Syracuse.com has a review of Tuesday night’s show in Canandaigua, NY: “Chesney Stays on Top”

Kenny Chesney knows he has to do something very special to stay on top of the country music world.

So Tuesday night, he brought a big band to the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, 10 fine pieces strong, including a four-piece horn section to pour some soul into his work.

He brought an even bigger video screen, say, 100 feet wide and a couple of dozen feet high. Huge. Sharp. Forever active with live shots of Chesney and the band, video clips, panoramas of the crowd and even some good, old-fashioned film. The screen became an important supporting actor in the show.

Chesney armed himself with a good attitude, way more modest than the opening clip that featured stars as varied as Willie Nelson and Uncle Kracker dropping their pal’s name. His first proclamation to the crowd was a simple, “We’re proud to be here.”

Most importantly, Chesney, the band and the screen had all these great songs of his to perform.

Chesney is on top because he’s an exciting entertainer, using that solid Tennessee voice with just a hint of pure Southern accent to deliver 25 songs that touched on old stuff, new stuff and other stars’ great stuff.

Read the entire article here.

The Poets and Pirates Tour continues Thursday in Holmdel, NJ. On Saturday, Chesney plays the home of the New England Patriots – Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA. Get tickets to these shows now!