Watch Keith Urban’s New Year’s Eve Tribute to Glen Campbell, Troy Gentry, Tom Petty, Don Williams & More

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Watch Keith Urban’s New Year’s Eve Tribute to Glen Campbell, Troy Gentry, Tom Petty, Don Williams & More

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey  |  January 2, 2018

Keith Urban braved the frigid temperature in Nashville on Dec. 31 to help ring in the New Year as the featured performer during Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight celebration.

Before the traditional Music Note Drop and accompanying fireworks helped signal the start of 2018, Keith treated fans to a medley of songs that paid tribute to many of the artists who died in 2017, including Chris Cornell, Gregg Allman, Chuck Berry, Don Williams, Glen Campbell, Troy Gentry, Malcolm Young and Tom Petty.

Watch Keith’s tribute below, courtesy of YouTube’s Scott MacArthur (macartsk).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pllm0I4AUSE&t=378s

photo by Ben Enos

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