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 Did you miss the 42nd annual CMA Awards last week? If so don’t fret, CMT is airing the CMA’s Saturday, November 29th at 9/8c. The show originally aired last Wednesday on ABC.
Kenny won only one of the seven awards he was nominated for… but it was the big one: Entertainer Of The Year. It was the third consecutive EOTY award for Kenny, and fourth overall. Watch Kenny’s acceptance speech here. Also during the show, Kenny performed “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” with The Wailers. You can watch video of the performance here.
 GAC has opened voting for their 2008 Top 50 countdown, and Kenny has three of his videos up that you can vote on:
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You can enter every day through December 1st. The countdown begins Monday, December 29th at 8 pm ET.
We’ve added more videos from the 2008 CMA Awards. You can now watch Kenny’s Entertainer of the Year acceptance speech here, and a short video of Kenny at the ABC Thank You Cam backstage after the show here.
We had previously posted Kenny and The Wailers’ performance of “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven”. Watch it here.
Also, see photos from the CMA Awards in our Photo Gallery.
Tickets go on sale this morning for the Apple River Country Splash Festival in Somerset, WI (June 18th, 19th, and 20th) and the Calgary, Alberta show at Pengrowth Saddeldome on July 10th.
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View all tour dates that have been scheduled so far.
In an article on CMT.com, Kenny talks about how his career has far exceeded his expectations… and he also hints about next year’s tour:
“I remember bein’ in college and we were in a Laundromat doin’ our laundry,” Kenny told reporters. “I was with a guy named David Farmer, who’s now my road manager. I was playin’ clubs. He goes, ‘What do you wanna do?’ And I said, ‘I think it’d be a lot of fun just to get a song on the radio and take all my buddies and go around the country just for one summer and play music and see the world.’ This comin’ summer will be my 16th summer, so I’ve been very blessed.”
Indeed, Kenny is thinking strongly about next summer. He’s already seen a 3-D model of his 2009 stage, and he suggested the tour will kick off in April.
Read the entire article here. There are already 4 tour dates for next year, check them out here.
 Tickets go on sale this morning at 10 am PST for the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, California (April 25th and 26th). Kenny Chesney will be performing there, along with Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire, Kid Rock, and many more.
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There are several pricing tiers, click here for info.
Kenny Chesney only went 1 for 7 in the categories he was nominated in at this year’s CMA Awards, but it was the night’s biggest prize that he took home. The Country Music Association awarded Kenny with his third consecutive Entertainer Of The Year award at the 42nd annual awards show on Wednesday night in Nashville. It was his 4th overall EOTY award, tying him with Garth Brooks for most all-time.
In his acceptance speech, Kenny talked about what’s most important to him in his career: “As much as tonight is about awards, I really believe that being able to stand up here is more about great songs, it’s more about the fans, it’s more about being onstage every night in front of a lot of people that really make it happen for me and the band.”
Kenny also performed during the CMA’s, rocking out “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” with The Wailers.
See all of Kenny’s awards and nominations over the years here. See the full list of winners at this year’s CMA’s here.
  
View more photos from the CMA’s in our Photo Gallery.
Update – Watch Kenny and The Wailers perform “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” from the CMA Awards in our video gallery here.
Country music’s biggest night is tonight… it’s the 42nd Annual CMA Awards and Kenny Chesney leads the pack with seven nominations:
- Entertainer of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Male Vocalist of the Year
- Musical Event of the Year (with Reba for “Every Other Weekend)
- Musical Event of the Year (with George Strait for “Shiftwork”)
- Single of the Year (for “Don’t Blink”)
- Music Video of the Year (for “Don’t Blink”)
Besides the nominations, Kenny will also perform his number one hit “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” with The Wailers:
“To be able to perform at the CMA Awards with with these guys… that they would come all this way and do this with me… Well, I am beyond honored,” Chesney says. “You know, it’s that thing about “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven”, but for me and, and a lot of people, I think there’s gonna be a little bit of heaven happening onstage at the Sommet Center Wednesday night.”
Kenny Chesney has won six CMA Awards in his career. He’s been nominated 22 times (not including this year), and is the reigning Entertainer of the Year.
Watch the CMA Awards tonight at 8/7c on ABC! You can also listen live on XM 11 Nashville Country.
CMT.com has more details on Kenny’s surprise show at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville, TN on Monday night:
“If I can’t sing Wednesday night, this is why.”
Reigning CMA entertainer of the year Kenny Chesney lived up to his title Monday night (Nov. 10) as he played to a jam-packed crowd at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville. Only two days prior to Wednesday’s (Nov. 12) CMA Awards, this year’s seven-time CMA nominee played well into the wee hours of early Tuesday morning.
Beginning just before 10 p.m., Chesney made his way through the tightly-packed crowd and took the stage in his Detroit Pistons ball cap, gray T-shirt and jeans.
“Thank you all for coming,” he said. “We didn’t know we were doing this till 3 this afternoon.”
Those fortunate enough to receive VIP passes to the last-minute show were allowed to enter through the back-alley entrance closest to the stage Chesney was playing. All others were directed to the front of the bar located on Broadway where they squeezed, pushed and/or forced their way to join the others. Finding a spot to stand wasn’t easy, but the minuscule space left near the back door provided some breathing room.
Chesney began with his No. 1 song, “Beer in Mexico,” and followed it with fan favorites “Summertime,” “Young,” “Big Star” and “Never Wanted Nothing More.”
During his set, security guards worked hard to keep the peace between the increasing mass of overly-excited people, even throwing a man out at one point for causing a ruckus. But that wasn’t Chesney’s fault, and the music didn’t miss a beat.
“Several years ago,” Chesney said. “I recorded a song that’s become an anthem for us on the road.” He then introduced singer-songwriter Mac McAnally, who’s nominated for this year’s CMA musician of the year, to join him onstage for “Back Where I Come From,” a song McAnally took to country radio in the early ’90s. The two then performed “Down the Road,” the current single and duet from Chesney’s Lucky Old Sun album.
Adding to the excitement, the Wailers, best known for backing the late reggae icon Bob Marley, joined Chesney for “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” a song featured on Chesney’s latest album. They followed with renditions of several favorites they recorded with Marley, including “No Woman, No Cry,” “I Shot the Sheriff” and “Stir It Up.”
As if Chesney and the Wailers performing together wasn’t surprise enough, Chesney introduced his “friend from Detroit” — Kid Rock — to the mix where they all sang an astounding rendition of “One Love/People Get Ready,” another classic from Marley and the Wailers. Seeming to enjoy his collaboration with Chesney as much as he enjoyed the crowd, Kid Rock lit a cigar and continued to sing along to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Gimme Three Steps” and the Eagles’ “Take It Easy.” Out of the blue, the two burst into a Kid Rock medley with Chesney shouting, “Rock that b**** up and down the coast,” lyrics from Kid Rock’s Top 10 rock hit, “Cowboy.”
The night and early morning were successfully filled with a diverse mixture of familiar songs. Fans and musicians alike shared the night singing an array of tunes ranging from Alabama’s “Dixieland Delight” to U2′s “With or Without You” and many, many others.
A tireless Chesney successfully turned a routine Monday night at Tootsie’s into an unforgettable evening as he ended his three-hour jam session.
Read the entire article here.
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