Keith Urban hinted to fans about Nicole Kidman’s divorce weeks before it came out

One of Keith UrbanFans of the band, which sounds a lot like the country star, say he’s gotten an inside track Nicole Kidman divorce weeks before the world did… and he got it straight from the singing horse’s mouth.

Valley Whiteside tells TMZ … he had the most bizarre interaction with Keith during a meet-and-greet in September during the singer’s stop in Saskatoon, Canada on his ‘High and Alive’ world tour.

Dale looks a lot like Keith, and he says the musician was impressed when they connected ahead of the September 15th concert, and as they chopped it up… at that point, Keith strongly hinted at the big D.

He says he told Keith about a moment at a music festival when a couple mistook him for KU… but they realized he couldn’t really be Keith since Dale wasn’t wearing a wedding ring.

Dale told Keith about the ring and all the tattoos were surefire ways to tell them apart.

Anyway, they took a picture together and when they parted ways, Dale said Keith told him… “Next time it’ll probably just be the tattoos” that will help people differentiate.

Dale had no idea what that was supposed to mean… until exactly two weeks later, when TMZ broke news of Keith’s divorce from Nicole, followed by the news Nicole filed for divorce.

As we now know… Nicole and Keith’s divorce was something they talked about privately for months before pulling the trigger on divorce – which probably explains why Keith was so chatty with Dale about his marital status.