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Kenny Chesney Biography
Original at About.com Country Music
• Thu, Nov 12
Biography of Country Music Star Kenny Chesney.
CMA Award Winners 2009
Original at The Boot
• Wed, Nov 11
By The Boot Staff Filed under: CMA Awards Taylor Swift was the belle of the ball at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards, leading the pack of winners with four trophies: Female Vocalist, Album of the Year, Video of the Year and the night's biggest honor, Entertainer of the Year.
CMA Awards 2009
Original at The Boot
• Wed, Nov 11
By The Boot Staff Joining Brad in the coveted Entertainer of the Year category are Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift, who is the youngest-ever Entertainer nominee and the first solo female artist nominated for this award since Faith Hill back in 2000. Kenny has taken the award hom...
Kenny Chesney Will Spend Next 'Summer in 3-D'
Original at The Boot
• Mon, Nov 9
By Stephen L. Betts The latest summer blockbuster to hit movie screens in 3-D has been announced for 2010. Batman? Nope. Superman? Guess again. This superhero doesn't wear a cape, he sports a cowboy hat. He's the invincible Kenny Chesney. And for years, says the superstar (via USA Today), "I've been trying ... to hav...
Kenny Chesney Headlines BamaJam 2010
Original at The Boot
• Thu, Oct 29
By Stephen L. Betts Kenny Chesney fans, get ready! Tickets go on sale Friday (Oct. 30) for the third annual Verizon Wireless BamaJam Music & Arts Festival. The star-studded three-day festival takes place June 3-5, 2010 in Enterprise, Ala. In one of his only concert appearances for 2010, Kenny will headli...
Kenny Chesney Reigns as King of Touring
Original at The Boot
• Tue, Oct 27
By Beville Darden Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival tour has bragging rights as the hottest tour of any music genre this summer. USA Today reports that the country superstar's latest trek raked in $57.6 million in 39 shows, with 848,000 people attending. That's a big feat, considering this was Kenny's short...
Dave Matthews to Duet With Kenny Chesney at CMAs
Original at The Boot
• Mon, Oct 19
By Gayle Richardson The song, which Kenny admits is the most personal track on his 'Greatest Hits II' album, is also his own life's mantra. "I'm alive; I get to make music," Kenny told The Boot. "I've got a lot of great friends. That's the message of the song."
Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw Arrested in Buffalo, NY - June 4, 2000
Original at About.com Country Music
• Tue, Oct 6
CMT premieres nine videos this weekend
Original at Country Standard Time
• Fri, Oct 2
Nine new videos, including those by Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw, will be premiering on CMT this weekend as part of Big New Music Weekend Oct. 2 - 4. The videos are: Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova Tim McGraw, Southern Voice Kenny Chesney (Feat. Dave Matthews), I'm Alive Keith Urban, Hit...
Robin Roberts Reveals Her Country Crushes
Original at The Boot
• Fri, Oct 2
By Pat Gallagher Robin has also interviewed some of the biggest names in country on 'GMA,' including Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Keith Urban and Dolly Parton. So which country crooner would she want to be stranded on a desert island with?
Kenny Chesney Won’t Tour Next Year
Original at Celebrity Seats
• Sun, Sep 20
By Celebrity Seats Kenny Chesney plans to take a break from his die-hard touring schedule and not book any major tours for the summer of 2010. The country superstar told Entertainment Weekly that his show in Indianapolis last night will be his last big gig for quite some time. Chesney told EW the pace of constan...
Chesney beams NYC show over Internet
Original at Country Standard Time
• Mon, Sep 14
Kenny Chesney will beam his Times Square show Tuesday across the Internet. Chesney is putting his show on his own Takes No Shoes Radio live as part of the Hard Rock Ambassadors of Rock starting at 6 p.m. Uncle Kracker also will play. "Part of the idea of the station is to bring people deeper into th...
Chesney debuts new song for college football
Original at Country Standard Time
• Wed, Aug 26
Kenny Chesney will debut a song next week to coincide with the college football season. This is Our Moment will air ESPN's college football game and studio telecasts during Dick's Sporting Goods Kickoff Week (Sept. 3-7) and Championship Saturday (Dec. 5) as well as select contests through...
Kenny Chesney : Out Last Night Video
Original at ACountry.com
• Mon, Jun 15
Kenny Chesney’s Out Last Night video was directed by Shaun Silva. The video features Chesney and a party crowd around a campfire. “Out Last Night” reminsces about a party that the night before, including “girls from Argentina and Arkansas, Maine, Alabama and Panama” and caliming he’s “a d...
Review: Superstar Kenny Chesney shines at mega-concert
Original at Columbus Dispatch
• Sat, May 23
OH By Gary Budzak With apologies to his beloved Tennessee Volunteers, seeing country singer Kenny Chesney last night at a packed Crew Stadium was a bit like going to most Ohio State football games: There are people everywhere and a lot of pre-event hoopla ...
Review: Chesney's show sets him apart
Original at Shreveport Times
• Sun, May 17
Kenny Chesney Lives Those Songs Again in Alabama Concert CMT.com Mary Colurso: Don't expect emotional depth from entertaining Kenny ... The Birmingham News - al.com Country star Chesney to play N. Charleston Coliseum in September Charleston Post Courier
Review: Kenny Chesney, friends take the stage at Wells Fargo
Original at topix.com
• Fri, May 8
Thursday night's country concert at Wells Fargo Arena began with AC/DC's 'You Shook Me All Night Long' and featured Texas singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert strutting through covers of Rod Stewart's 'Stay With Me' and Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' - all before the headlining act to...
Review: Kenny Chesney, friends take the stage at Wells Fargo
Original at DesMoinesRegister.com
• Fri, May 8
IA Keith Urban and Taylor Swift may rate the hotter country concert ticket at Wells Fargo - their June 27 show already is sold out - and "American Idol" starlet Carrie Underwood may have stolen the Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year crown ...
Kenny Chesney Dishes on What Didn't Stay in Vegas
Original at The Boot
• Wed, Apr 8
By Beville Darden Out Last Night,' the new single that Kenny Chesney debuted Sunday at the ACM Awards in Las Vegas, is about a couple of guys who swore they wouldn't go out, but then end up having one heck of a spontaneous night on the town. So when The Boot caught up with Kenny back in Nashville this week, we had to...
Kenny Chesney Prepares To Release Second Greatest Hits CD
Original at All Headline News
• Mon, Mar 16
Nashville, TN (CNS) - Kenny Chesney prepares to do something he hasn't done in nine years. Chesney will release a second volume of greatest hits. Chesney's Greatest Hits: Vol. 2 will feature a dozen hit singles and a collaboration with Dave Matthews. ...
How To: The Good Stuff - Kenny Chesney Intro Lesson TutorialOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Feb 9
By rss@youtube.com (ducky1288) I'm going to put some strumming up hopefully sometime this week. Sorry about my voice, it kept cutting out on me. Author: ducky1288 Keywords: kenny chesney good stuff intro lesson guitar acoustic tutorial step by step female guitar Added: February 9, 2009
News: Holly Gleason Celebrates Chart-Topping ‘Better as a Memory’
Original at BMI.com
• Wed, Dec 10
It's funny how when no one knows who you are, you get to hear the stories of what songs meant to people -- and it's amazing how much alike we all are," says Goodman/Gleason. "I always listened to John Prine and Rodney Crowell and Jackson Browne to feel like someone knew how I felt. Now I can watch p...
CD Review: All I Want For Christmas is a Real Good Tan - Kenny Chesney
Original at About.com Country Music
• Mon, Dec 1
All I Want For Christmas is a Real Good Tan - Kenny Chesney - CD Review
Opinion: Kenny Chesney Says "You look really good" To Shania ~ 2008 CMA AwardsOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Nov 15
By rss@youtube.com (MonicaAndKaren) The Now Famous Video Clip CMA's 2008. Kenny Chesney says "You look really good" to Shania Twain. Just so cute n sweet, he is like all shook up, and why not? How beautiful is Shania? Well, just watch the video clip. Next to Kellie Pickler this was the total highlight of The 2008 CMA Awards. Kenny is j...
Brad Paisley and Keith Urban Mull Over Idea of Joint Tour
Original at the9513.com
• Fri, Nov 14
By Brody Vercher Brad Paisley on the possibility of touring with Keith Urban: “Both of our managers, who are very good, and I think we’ll work this out,” he said. “We’ll do some shows. I don’t know how much, but we’ll do some stuff together for sure.”Josh Gracin’s unbelievable wife (Ann Marie) gave birth to the...
Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally - “Down The Road”
Original at the9513.com
• Tue, Nov 4
By Jim Malec Listen: Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally - “Down The Road” Songwriter: Mac McAnally. It is not simply a divide which separates the songwriting of Mac McAnally from the majority of contemporary songwriters—it is a vast canyon. The sole songwriter of Sawyer Brown’s “All These Years” and “C...
Chesney losing touch with fans
Original at Toledo Blade
• Sat, Oct 25
Yes, the first single, "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven," went to No. 1. And yes, the album debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart. But there are warning signs for Chesney. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" is one of those fun Chesney songs. And "Ten with a Two" is a beer-drinking song that lots...
Caribbean and Music Provided Chesney With Therapy During Divorce
Original at the9513.com
• Mon, Oct 13
By Brody Vercher Memo to Taylor Swift: Relocating to Nashville doesn’t automatically make you a country singer. But the Pennsylvania native thinks otherwise, having taken cues from fellow Tennessee transplant Faith Hill, whom Swift cited onstage as an example of how the fairy tale move can come true. No...
Music Review: Kenny Chesney Takes Chances On CD
Original at Starpulse.com
• Mon, Oct 13
Despite his success, Kenny Chesney has spent the last five years searching: He's looked for a new sound, a new way to describe his life in his songs and a new approach Despite his success, Kenny Chesney has spent the last five years searching: He's looked for a new sound, a new way to describe...
Kenny Chesney Sings About Renee Zellweger Breakup
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Oct 13
By The Huffington Post News Editors Country singer Kenny Chesney has a new album out called "Lucky Old Sun," which he wrote after and about his breakup with Renee Zellweger. The pair married in May 2005 after having just met in January of that year. The marriage was annulled after four months with Zellweger citing fraud.
CMT Farm Aid Review (by Terry Bumgarner)
Original at stillisstillmoving.com
• Tue, Sep 23
By LindaLee Kenny Chesney and Jamey Johnson were just two of the musical guests when Farm Aid 2008 took place Saturday (Sept. 2) at the Comcast Center near Boston. “The first year, I thought, ‘We’ve put on a show. A lot of people came and the word ...
Podcast: Review: Kenny Chesney, “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven”
Original at Country Universe
• Wed, Jul 30
By Kevin There’s an essential truth forming the foundation of Kenny Chesney’s new single: we all want to go to Heaven, but we don’t want to go today. I enjoyed the lyric, which I initially dismissed as a slow-paced retread of “Living in Fast Forward”, but eventually slipped in a little satire abou...
Opinion: Thousands pour in for Chesney, arts fest, more
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Jun 14
Pittsburgh Post Gazette PA - They arrived on Thursday for the Kenny Chesney concert and met the man himself Friday night when he paid a surprise visit to the Hard Rock Cafe in Station ... Chesney hosts stadium hoe-down Beaver County Times Kenny Chesney Brings Latest Tour To The 'Burgh KDKA
Review: Kenny Chesney and LeAnn Rimes - The Oregonian
Original at OregonLive.com
• Thu, Jun 5
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com Review: Kenny Chesney and LeAnn Rimes The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - The Luttrell, Tenn., native unleashed a 22-song, two-hour multimedia spectacular that showcased his 11-piece band (his regular touring unit, augmented by a ...
Live Review: Kenny Chesney in Glendale, AZ
Original at LiveDaily.com
• Mon, Jun 2
LiveDaily.com) Kenny Chesney [ tickets ] didn't win those Entertainer of the Year awards for nothing. With his music festival in tow, Chesney proved why he's the CMA and ACM's reigning king of country Saturday (5/31) in front of 40,000 fans at University of... continued (LiveDaily.com) Kenny...
Brad Paisley FTW + 2008 CMT Music Awards Nominees
Original at OH NO!!
• Thu, Mar 6
Don't Blink": Kenny Chesney Directed by: Shaun Silva Don't Blink": Kenny Chesney I Wonder": Kellie Pickler Shaun Silva Don't Blink" - Kenny Chesney Stay" - Sugarland Take Me There" - Rascal Flatts Kenny Chesney "Don't Blink" Carrie Underwood "So Small"
Cultural events in the city - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Mon, Jan 14
Cultural events in the city PA - Jan 14, 2008 Country star Kenny Chesney will return to Pittsburgh this summer as part of his Poets & Pirate Tour. The three-time and current Country Music Association ...
Opinion: Top Country Music News of 2007 - CMT.com
Original at CMT.com
• Wed, Dec 26
Top Country Music News of 2007 TN - May: Kenny Chesney wins third consecutive entertainer of the year award from Academy of Country Music. ... Mel Tillis tapped to join Grand Ole Opry. ... Country Music Newsmakers: 2007 In Review Country Hound all 2 news articles
Opinion: Reba Duets with Justin, Faith, Kenny, LeAnn, Vince, Kelly, Carole, Don, Trisha, Ronnie, and Rascal FlattsOriginal at berglovespizza (WordPress)
• Thu, Dec 20
By berg About the album... Duets is probably one of the best country releases this year! at a meager 11 tracks, you would think that you won't get your money's worth if you purchase the CD but believe me you will not be disappointed. there's not a single filler on here. every track is a labor of love and a pot...
Kenny Chesney sells out first stadium show in 15 minutes
Original at Country Standard Time
• Sat, Dec 1
Fifteen minutes after tickets went on sale for Kenny Chesney's stadium date in Massachusetts next summer, they were gone. "You know it's just surreal, but what a way to start out our year and our tour," said Chesney of the July 26 sell out of the Poets & Pirates tour at Gillette Stadium in...
Kenny Chesney names new sponsor for 2008 tour
Original at Country Standard Time
• Wed, Nov 14
Kenny Chesney's 2008 Poets & Pirates Tour will be sponsored by Corona, the maker of beer. "If you want to capture my audience, the thing that stands out is their ability to have more fun in a single day than most people have in a month - and Corona is part of those relaxed, hanging out with yo...
Chesney and Underwood Score Big at CMAs, Sub-Pop Expands Music Store, Hip-Hop Takes Over NYC Courthouse
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Nov 8
By Erica Futterman Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood took home top honors at last night’s CMA awards. Chesney won his third straight Entertainer of the Year trophy while Underwood picked up Single of the Year for “Before He Cheats” along with Female Vocalist of the Year. Paisley nabbed two awa...
Opinion: 2007 CMA Awards Live Blog
Original at Country Universe
• Wed, Nov 7
By Kevin 10:55 Entertainer: Kenny Chesney. Three wins, ties him for second place with Alabama on the all-time wins list in this category. Garth Brooks remains top dog with four. 9:51: Pre-Show winners: Musical Event - Tracy Lawrence/Kenny Chesney/Tim McGraw. Music Video - “Online” (Brad Paisley)...
Music Review: Kenny Chesney - Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, Oct 2
By tink When I first wrote about Kenny Chesney a few months ago, it was in eager anticipation of the release of his new album Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates. It’s been out for two weeks now and the response it has gotten across the board has been nothing if not tremendous. Double platinum sales figur...
On the Charts: Kanye West, 50 Cent, Kenny Chesney Lead the Way to Monster Sales Week
Original at Rolling Stone
• Wed, Sep 19
By Evan Serpick The Big News: As you already know, Kanye West beat 50 Cent in their debut-week sales showdown, but the real winner is the music industry. Kanye’s Graduation sold 957,000, the biggest single week tally since 2005, when 50’s The Massacre sold 1.1 million in its debut week. According to Billboa...
Kenny Chesney review: Big heat, big crowd, no problem
Original at Back to Rockville
• Fri, Aug 10
By BacktoRockville Setlist: Beer in Mexico; Keg in the Closet; Summertime; Live Those Songs; She Was A Big Star; No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem; The Woman With You; Living in Fast Forward; Young; The Good Stuff; Never Wanted Nothing More; I Go Back; ...
Interview - Kenny Chesney, A Poet and A Pirate
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Jul 30
By tink Country music singer/songwriter Kenny Chesney is hot. His latest single, “Never Wanted Nothing More,” is at the Number One spot on Billboard’s Country Top 100 chart, getting there faster than any of his other songs. It’s the first track to hit radio from his upcoming Just Who I Am: Poets &am...
Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Brooks & Dunn win Academy of Country Music Awards
Original at Asbury Park Press
• Wed, May 16
Kenny Chesney may want to start arriving at the Academy of Country Music Awards a little later in the evening. For a third consecutive year, he sat through a three-hour show before winning anything. But patience was a virtue at Tuesday's 42nd annual award ceremony, just as it was at the 40th a...
Podcast: Chesney is honored as country entertainer of the year
Original at AZ Central.com
• Wed, May 16
LAS VEGAS Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy Tuesday as the Academy of Country Music also paid tribute to a youngster and some oldsters.
Podcast: GAC Enlists Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson and Other Top Country Music Stars in World's Largest Collaborative Songwriting Effort
Original at PR Web
• Thu, Nov 16
By podcrew@extrahoop.com Nashville, TN (BILLBOARD PUBLICITY WIRE/PRWEB) November 15, 2006 -- Storme Warren, host of "Country Music Across America" on GAC, enlisted the talents of more than 60 top country music artists to help write country music's next masterpiece. Tune in to GAC's "Country Music Across Ameri...