Kenny Chesney

By Pat Gallagher I wrote 'I'm Alive' in 2005," Kenny tells radio host Jeff Foxworthy. "I produced a record on Willie Nelson a couple years ago. He loved the song and put it on his record. When it was time for me to do the 'Lucky Old Sun' album, I didn't know for sure if I was going to include it on there or not. Dave and I h...

By Stephen L. Betts He's currently best known as the hockey-playing father of Sarah Palin's grandson, but Levi Johnston will soon reveal all in the pages of Playgirl magazine (literally and figuratively). And what might the cheeky 19-year-old do for an encore? Why, country music, of course.

By Beville Darden A who's-who list of stars wrapped up a busy awards show week with dinner and a movie Thursday, as Tim McGraw hosted the Nashville premiere of his new film, 'The Blind Side.' Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Kix Brooks, Barbara Mandrell, Wynonna, Randy Travis, Heidi Newfield...

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.

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...

By Donna Hughes The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney teams up with Dave Matthews for 'I'm Alive.' Vince Gill and the rock band Daughtry will perform 'Tennessee Line,' which the two acts recorded together for Daughtry's new album, 'Leave This Town.'

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...

By Beville Darden Best Male Vocalist went to Alan Jackson, with Sara Evans taking home Female Vocalist honors. The Zac Brown Band won Best New Talent. Kenny Chesney is a double winner: Best Duet for 'Down the Road' with Mac McAnally and Best Song for 'Out Last Night.' Ricky Skaggs is the French ACM's Best Bluegr...

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...

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...

By Alanna Conaway And while they can laugh about it now, when Sugarland broke out their giant hamster balls to roll over the crowd on the first night on tour with Kenny Chesney, Jennifer Nettles confesses she didn't quite see the humor in a brief moment that could have been taken right from that film.

By Stephen L. Betts All that talk about Kenny Chesney taking time off next year sure didn't last long! And while he sticking to the plan to not mount a tour of his own, Kenny is among the performers scheduled for the inaugural Bayou Country Superfest on Memorial Day, May 30, 2010, at LSU's Tiger Stadium.

By Beville Darden Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift are the only country names on the list of Billboard Touring Award nominees this year. Kenny is up for Top Package, which goes to the highest-grossing tour with three or more artists on the bill. The country powerhouse has taken home that award five times. He's up...

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."

By Gayle Richardson Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Sugarland are just a few of the artists raising their voices for a good cause. The country stars are donating some of their ticket proceeds to those in need through Tickets-for-Charity, a groundbreaking fund-raising opportunity created by Jord Poster, t...

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?

By Lorie Hollabaugh Kenny Chesney received some surprises at the final blowout of his Sun City Carnival Tour in Indianapolis last weekend, just after his big announcement that he will take a break from touring in 2010. Opening act Miranda Lambert boarded his bus before the show, carrying a camo gun case and_t...

By Gayle Richardson George was joined by more than 24 artists and entertainers who donated their time for the event - a salute to the undisputed King of modern country music. The list of performers included Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill, Jamie Foxx, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and To...

By Vernell Hackett Some people might think songwriter Lee Brice is crazy to give up some of the best songs he's written just so other artists can record them. But the South Carolina native, now living in Nashville, doesn't necessarily agree. In fact, songwriting has turned out to be very, very good to Lee, who h...

By Gayle Richardson The radio don't play traditional country music like it used to," he tells The 9513. "I listen to Alan Jackson and George Strait. They're still on the stations. And we like Sugarland, too. Most of the new artists, they understand me. We're good friends. Kenny Chesney is like my son, [along with] Di...

By Vernell Hackett We put that stuffed blue marlin on stage every night, just as a talk point," Kenny explains. "People will go, 'Why does Kenny have a stuffed blue marlin with a sombrero on its head on stage with him?' There's no rhyme or reason to it; it just makes me feel good!"

By Beville Darden Last year's winner, Gary Allan, came in at No. 2 this year, followed by Keith Anderson, Dwight Yoakam, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Wayne, Bucky Covington, Chris Cagle and Chuck Wicks. The 'Country's Hottest Bachelor' edition of Country Weekly is on newsstands now.

By Scott Tomford Why We Dig Him: The North Carolina native's debut album, 'Shine,' is poised to be his breakthrough. Most of Stillwell's songs are high-energy party anthems, which include the title track's ode to moonshine. While you might be drawn in by his fun songs, stay tuned for the ballads, which skil...

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...

By Beville Darden Brad Paisley and George Strait lead the pack of nominees with seven nods each. Paisley has already won two early awards: Video of the Year for 'Waitin' on a Woman' and Vocal Event of the Year for his 'Start a Band' duet with Keith Urban. Paisley, Strait and Urban are all also up for the night's bi...

By Gayle Richardson It was a very organic little song, written on Christmas morning, 1987. I was putting together some stuff that wasn't supposed to require assembly. Turned out I needed some D batteries at 3 o'clock in the morning in Sheffield, Ala. I don't recommend that as a scavenger hunt item! Finally got ev...