We’ve heard a rumor that Kenny Chesney might make a surprise appearance tonight in Nashville at the Brooks & Dunn concert. It’s the duo’s final show in their storied career. A few others are rumored to be at the Bridgestone Arena show too, including Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson.
In May, Kenny performed “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone” at the Brooks & Dunn Tribute in Las Vegas. Watch video of the performance here.
Update – Kenny did not show up for the show, though Reba did. Apparently even the venue had bad information. Some of our followers suggested Kenny may have been at the Saints – Titans preseason NFL game at LP Field in Nashville, but we don’t know for sure.
So you call yourself a Kenny Chesney fan do ya? Do you know all the words to “When the Sun Goes Down”? Test your Kenny Chesney knowledge and see whether you have “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems” or if you should have done “A Lot of Things Different.”
This week’s GAC Thursday Trivia Challenge is on Kenny Chesney. Take the quiz now and leave a comment and tell us how you did.
Time for your weekly update on how Kenny Chesney’s latest single, “The Boys of Fall”, is fairing on the charts. It’s the seventh week on the Hot Country Songs chart, and this week the single climbs one spot to #7.
Hanging out at number one again this week is Blake Shelton with “All About Tonight.” It’s his third straight week at the top.
Here’s a look at how “The Boys of Fall” is charting on the all-genre charts:
Hot 100 – #29, up from #31 last week (peaked at #18)
Top Radio Songs – #40, up from #47 last week
Top Digital Songs – #34, down from #31 last week (peaked at #14)
Get the single now at iTunes and Amazon MP3. The video is also available at iTunes here.
This morning the County Music Association unveiled the nominations for the 44th Annual CMA Awards, and Kenny Chesney earned one nod… for Musical Event of the Year. With Kenny taking the year off from major touring, it’s not a surprise that he’s absent in many of the categories that he’s been nominated in and won the past few years, like entertainer of the year.
Here’s the other nominees in the Musical Event of the Year category:
“Bad Angel” – Dierks Bentley with Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
“Can’t You See” – Zac Brown Band featuring Kid Rock
When the final nominations were tallied, Miranda Lambert led the list of finalists with nine nominations – the most for any female artist in the history of the CMA Awards. Alan Jackson received 10 nominations in 2002. Prior to that, Merle Haggard held the record with nine in 1970. Lady Antebellum garnered the second most nominations with five.
Here’s who’s up for Entertainer of the Year this year:
The 44th Annual CMA Awards” will be hosted for the third time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood and broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 10 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Kenny Chesney’s “The Boys of Fall” hour-long documentary debuted on Sunday to critical acclaim from most of you that watched it. E-mails received and comments left showed that the show really touched a lot of you. From parents that have kids playing to former players and coaches, everyone was talking about what an inspiration the film was.
Great job by Kenny Chesney, director Shaun Silva, and the rest of the crew that worked on the project!
According to Kenny’s twitter feed, the show will re-air Thursday, September 16th at 1 am ET on ESPN2, and again on Monday, September 27th at 7 pm ET on ESPN2.
Many of you have asked whether the documentary will be available for purchase. We don’t yet know, but if and when we find out we’ll be sure to pass it along.
Keep your afternoon free today! Kenny Chesney’s football documentary “The Boys of Fall” debuts today on ESPN at 2 pm ET.
Chesney’s journey took him to places like Hattiesburg, Miss., where he had barbecue at Brett Favre’s house, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Austin, Texas. He met with the giants of the game — Bill Parcells, Peyton Manning, Nick Saban, Bobby Bowden, John Madden — but also spent time filming peewee players in Nashville.
There were fun moments: “John Madden cooked what is the equivalent of Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner together for us. He told me when I walked in there, ‘When it comes to cooking I can take Brett Favre to the woodshed.’”
But he also came away with experiences that had a larger impact on him than he could ever imagine.
“Listening to those guys talk about the heart of and the emotions and everything that goes into loving people and living life and trying to get the most out of it and how it all relates to football, it stops and makes you think and look at your own life,” Chesney said. “And sometimes I’m too busy. I don’t do that.”
After it airs, come back and tell us what you thought of it!
“The Boys of Fall”, the latest single from Kenny Chesney, continues its march to the top this week as it climbs one spot from #9 to #8 on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart. It’s the sixth week on the charts for the football-inspired song that will appear on Kenny’s upcoming album Hemingway’s Whiskey (Pre-order now).
Blake Shelton has the number one song for the second straight week with “All About Tonight.”
Here’s a look at how “The Boys of Fall” is charting on the all-genre charts:
Hot 100 – #31, down from #29 last week (peaked at #18)
Top Radio Songs – #47, up from #49 last week
Top Digital Songs – #31, down from #24 last week (peaked at #14)
Top Ringtones – #36 (first week on this chart)
Get the single now at iTunes and Amazon MP3. The video is also available at iTunes here.
On Wednesday night, Kenny Chesney went back where he came from… to Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tennessee. Kenny surprised the football team, visiting with them and then screened “The Boys of Fall” documentary.
His secret visit to the Corryton school on Wednesday was all because he wanted to give the current group of players a sneak peak of something very special.
“You all grew up just like us,” Chesney said. “You drive the same road we drove, you obviously played on the same football field we played on and walked through the same halls, so it’s really a special time for me to come here and play you guys this. A game we all love.”
One of the singles from Kenny Chesney’s upcoming album Hemingway’s Whiskey is “Somewhere With You.” It’s written by J.T. Harding and Shane McAnally (who also goes by Shane Mack).
“This song killed me when I heard it,” says Chesney. “This is a tortured soul song. If you get going with somebody, you’ve been in a relationship and for whatever reason she’s gone or you’re gone. And you’re not necessarily in another relationship, but you’re with somebody else, just starting something with somebody else. Trying to balance both those worlds is tough. I’ve done it a lot, where you’re with somebody and you’re thinking this isn’t necessarily bad, but wow, man it would be really great to be with you. That can be a lot of mental baggage.”
Listen to Shane’s version below. Obviously Kenny’s version will have its own sound, but you can get an idea of the song by listening to this:
We’ve heard a rumor that Kenny Chesney might make a surprise appearance tonight in Nashville at the Brooks & Dunn concert. It’s the duo’s final show in their storied career. A few others are rumored to be at the Bridgestone Arena show too, including Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson. 
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