I think it’s crazy how much tickets cost for people like Madonna and The Eagles! I’m so glad Kenny’s tickets are like $70! lol.

Kenny Chesney finished No. 4 on Pollstar’s year-end list of the highest-grossing concert tours, but his Poets & Pirates Tour ranked No. 1 in total ticket sales in 2008. And there’s a good reason for that: He does his best to make economic sense.

Playing to more than 1 million fans, Kenny’s concerts averaged $71.24 a ticket, far below the average cost of a ticket to see the three acts that grossed more total dollars. Madonna tickets went for $153.88 on average, Celine Dion required $119, and the Eagles typically received $128.82.

Adding value, many of Kenny’s shows were practically a carnival. His stadium tours usually featured Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes, Sammy Hagar and Gary Allan as well. When he played Nashville’s LP Field, Kenny and those four acts churned out a whopping 50 hits during the course of the day.

“It’s not about the money, it’s about the fans,” he says, explaining his ticket-pricing philosophy. “There will always be tours that gross more than us, because I believe in trying to make it possible for anyone who wants to come out and rock with us to be able to do it. To me, I measure how successful these tours are by the faces we see, and last year, I saw some pretty happy people everywhere we went. That there are a lot of fans there makes me feel like we’re part of their summer and part of how they’re living their life.”

Kenny’s expected to kick off his Sun City Carnival Tour in April, though official dates haven’t yet been announced, outside of an August stadium show in Foxborough, Mass., that’s already sold out.
Kenny wrapped 2008 with two titles among GAC’s Top 50 Videos Of 2008: “Shiftwork,” No. 34; and “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven,” No. 19.

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I just wanted to say happy new year to all of the visitors and to Kenny! I know, I know, I’m a little bit late posting this, but it’s only 1 day late. lol. It’s can’t hurt, right? lol. Anyways, even though we just got this layout, I’m hoping to get a fresh look for the new year! So keep looking out for that. I also have quite a bit that I want to do before school starts back up. Like add more to the gallery and to the media section. I have like 5 videos that I haven’t added to the media section and there are tons of photos that still need to add to the gallery. Hopefully all of this will get done before school. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday break and I hope you guys enjoy the changes that are coming soon! Take care!

-Eric

Kenny was named the best country show of 2008 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette! Congrats, Kenny! Check out what they have to say about Kenny’s show:

1. Kenny Chesney Poets & Pirates Tour Caravan (Heinz Field, June 14): This town loves Chesney — and he loves them right back. His blue-collar sensibilities and work ethic fit here perfectly. Fans come to rock and he delivered it straight on. Add A-listers LeAnn Rimes and Keith Urban to the bill and it was the country music event of the year. (Rosa Colucci)

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As you can tell, I’m in the capping mood! lol. I’ve been capping everything that I have on Kenny. I just got done capping “Road Case: The Movie.” It’s a behind the scenes look at Kenny’s “Margarita’s & Senorita’s Tour.” I hope you enjoy the caps!

I just added the 3 bonus performances from the CMT Pick - Kenny Chesney that CMT did for Kenny’s album “Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.” Enjoy!

I just added caps of Kenny from the CMT Pick DVD that CMT did for Kenny’s album “Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.” At the moment, I only caps for the Behind the Scenes part, but I’ll caps for the bonus performances later today. Enjoy!

I just added a photos of Kenny at the New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox Game and the 2007 People’s Choice Awards photoshoot. Enjoy!

Kenny has 2 songs on CMT’s Top 20 Countdown of the Year! Check out the full list:

#1 “Just a Dream”
#2 “All I Want to Do”
#3 “Shiftwork”
#4 “You’re Gonna Miss This”
#5 “Picture to Burn”
#6 “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”
#7 “Small Town Southern Man”
#8 “Letter to Me”
#9 “All Summer Long”
#10 “Troubadour”
#11 “All-American Girl”
#12 “Love Story”
#13 “Ready, Set, Don’t Go”
#14 “Every Day”
#15 “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven”
#16 “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”
#17 “International Harvester”
#18 “Good Time”
#19 “Home”
#20 “You Look Good in My Shirt”

Hello everybody! I just wanted to say that I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Things have been a little hectic lately because of the holidays and everything else, which is why I haven’t been updating that much. But when I get back from the holidays, I will update KennyTV and I will update the gallery with magazine scans and appearances!

I just also wanted to say thank you to all of you who have visited and supported the site. We’ve been open for a year now and this has been an amazing time updating the site! Thank you all so much and I hope to be doing this for years to come!

Have a Merry Christmas, take care, and most importantly have fun and relax!

-Eric

I think this is absolutely amazing! Congratulations, Kenny!

Kenny Chesney has been named Country Airplay’s Country Artist of the Year, an honor that has not been lost on the country superstar. “We make this music for the people,” explains Chesney, “and being recognized by Country Airplay says these new songs are still songs the fans want to sing along with us. After all, that’s what music always was to me: my life set to music… and when we go play across the country, well, you hear the fans singing these songs back to you - and you know they’re living the words and music every bit as much as we have… To me, you gotta sing songs you’ve lived, but that people have lived… You gotta go places the fans know and find ways to bring them along with you… I’ve had people say this isn’t profound music, but you hear the stories people tell you… listen to the way they sing along… hear the cheers when we get into certain songs… and you realize, these songs are how my fans live, what they love, how they let it all go. To me, what could be more profound than that?”

With 2008 drawing to an end, Kenny is already in the planning stages for his 2009 “Sun City Carnival tour” that will kick-off in April.

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