The weather has been pretty good to Kenny Chesney this summer, with the exception of the Frisco show in May where the show had to be canceled and rescheduled, but it struck again Thursday night in Toronto forcing a 35 minute delay. The Toronto Sun has a review of the show: “Chesney shines in rain-delayed show”

With a torrential downpour, lightning that was much too close for comfort and menacing looking clouds, there was an extremely good chance that the show Thursday night at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre would join Nickelback’s as being postponed at best, cancelled at worst.

However, Chesney and the near sold-out (and soaked) horde of cowboy hat-wearing faithful persevered, the storm subsided and about 35 minutes later than scheduled, the singer made his first Toronto visit ever on The Sun City Carnival Tour.

And while he started later than anticipated (as did openers Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum), the performer definitely wasted no time from start to finish, cramming what should have been a near two hour set into a near seamless 100 minutes beginning with Live Those Songs Again and Summertime.

One of the surprises of the night came when the musician decided to do a song he originally wasn’t going to perform. Strumming a guitar and putting it in tune, Chesney mentioned how the worst singer he ever heard was current Blue Jays player Kevin Millar performing Old Blue Chair. Chesney started the number and Millar sauntered onstage, brew in hand and singing off microphone which got a nice reaction.

Read the full article here and another review by the Toronto Star here.

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The Sun City Carnival Tour continues Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit.