"Ain't Back Yet" and "This Is Our Moment" are up on iTunes now: http://bit.ly/djyWsb [kcteam] 2010/03/04
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• 1/31 - Grammy Awards
• April '10 - "Summer in 3D" Released
• April '10 - New Album Released
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I am proud to say that Kenny Source is celebrating it’s 2nd year online! I’m a little late saying this because it was a couple days ago, but I wanted to get the layout up first. So as you can see, we have a new layout to celebrate this wonderful occasion! It was made by the wonderful and very talented Mel over at Turn Back the Sun Designs. Thank you so, so much, Mel! It’s amazing!
I would just like to thank all of you, the visitors, for supporting and visiting the site. Kenny has always been my all time favorite singer and even though I love him and his music so much, I’ve had some hard times running the site and I even came so close as to closing the site. But it’s because of you visitors I didn’t. I want to thank you all for visiting and supporting the site for 2 years! It means so, so, so much to me! And I also want to thank our wonderful host Gertie over at The Fansites Network. This site probably wouldn’t be here without you and I wouldn’t want any other host hosting the site! Thank you, Gertie!
It’s been no surprise that I haven’t been around much updating the site, but celebrating 2 years online has really put me in the mood to update! So as a big thank you to all of you, I’m working on some really, really big surprises for the site. I’m not going to give any hints because it will ruin it all, but I can say that you all won’t be disappointed.
Anyways, again, I want to thank all of you for supporting the site and I hope you all keep coming back! Take care and keep looking out for all of the big surprises I have coming! -Eric
Throughout this year’s college football season ESPN has used a new Kenny Chesney song entitled “This Is Our Time” (previously reported as “This Is Our Moment”).
Chesney was inspired to start writing the song on a cocktail napkin last fall during a dinner in Nashville with play-by-play announcer Brett Musburger, football analyst Kirk Herbstreit and producer Bill Bonnell.
The single is now available for download from iTunes and Amazon MP3 for $1.29.
Also you can listen to the song in its entirety on Kenny’s MySpace.
Messina also noted that both DMB and Chesney have kept their ticket prices low. And Chesney – who even in his forthcoming “off” year is playing a good dozen huge shows – is expected to return in 2011 with an enormous tour.
“It’s something people don’t recognize, except when you tell them they’re not playing next year,” he added. “Then they all say, ‘How can you do that? It’s going to ruin my bottom line!’ I’m not sure what we’ll do next year. Maybe we’ll go sell blood or something.”
Finally, the numbers should also invalidate the argument that the concert business relies solely on headliners from the ’60s and ’70s.
With names like Dave Matthews Band, Chesney and Toby Keith – who established their careers this decade – there’s hope the next decade could produce even more new top names.
Great news here! Kenny’s “Greatest Hits II” album has been certified Gold! It’s reached 500,000 thousand copies. The album was released on May 19th and has already sold that much. Congratulations, Kenny!
I know I’m a little late with these, but I haven’t had much time to update the site lately. But I’m starting on updating right now. But anyways, Billboard has released their end of the decade charts. Check out which charts Kenny landed on:
Artists of the Decade
• 25. Kenny Chesney
Billboard 200 Albums
• 71. Kenny Chesney – When The Sun Goes Down
• 99. Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
• 139. Kenny Chesney – The Road and the Radio
Billboard 200 Artists
• 8. Kenny Chesney
Country Artists
• 2. Kenny Chesney
Country Songs
• 5. The Good Stuff – Kenny Chesney
• 22. Don’t Blink – Kenny Chesney
• 35. There Goes My Life – Kenny Chesney
• 41. Summertime – Kenny Chesney
• 42. Don’t Happen Twice – Kenny Chesney
• 64. When The Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney
• 91. Never Wanted Nothing More – Kenny Chesney
Country Albums
• 14. When The Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney
• 21. No Shoes – Kenny Chesney
• 27. Road and Radio – Kenny Chesney
• 41. Greatest Hits – Kenny Chesney
• 61. Just Who I Am – Kenny Chesney
• 88. Be As You Are – Kenny Chesney
Catalog Albums
• 34. Kenny Chesney – Greatest Hits
Country music continues to demonstrate its mass appeal by increasing album sales and dominating radio. Now, country artists have also proven they can sell out concert venues just as well as artists of other genres.
Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney made the Top 10 list of 2009’s highest-grossing tours, based on ticket sales. U2 came in at No.1, followed by Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Taylor and Britney Spears. Kenny landed at No.9, beating out Metallica, who rounded out the list.
By all appearances, Taylor, who is Billboard’s Artist of the Year is already in the running for 2010, after recently announcing she’s extending her ‘Fearless’ tour into next year. Meanwhile, Kenny’s slot will be available for another artist, while he enjoys an extended time off from the road.
The collaboration between old friends Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally on Down the Road earned the pair a Grammy nomination for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for the 2010 Grammy Awards.
“Once I knew I’d found a place to do ‘Down The Road,’ I knew I wanted to capture the essence of what Mac was writing about… because it’s a quiet song about the way love grows in small towns,” Chesney said. “It was less is more; but when you’ve got Mac McAnally singing with you, what else do you really need? And Mac was gracious enough to come in and be a part of this song on my record.”
Basically one acoustic guitar and the two men’s voices, Down the Road topped the charts for two weeks. The song – originally written on a Christmas morning as McAnally was waiting for his children to wake up and open their presents – earned them a Country Music Association nomination for Vocal Event of the Year and serving as one of the centerpieces of Chesney’s special one hour edition of PBS’ acclaimed series “Austin City Limits.”
“Some things are just magic and you know,” said Chesney. “I knew the first time I heard Mac sing this on his Simple Life record… the same place I heard ‘Back Where I Come From.’ It gets inside and lets you understood everything about life you don’t even realize.”
“So it makes sense the Grammy people – who’re from all musical genres – would recognize this song and the heart Mac brings. For a little record like this – as big as country radio can be – to spend a couple weeks at the top of the charts, it touched people. So I’m honored to share this with my friend.”
The song was the final single from” Lucky Old Sun,” a more personal project from Chesney.
“I’m blessed by the wonderful friends I’ve found through music and how generously they’ve shared their talent, songs and lives with me,” Chesney said. “When something like a Grammy nomination happens for something that was just an honor, I can only feel humbled – and grateful.”
The Grammy nominations were announced last night and Kenny is up for 1 award, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals. Check out who’s also competing again Kenny:
# Beautiful World
Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
Track from: Feel That Fire
[Capitol Records Nashville]
# Down The Road
Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
Track from: Lucky Old Sun
[BNA Records Label]
# Start A Band
Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
Track from: Play
[Arista Nashville]
# I Told You So
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
[19/Arista Nashville]
# Everything But Quits
Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
Track from: Call Me Crazy
[MCA Nashville]
Bon Jovi [ tickets ], Kenny Chesney [ tickets ] and the Dave Matthews Band [ tickets ] top the list of performers confirmed for a new multi-day outdoor festival set for next July at Churchill Downs, legendary home of the Kentucky Derby.
The HullabaLOU Music Festival will feature more than 65 bands spread across three days (July 23-25) at the Louisville, KY, racetrack, according to a press release.
Performers representing “classic rock, country, adult contemporary and Bluegrass” will perform on five stages during the event, which is “designed to be an annual event,” according to organizers.
Other acts and performers scheduled to appear include Jason Aldean, Colbie Caillat, Loretta Lynn, The Black Crowes, Gov’t Mule, Joan Osborne, Michael McDonald, Dwight Yoakam and many others. A complete listing of confirmed talent can be found at the event’s website.
“The performers scheduled to appear at HullabaLOU will instantly put the event on the map of major music festivals in the country, and be one of the top festival entertainment options in 2010,” said consulting producer Quint Davis, who also serves as producer and director of the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Ticket prices will range from $60 for a one-day general admission pass to $975 for a three-day VIP admission, according to a press release. Tickets go on sale Dec. 4 at noon local time.
