Keith Urban took off his wedding ring as he returned to the stage - but still paid tribute to his ex Nicole Kidman.
The Babygirl actress, 58, filed for divorce in a Tennessee court on Tuesday, saying the pair’s 19-year marriage had suffered irreconcilable differences.
In the wake of the filing, it was reported that Kidman feels “hurt and betrayed” by the split.
Urban acknowledged their break-up when he hit the stage at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as part of his High and Alive World Tour.
The country singer was seen without his wedding band on his left hand as he performed to the crowd on Thursday night, in a video obtained by MailOnline.
However, the 57-year-old still paid tribute to his ex by keeping a photo of her and their teenage daughters in a slideshow that played for the crowd while he sang his 2024 track, Heart Like a Hometown.
Urban and Kidman have two children, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14, and are based in Nashville.
He then talked about his childhood and how his parents allowed him to drop out of school so he could pursue music, per People.
Urban also failed to play his 2016 song The Fighter from the concert setlist on Thursday. The track was said to have been inspired by Kidman.
Kidman filed for divorce a day after reports by TMZ that she “didn’t want” to split and “has been fighting to save the marriage”.
The couple included a “cocaine” clause in their 2006 prenuptial agreement that would see Urban earn $600,000 for every year they were married, if he remained sober.
Reports claimed the pair have been living apart since the start of the summer.
“It really hasn’t been a secret in their circles that Keith and Nicole have been living apart for a while now,” one insider told People. “People close to Keith felt like the split was kind of inevitable.”
A marriage dissolution and childcare plan agreed on by the couple have been included in the filings and submitted for a judge’s approval.
"The mother and father will behave with each other and each child so as to provide a loving, stable, consistent and nurturing relationship with the child even though they are divorced," the permanent parenting plan states.
"They will not speak badly of each other or the members of the family of the other parent. They will encourage each child to continue to love the other parent and be comfortable in both families."
Kidman will be the primary residential parent to their two daughters, according to the plan. She will have them for 306 days per year with Urban taking them for the other 59.
While their split came as a shock to many, reports suggested signs of strain surfaced months earlier.
Kidman and the country music star had sparked speculation when only she marked their wedding anniversary publicly this year.
The Moulin Rouge star, who also has two adopted children with ex-husband Tom Cruise, posted a photo with Urban, writing: “Happy Anniversary Baby” to which he responded with a single love heart emoji.
Unlike previous years, however, the singer did not share his own tribute on his feed for their 19th wedding anniversary.
