MR KEITH URBAN THERE HE IS WITHIN JAMES, HOW
ARE YOU.
>> James: I'M VERY WELL, MY FRIEND.
HOW ARE YOU DOING.
>> I'M GOOD, NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> James: YOU JUST GOT TOO LOS ANGELES, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
JET LAG AT THE MOMENT.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF JET LAG BUT I'M ALL RIGHT, YEAH.
>> James: WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU FOUND US ON THE SHOW AND FOUND
THE TIME.
I KNOW YOU ARE GETTING READY TO HEAD BACK OUT ON THE ROAD LATER
THIS YEAR, YOU MUST BE INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT.
YOU HAVE PLAYED SO MANY VENUES ALL OVER THE PLANET.
WHERE IS THE WORST PLACE YOU EVER PLAYED?
>>.
>> THE WORST PRAISE.
>> James: YEAH.
>> OH MY GOSH, I DON'T FLOW IF IT WAS THE WORST BUT IT WAS
DEFINITELY THE STRANGEST.
WE PLAYED IN AN AIRPORT WHICH DOESN'T SOUND HORRIBLE EXCEPT IT
WAS A TINY REGIONAL AIRPORT IN AUSTRALIA, LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, MY
MANAGER AT THE TIME, I THINK HAD DONE SOME VERY QUESTIONABLE
DEALS TO GET US A COUPLE OF AIRLINE TICKETS.
AND WE HAD A BAND AND WE APPROXIMATE GOING TO PLAY AT
THIS LITTLE AIRPORT.
I GET THERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER SHOWS US
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PLAY YOU KNOW THE TAR BET-- CARPETED AREA
ABOVE THE CAROUSEL, LIKE AN ISLAND THING ABOVE IT.
>> YES.
>> THAT IS WHERE WE HAD TO PLAY.
>> OH WOW SO WE SET SET UP THE DRUMS, JUST TO GET IN THIS
LITTLE TINY STRIP AND WE SOUND CHECK A LITTLE BIT.
I WENT OKAY, WHEN DO WE PLAY, HE GOES YOU START NOW.
AND I WENT THERE IS NOBODY HERE.
AN HE SAID IF YOU JUST START PLAYING SOME PEOPLE WILL COME,
SO ALL RIGHT, SO WE START PLAYING AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
CAME OVER AND YOU SEE MORE PEOPLE, IT'S NOT A BAD GIG, 16
PEOPLE STARTED GETTING INTO IT, NEXT MINUTE, ALL THE BAGS START
COMING DOWN AND EVERYONE GOT TEIR LUGGAGE AND THEY JUST ALL
LEFT.
>> IT IS REALLY HISTORICALLY NOT A PLACE YOU WANT TO STICK AROUND
IN, IS IT?
>> YOU ARE REALLY THERE FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY.
ARE YOU NEVER LIKE WELL, WE'VE GOT OUR BANDS.
>> I KNOW, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD CALL OURSELVES MANY BAGS LOOK
ALIKE BUT MANY BANDS LOOK ALIKE.
>> James: HOW DID YOU RECENTLY COLLABORATED WITH TAYLOR SWIFT
ON THE RE-RELEASE OF FEARLESS.
YOU HAVE KNOW TAYLOR A LONG TIME.
IN 2009 SHE OPENED FOR YOU, YOUR OPENING ACT ON TOUR.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT BACK THEN IN 2009.
WHAT WAS SHE LIKE, DID YOU KNOW SHE WAS GOING TO BE SO HUGE.
>> YEAH, I RECKONED.
I THINK YOU COULD TELL.
I MEAN SHE JUST HAD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THING WHERE PEOPLE ARE
PLAYING INTO THE FUTURE, WHEN THEY PLAY A SHOW, YOU CAN JUST
TELL THAT THEY ARE LIKE, THEIR EYES ARE WAY, WAY AHEAD OF WHERE
THEY ARE GOING.
AND WHERE THEY ARE.
AND SHE HAD THAT RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
YOU COULD TELL.
GREAT SONGWRITER.
I THINK CLEARLY FOR ME SHE IS ONE OF OUR GENERATIONS GREAT,
GREAT SONGWRITERS, PERIOD.
SHE'S SO GOOD.
AND IT WAS GREAT GETTING HER TO-- WATCH HER GO FROM THAT TO
WHERE SHE IS NOW, EXTRAORDINARY.
>> James: AND HOW DID IT WORK.
DID SHE JUST CALL YOU UP AND SAY DO YOU WANT TO COME AND DO THIS
SONG?
>> I WAS IN AUSTRALIA.
IT WAS DECEMBER.
I WAS DOING MY LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, AS YOU DO.
>> James: YEAH.
>> AND I WAS AT THE SHOPPING MALL IN THE FOOD COURT.
AND I GOT A TEXT FROM TAYLOR SAYING I HAVE A COUPLE OF SONGS
THAT I WANT TO RELEASE, WOULD YOU SING ON THEM.
AND I'M LIKE YEAH, SEND ME THE SONGS, LET ME HEAR THEM.
I'M SITTING IN THE FOOD COURT WITH MY AIR PODS LISTENING TO
TWO UNRELEASED TAYLOR SWIFTER SONGS WATCHING EVERYBODY WALK BY
AND JUST THINKING THIS SAY CRAZY PLACE TO BE LISTENING TO THIS
MUSIC RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE SONGS WERE GREAT, AND I GOT IN THE STUDIO AND PUT SOME
GUITARS AND VOCALS ON THEM.
>> James: I WILL SAY THE FOOD COURT IS ALSO A CRAZY PLACE TO
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
I JUST LOVE THE IDEA OF LIKE NIK OHL KID MAN ON CHRISTMAS MOARNG,
OH WHAT IS IT, IT IS A HAM.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> THE GIFT CERTIFICATE, YEAR SUPPLY OF CHICK-FIL-A,
FANTASTIC, AWESOME, THRILLED.
>> James: WHEN YOU WERE A KID, YOU WERE IN A PRODUCTION OF
OLIVER WHICH IS A PERFORMANCE I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SIGH.
WAS THIS YOUR FIRST BRUSH WITH FAME?
AND WHO WERE YOU PLAYING.
>> I WAS PLAYING OLIVER.
>> James: OF COURSE YOU WERE.
>> PLEASE SIR, PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME MORE SWRZ LOOK AT
THIS.
HE CAN STILL DO IT MORE, MORE!
LOOK-- WE'VE GOT THIS CAST.
NOW WHAT WAS THAT LIKE PLAYING OLIVER.
DID YOU, CUZ I CAN REMEMBER DOING SCHOOL PLAYS, DID YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU WERE THE BIT-- SHY AROUND SCHOOL.
>> I WAS 13-RBGS A LITTLE BIT SHY, ESPECIALLY IN I WASN'T
PLAYING MY GUITAR.
I FELT AWKWARD AND SHY.
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE LOTS OF-- I JUST DIDN'T-- I WASN'T A LADY'S
MAN.
I SWEAR, I HAD NOTHING.
NOT A LOT OF ANYTHING GOING ON.
AND I GOT THIS ROLE.
AND THEY MADE ALL THESE LITTLE LITTLE BADGES WITH THE PINS YOU
STICK THEM ON YOUR SHIRT WITH MY PICTURE.
AND ALL THE KIDS AROUND THE SCHOOL ARE WEARING, I GUESS ALL
THIS MERCH, THE FIRST MERCH I EVER HAD WITH MY FACE ON IT AND
THEN IT WAS JUST LIKE THERE WERE LOTS OF GIRLS WANTING TO GO OUT
WITH ME ALL OF A SUDDEN.
I WAS LIKE THIS IS AMAZING, FANTASTIC.
AND ONCE THE MUSIC FINISHED IT WAS DEADSVILLE AGAIN.
AND I WAS LIKE GOT IT, I SEE WHAT THIS IS.
IT WAS A GOODS LESSON VERY EARLY ON.
>> James: A VERY GOOD LESSON.
WE HAVE TO CON GRATE LATE YOU ON YOUR YUN COMING HOSTING DUTIES
OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC AK ACADEMY Ard WHAT IS, AND ALSO
NOMINATED THIS YEAR.
WHAT CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO.
>> IT IS THE SECOND TIME I'M DOING IT.
GOING TO BE COHOSTING WITH A NEW ARTIST, HE'S REALLY GOOD, I
ACTUALLY PLAYED WITH HER LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN I HOSTED THE
ACM'S FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AGAIN, THERE IS NO AUDIENCE SO JAMES, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, WHAT
DOES THAT FEEL LIKE TO YOU, HAVING NO AUDIENCE.
>> James: WELL, I HAVE HAD NO AUDIENCE FOR SIX YEARS NOW.
SO IF YOU ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO WALK
OUT AND TALK INTO A VOICE, MY ADVICE WOULD BE IT DOESN'T
MATTER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, YOU ARE THE HOST.
YOU PAY FOR THE ATTENTION, THAT IS THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT.
BUT IF I WAS TO GIVE YOU ANY ADVICE, IF A PRODUCER EVER SAYS
TO YOU, OKAY, YOU NEED TO FILL, JUST DON'T.
DON'T, DO NOT DO IT.
DO NOT DO IT, JUST WORK OUT WHAT THE NEXT LINK IS, IF ARE YOU
LIKE WHOEVER THE NEXT LINK S YOU ARE THROWING TO SOMEONE, ALL
RIGHT, HERE IS SAM SMITH AND THEY HAVE GONE KEITH, KEITH, SAM
SMITH IS NOT READY, FILL FOR TWO MINUTES, DON'T DO IT, JUST GO
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SAM SMITH AND GET OFF STAGE.
NO, I'M SERIOUS.
I AM.
>> THIS IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM.
>> NO ONE AT HOME IS GOING GIVE HIM A BREAK, HE'S GOT TO FILL.
THEY ARE GOING WHAT IS HE DOING, HE'S LOSING HIS MINDER.
>> James: THAT'S TRUE.
AND IF THEY SAY KEITH, WE'RE RUNNING OVER, CUT HIM OFF,
DON'T, NOT YOUR PROBLEM.
JUST GO ALL PEOPLE AT HOME WILL GO WHY DID KEITH URBAN JUST CUT
OFFER CASEY MUS GRAVE, NOT YOUR ISSUE, TAKE AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
>> THIS IS SAGE ADVICE RIGHT THERE, JAMES, I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT WILL BE REALLY FUN HOSTING.
WE DO MULTIPLE VENUES AROUND TOWN.
>> James: IT WILL BE GREAT.
>> IN ARE LIVES ALL AROUND.
BUT NOW IF ANYTHING GOES AWRY I WILL JUST SAY JAMES CORDEN SAID
AND START FROM THERE.
>> James: JUST DO THAT.
>> WHY AM I DOING THIS STUPID INTERVIEW.
>> James: THERE YOU GO. QUELL'S BE RIGHT BACK, POSSIBLY
WITH MORE KEITH URBAN, WHO KNOWS, COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.