gets
lost in all the laughter] --
Nathan: Just look above the crotch and look on your table somewhere!
KU (still laughing): Yes yes, no I see – I see the package...
Nat: Now, open it now, it's a gift from Lisa (more laughter) –
Lisa: Oh, God...
Nathan: This is just an indication of what Lisa looks like.
Nat: She's really hot! (more laughter)
KU: Let me – hang on, get this thing open. (sound of paper ripping)
Nathan (in background): No, that's okay, now throw them at yourself!
KU (finishes opening package): Oh, my God, Lisa! (girls laughing)
Nat: Just describe what you're looking at there, Keith.
KU: Umm I hope these aren't yours... (laughing in background)
Nathan: Yes, they are! Hey Keith, if you just, you just hold the um knickers
up to the microphone, Lisa you lean into that microphone (Lisa (laughing):
Another photo! Another photo opportunity!) alright? And I'm going to take a
photo of you both, okay – smile, Keith! Are you smiling, Keith?
KU: Oh, that's just classic. Yes, I'm smiling – (Nathan VO: Are you smiling,
Lis?) if you saw these, you would be too.
Nathan: Right, here we go.
(Keith laughing)
Nathan: Keith, you blinked!
Lisa: What are they?
Nat: What does it say on the uh, on the knickers, there?
KU (still laughing): It says (takes a breath to calm himself) but there's a
little heart, it says "I love you Keith" and then it says "I'm your #48
Fan!” (everyone else laughing) So we've got a lot of work to do over in this
country, obviously. (more laughing)
Nat: Keith, thank you so much for talking to us.
Lisa: The single is "Days Go By", the album's out umm in oh September 20 –
he's touring here in Feb which I'm a bit excited about!
(Everyone makes "Ooh!" teasing noises, except for...)
Keith (quietly): Thank you...
Nat: It's okay Keith, we'll lock her up! (all laughing)
Lisa: I'll take my shot --
KU: Front row, Lisa, you gotta be front row!
Nathan: Thank you very much [something I can't make out]!
KU: Good on ya, mate!
Nat and Lisa: Cheers, thank you Keith!
KU: Cheers guys, thank you![/quote]
Nathan: Yeah, what if you give yourself athlete's foot or something? (still
laughing)
KU: Yeah, it's -- it's an art of balance, especially with the buses rolling.
And uh, you know 'cause you do, you get on the bus and you roll after a show
and you're takin' a shower while the bus is navigating the uh freeways and
everything (Nat: No way!), so it can be a bit challenging.
Nathan: Hey Keith I -- I do know that you've got a large fanbase out there,
and I have to say some of your fans are so fanatic that they're like animals
– Lisa – anyway –
Lisa: Oh, that's not true! It's about the music, Nathan!
Nathan (makes snarling noise, laughing): Anyway –
KU: I think there's a Nine Inch Nails song about that, isn't there? (all
crack up)
Nathan: Yeah she wants that as well! (Keith laughing) But Keith um, would it
freak you out – because I know that this happened to other people – would it
freak you out if someone come up to you and go, "Oh Keith I've got a tattoo
of your face on my body"? Like, that would –
KU: Only if his name was Jim. (everyone laughs again)
Nathan (in background): And he was a truckie.
Nat: Now, Keith I heard a rumour that there are girls coming to your
concerts throwing knickers on stage, is that true?
KU: Yeah, and we're running out, so uh we need -- we need more, yes. No uh,
they throw all kinds of stuff, it's really bizarre.
Nat(?): Now with the knickers, Tom Jones used to get quite annoyed that uh
(Keith starts laughing) women would take a spare set of undies and throw
them (Nathan: that's sick) and Tom would get really annoyed -- it's like,
"If you're at my concert, you take the knickers off there and throw them" –
what's your preference?
KU: (loses it)
Nathan: Would you like them still in the packaging (all laughing) so you can
just regift for Christmas?
KU: Wow...
Lisa: Keith, now if everything came together and things worked out, is there
a package there in front of you right now?
KU: Wow, that's a very forward question! (cracks up at himself and set
everyone else off as well!) I am happy to be here, but it's [something, gets
lost in all the laughter] --
Nathan: Just look above the crotch and look on your table somewhere!
KU (still laughing): Yes yes, no I see – I see the package...
Nat: Now, open it now, it's a gift from Lisa (more laughter) –
Lisa: Oh, God...
Nathan: This is just an indication of what Lisa looks like.
Nat: She's really hot! (more laughter)
KU: Let me – hang on, get this thing open. (sound of paper ripping)
Nathan (in background): No, that's okay, now throw them at yourself!
KU (finishes opening package): Oh, my God, Lisa! (girls laughing)
Nat: Just describe what you're looking at there, Keith.
KU: Umm I hope these aren't yours... (laughing in background)
Nathan: Yes, they are! Hey Keith, if you just, you just hold the um knickers
up to the microphone, Lisa you lean into that microphone (Lisa (laughing):
Another photo! Another photo opportunity!) alright? And I'm going to take a
photo of you both, okay – smile, Keith! Are you smiling, Keith?
KU: Oh, that's just classic. Yes, I'm smiling – (Nathan VO: Are you smiling,
Lis?) if you saw these, you would be too.
Nathan: Right, here we go.
(Keith laughing)
Nathan: Keith, you blinked!
Lisa: What are they?
Nat: What does it say on the uh, on the knickers, there?
KU (still laughing): It says (takes a breath to calm himself) but there's a
little heart, it says "I love you Keith" and then it says "I'm your #48
Fan!” (everyone else laughing) So we've got a lot of work to do over in this
country, obviously. (more laughing)
Nat: Keith, thank you so much for talking to us.
Lisa: The single is "Days Go By", the album's out umm in oh September 20 –
he's touring here in Feb which I'm a bit excited about!
(Everyone makes "Ooh!" teasing noises, except for...)
Keith (quietly): Thank you...
Nat: It's okay Keith, we'll lock her up! (all laughing)
Lisa: I'll take my shot --
KU: Front row, Lisa, you gotta be front row!
Nathan: Thank you very much [something I can't make out]!
KU: Good on ya, mate!
Nat and Lisa: Cheers, thank you Keith!
KU: Cheers guys, thank you!