Urban out of rehab

Jan 17, 2007, 13:40 GMT

Keith Urban is out of rehab.

The country singer, the husband of Nicole Kidman, has been released from the Betty Ford clinic where he was being treated for alcoholism and was seen out with his wife at the private CAA Golden Globes after-party on Monday night (15.01.07).

Urban's representative Paul Freundlich said: "He has been officially released from the facility and will launch his world tour with a short run of club shows in the UK and Germany in April."

The tour is to promote his latest album 'Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Thing' which was released in November, after the 39-year-old had entered rehab.

Despite his lack of promotional work for the LP, the album reached Number 1 in the US country chart.

Tour dates are yet to be finalised, but after the club shows Urban will play in several arenas in Australia in May and some dates in the US and Canada in June.

The singer checked into rehab on October 19 last year, but was released for the Christmas holidays to spend time with his family, when he flew to Sydney with Kidman.

Urban - who was brought up in Australia - married the 'Cold Mountain' star in Sydney in June last year. The couple then moved to Nashville.

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