Prologue -- Caboolture kid -- "The guitar was my security blanket" -- How to become an extraordinary alien -- "I hope you come back to Nashville and find a home here" -- Down and out at the Lucky Snapper -- "I'm probably not going to make it until tomorrow" -- "Garth Brooks called me mate" -- Shake-ups and breakthroughs -- Cleaning house and topping the charts -- "You fucking hypocrite! You're not the guy in the song" -- Walking the golden road -- "Keith Urban is the Australian heartthrob of American country" -- "I swear that she floated across the room. It was out of this world" -- "Abstinence is the ticket into the movie. It's not the movie" -- "A little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl" -- "The most autobiographical song I ever wrote" -- "It was an experiment that went terribly wrong. I'm glad Randy was there" -- "Ever since we've been married... people make up the most insane crap" -- A farewell, a guy named Pitbull and a bold new beginning -- Keith Urban: selected awards -- Ten essential Keith Urban performances -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography

"In the first and only definitive biography of country music star Keith Urban, insider Jeff Apter chronicles how a skinny, shy high school dropout with an outrageous mullet went from humble origins in Australia to conquering Nashville and global stardomplus his struggles with addiction, marriage to Nicole Kidman, turns on American Idol, and more."--Publisher