July 5th Nashville Stadium Show Features Shiftwork Section at $29.50
Nashville, TN: Having parked cars and whatever he could to get by as he chased his dream of making music, Kenny Chesney understands the notion of how far a real life paycheck can go. As someone who's always been about “the fans out on the lawn… the ones in the cheap seats,” Chesney is offering several thousand seats to his July 5th show at Nashville's LP Field, home to the Titans, at the reduced rate of $29.50. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 1 at 10:00 AM central time and are available thru TicketMaster.
“I remember wanting to go to shows, and having to go alone 'cause my buddies had other things they were doing with their cash,” says the man who spent 14 weeks at #1 last year with “Beer In Mexico,” “Never Wanted Nothin' More” and “Don't Blink” “The whole idea of doing these shows is to throw the very best party of the summer… and where would I want it to rock more than where I live?
“Watching the news, seeing what's going on, I wanna try to pass a little relief onto my fans. I figure for the people who are out there trying to make ends meet, let's give you guys some seats that work for a tight budget. So, for all the working people, the kids with summer jobs or whatever, we're gonna create a 'Shiftwork' section that'll let you spend the day with me, Keith Urban, Sammy Hagar, LeAnn Rimes and Gary Allan.”
“Shiftwork,” Chesney's current single, is currently poised at #2 on the Country Singles charts and follows the hits "Never Wanted Nothing More," and "Don't Blink," all from his current album, Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates. "Shiftwork," the calypso-feeling tribute to people who work hard and party hard celebrates everything Chesney is trying to do for this special hometown show.
“We are so busy out on the road, we don't even get to play Nashville every year,” Chesney allows. “So when me and the guys get to play at home, we wanna make sure we do it right! It's a big night for us, and we don't want anybody to feel excluded, or like this isn't something they can be a part of. People may think I'm crazy, but to me, it's the only way to let the folks back home know how glad we are to be there, to be hanging out with the people I live with.”
With 55 trucks, 28 buses and 5000 amps - enough to power a small neighborhood for a full day, Chesney is bringing his biggest show yet! With 2007's Flip Flop Summer Tour marking his 6th year in a row to rocking over a million fans, his Corona Extra sponsored Poets & Pirates Tour promises to take it all to another level.
“We've been working on this since last August. We've seen 3-d renderings. We've seen the stage in pieces. Pretty soon we're gonna start rehearsals and I am so proud of the work everyone attached to what we do out on the road has come up with! We've had some pretty cool shows: rising out of a box at the back to the floor, flying, signing guitars all last year and giving them to a kid in the audience - hoping the dream of making music is being passed along.
“This year will be even more. And to come home, to give it back to the people who support me and everyone out here with me, well that just makes sense. I can't come to everybody's house and say, 'Thanks,' so I guess I can pass it along at the show?”
