Keith Urban’s guitarist Maggie Baugh didn’t join him on stage in Nashville amid his divorce from Nicole Kidman.
Urban, 57, closed out his High and Alive tour at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, October 17. Meanwhile, Baugh, 25, took to Instagram the identical evening to share that she was in a special state altogether.
In a brief clip shared via her Instagram Story, Baugh posed in red top, black mini skirt and matching hat in what seemed to be a backstage dressing room, prior to her own performance in Carmel, Indiana.
“Indiana! See you guys soon,” she wrote via the post.
Urban’s High and Alive World tour kicked off earlier this 12 months, with Baugh serving because the country star’s guitarist and occasional violinist. The duo first collaborated back in 2024, when Urban asked Baugh to perform with him on the CMT awards. She later joined his band full time.
When news broke in September that Kidman had filed for divorce from Urban after nearly 20 years of marriage, footage of Urban’s past concert events began to resurface online of Urban and Baugh on stage together. The videos — which featured Urban changing the lyrics to his song “The Fighter,” which is about Kidman, while pointing at Baugh and giving her a shout out — sparked speculation that there was something romantic occurring between them.
Neither Urban or Baugh have spoken out concerning the allegations, but Baugh’s father addressed the affair rumors via his Facebook page last month. “NO. Just No,” he wrote in response to someone claiming that Baugh contributed to Urban and Kidman’s divorce. (Kidman officially cited “irreconcilable differences” as the explanation for the split, per documents obtained by Us Weekly. She also was granted “primary residential parent” of their two daughters, Sunday, 17, and Faith, 14.)
Urban, for his part, has since removed “The Fighter” from his setlist. Baugh has also been missing from Urban’s tour band since Kidman filed for divorce, because the guitarist is busy together with her solo profession. (Natalie Stovall has taken her place in the first position.)
Baugh currently has multiple shows of her own scheduled throughout October and November across the country and recently announced her latest song, “The Devil Wins,” which she released on October 10.
“I don’t know what the hell I consider in / I don’t know heal my soul,” Baugh croons within the country track, which deals with the struggle of fighting “feelings” in “tempting” situations. “Or fight this sense and it’s a rattling good place to go / Regardless of how close I get to burning the sting / Tempting because it is, I won’t let the Devil win.”
TMZ reported earlier this month that there have been “no plans” for Baugh to return to Urban’s tour because of “logistics” in scheduling. Urban was also forced to cancel his Greenville, South Carolina, show on Thursday, October 16, because of illness after being advised by a physician to give attention to his health.
The Bon Secours Wellness Arena released an announcement on their website on Thursday, telling fans, “Urban has been advised by his longtime laryngologist Dr. Gaelyn Garrett, from the Vanderbilt Voice Center, to cancel his performance in Greenville, SC at Bon Secours Wellness Arena because of laryngitis which began earlier this week.” (Per the Mayo Clinic, Laryngitis is a form of inflammation that affects the voice box which may turn into inflamed from overuse, irritation or infection.)
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The venue noted that anyone who purchased tickets through Ticketmaster would have “refunds issued immediately.”
Urban also shared a private apology via the venue’s website.
“Hey Greenville, I’m so SO sorry to need to cancel the show …. I do know all of the logistics it takes to get to a concert as of late and I’ve never taken any of that, or any of YOU with no consideration,” Urban said in an announcement. “I’m looking forward to getting back there when we will!!!!!”