Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban to Tour

Jane Cohen and Bob Grossweiner

Grammy Award winners Keith Urbanand Carrie Underwood, fresh from two CMA award wins, are hitting the concert trail in 2008 on a 24-city, co-headlining tour billed Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride Tour, taken from the titles of each artist’s most recent albums. The tour begins Jan. 31 in a city to be named; tickets go on sale Dec. 1.

Urban, who will release “Greatest Hits: 18 Kids” on Nov. 20, has been touring since April in support of his #1 album “Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing.” In that time, he’s performed shows on three continents.

Underwood’s second album, “Carnival Ride,” recently debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling over half a million copies in its first week.

Tour dates to be announced shortly.