Keith Urban Announces ‘All For The Hall’ Benefit Concert

Keith Urban and Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill will return to Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday, December 5, for Urban's "All for the Hall" concert.

The concert benefits the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It will include performances by musical directors Urban and Gill, as well as Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Jordan Davis, HARDY, Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, and other special guests.

Keith said in a statement, "Getting to curate, create, and collaborate on our All for the Hall shows has always been mad fun for me. There's so much love and respect for all the work the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum does, not only from the artists and the industry but the audience too."

He added, "I love that Vince will be there with me again this year – and we have another incredible 'guest list' and always some surprises too!"

This year's show, themed "The Song Remembers When," will feature artists performing a song that defines a memorable moment in their life, in addition to one of their own hits. This is Urban's eighth All for the Hall Nashville concert. Collectively, they have raised $4.3 million in support of the nonprofit museum and its educational programs.

Tickets will go on sale Friday, September 15, at 10 a.m. Central, and can be purchased at LiveNation.com.

The evening will also feature a performance of an original song by Nashville area high school students who participated in the museum's flagship education program, Words & Music, which pairs a professional songwriter with students to help them learn how to write song lyrics while developing critical skills in language arts.

The "All for the Hall" campaign began in 2005 when Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill suggested country music artists contribute the proceeds of one annual performance to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Launched in 2007 in New York, the series alternated between New York and Los Angeles in succeeding years, with Gill and fellow Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris as hosts. With Keith Urban, Gill also co-hosts a recurring All for the Hall concert in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena. To date, All for the Hall concerts have raised nearly $6 million in support of the museum's educational initiatives, which serve more than 130,000 people annually.

It's hard to believe how quickly ten years can pass. Ten years ago some pretty special projects from artists, including Blake Shelton, Lady A, Tim McGraw, and more, were brand new. Blake was on fire back then (as he is now), winning his one and only CMA Entertainer of the Year award the previous year (2012). In 2013 he won CMA's Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for his project Based On A True Story. It was the year we were just learning of a future Grammy darling named Kacey Musgraves.

Also, in 2013, Miranda Lambert won another Female Vocalist award from the CMA, and the CMA Musical Event was a song McGraw released with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban called "Highway Don't Care."

Sadly, it was also the year when country icon and Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones passed away. Still, it was only the beginning for what was dubbed "Baby Antebellum" as Lady A's Hillary Scott gave birth to her first child Eisele. Now the trio has six children between them.

As we look at 2013 in country music, here are some of our favorite albums to come out that year.

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The second album from the Miranda Lambert-led trio Pistol Annies. One reviewer said at the time of its release, "A bluegrass-inspired collection that is nothing short of entertaining, even when the women complain non-stop about the men in their lives."

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The fifth studio album won a Grammy For Best Country Album. The album's standout single was "Downtown."

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Kacey's debut project, this album won the 2015 Best Country Album Grammy. It also took home Album of The Year at the 2014 ACM Awards.

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This album featured "Highway Don't Care," a duet with Taylor Swift which featured Keith Urban on guitar. Tim said of the project when it came out, "There's something special about this record to me, in the optimism that it has. I'm looking forward to more stuff than I've ever had happen before; there's more ahead of me than behind me. I feel like I've grabbed another gear."

This project was the 2013 CMA Album of the Year winner. At the time of its release, it was a career-best for Shelton selling 200,000 copies in one week. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Album in 2013.