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Keith Urban makes return from vocal surgery

Country star Keith Urban makes return from vocal surgery during Opry appearance

By The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ' Keith Urban is back.

The country star returned to the stage during The Grand Ole Opry on Friday night, his first public appearance since vocal surgery late last year.

He played three songs and an encore. He was joined by a string quartet on "Long Hot Summer," then sang "Making Memories of Us" microphone-free with the audience.

Urban didn't address the surgery while speaking with the crowd.

The 44-year-old Australian had a polyp removed from a vocal cord last November. His last public performance was at a taping for the "CMA Country Christmas" television special in mid-November. The surgery forced Urban to postpone the tail end of his 2011 tour and his "All For The Hall" benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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