Country music star Keith Urban is about to experience the Canadian Football League for the first time.

The four-time Grammy winner is the halftime performer for SundayB次元官网网址檚 107th Grey Cup in Calgary between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

B次元官网网址淗aving never seen a CFL game before, IB次元官网网址檓 looking forward to seeing one,B次元官网网址� Urban said Saturday at McMahon Stadium. B次元官网网址淲hat a crash course right? To come and see the Grey Cup.B次元官网网址�

Urban has sold more than 20 million albums, six of which have reached No. 1.

Previous Grey Cup halftime performers include Alessia Cara, Shania Twain, OneRepublic, Fall Out Boy and Imagine Dragons.

Urban has performed at a Nashville Predators games and at PhiladelphiaB次元官网网址檚 Lincoln Financial Field for the NHL Stadium Series game between the Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins in February.

Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, heB次元官网网址檚 familiar with NFL football having attended a few Tennessee Titans games

The 52-year-old singer-songwriter says itB次元官网网址檚 a different vibe performing a few quick songs at a game where heB次元官网网址檚 not primarily who people have come to see.

B次元官网网址淚 never know what to expect in a situation like this,B次元官网网址� Urban said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a bit like going to a festival where you donB次元官网网址檛 know how many people there know who you are, what you do, have never seen you before.

B次元官网网址淏ut itB次元官网网址檚 maybe a little harder because itB次元官网网址檚 a sporting event. I always come out with the attitude that everyone is standing there doing this,B次元官网网址� he said, folding his arms in front of him. B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址榃hat do you do? WhatB次元官网网址檚 your business?B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚 want to keep everybody warm and up and motivated with hopefully songs most everyone knows.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e got 12 minutes to do it in.B次元官网网址�

Urban is familiar with Calgary having performed in the city earlier in his career, including the 2014 Calgary Stampede.

B次元官网网址淐algaryB次元官网网址檚 got such a huge country fan base,B次元官网网址� Urban said. B次元官网网址滿y music certainly transcends a lot of that as well, goes outside of it a bit.

B次元官网网址淚t feels like a second home, it really does Canada in general, because I started touring here so early in my career.

B次元官网网址淚 could tell from when we started playing little clubs that what I was doing, everybody got it. I felt like I was back in Australia.B次元官网网址�

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press

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