Kenny Chesney takes you behind the scenes for the making of Summer In 3D:

Kenny Chesney’s “Summer In 3D” film hits theaters nationwide on April 21st, but you could win a private screening at your local theater for you and 50 friends!

Play the Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3D Movie Tour Bus Game on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/KennyChesney and then click the 3D Tour Bus tab at the top of the page.

Once in the application, click the “Become a Movie Tour Bus Leader” button to activate your Virtual Movie Tour Bus! Then let your friends know that they can join your bus. When friends join your bus, you can achieve new levels and improve your ranking. You can even have friends that joined your bus also recruit people on your behalf. It’s that simple. Every friend that joins your bus will count toward your total score.

The top 3 Movie Tour Bus Leaders that have the most people on their bus by April 12 will each win a private screening of the film for them and 50 people. The top 100 Movie Tour Bus Leaders that have the most people on their bus by April 12 will each receive a movie poster.

The contest runs through 10:00 a.m. PT on 4/12/10. See the official rules. Get recruiting and good luck!

According to a couple of articles, Kenny Chesney is on the short list of acts being considered for the half time show at the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas.

There’s talk that Tim [McGraw] might be a strong candidate for the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show next year. In the wake of this year’s performance by The Who, Fox executives are leaning away from a classic-rock act. According to USA Today, six artists have been floated thus far as possibilities for the 2011 show and four of them are country: Tim, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn and Garth Brooks. The two other targets have had country hits: Jimmy Buffett and Bon Jovi.

After this year’s Super Bowl, a grassroots effort to get Chesney as next year’s half time entertainer sprung up on the internet. There’s a Facebook group with over 5,000 members – Kenny Chesney for Superbowl 2011.

The 2011 Super Bowl will be held at the new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas on Sunday, February 6th.

Kenny Chesney’s latest single “Ain’t Back Yet” remains at #9 this week in its sixth week on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart.

Easton Corbin scored his first number one with “A Little More Country Than That,” making him the first solo male country artist to send a debut single to Number One since 2003.

Click here to watch the new video for the song.

And you can download the single now from Amazon or iTunes.

Happy Birthday to Kenny Chesney, who turns 42 years old today!

Kenneth Arnold Chesney was born to Karen and David Chesney at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, TN on March 26th, 1968 and raised in the nearby small town of Luttrell.

Other celebrities with birthdays today include Keira Knightley (25), Amy Smart (34), Marcus Allen (50), Martin Short (60), Steven Tyler (62), Diana Ross (66), Robert Frost (would be 136), and Nancy Pelosi (70).

Read Kenny’s full bio here and leave your birthday wishes in the comments portion of this post here.

This Saturday, Kenny Chesney will tape an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show that will air on April 9th. They’ll discuss, among other things, his upcoming movie “Summer in 3D” and a surprise is promised for the show:

“If there’s one thing about Oprah,” Chesney said, “it’s the way she makes you feel so comfortable and so understood. I’ve done her show three times, I think, and every time, you work harder than you realize – cause you just want to be as good as she is – and you open up more than you knew you could…and sometimes you even find out things about yourself. Or at least, I do.”

“So, when we started talking about where to take this movie…to bring people into what it was, how it came together, what it means to me…,” Chesney said. “I figured this movie came out of a whole bunch of dreams I’ve had over the years; where would be the dream place to show people what we’ve been doing? And really, there’s only one place: ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’ And just like jamming with my idols onstage, or playing the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Ga. or selling out Gillette Stadium all those years ago, if you’re willing to dream it, it can happen.”

As for the surprise, “when the producer’s put the question to me, it took me back,” said Chesney “In some ways, obviously, I have the means to do whatever I’d truly want to do, but sometimes that means stopping and looking around. With our schedule that’s not always as easy as you’d think. Sometimes, too, people will do things for Oprah, they might not do for the rest of us.”

Without giving away the secret, Chesney took a field team from “Oprah” with him to the Florida Keys for a special afternoon, according to his publicist.

The Oprah episode that Kenny Chesney is taping this Saturday will air on Friday, April 9th.

According to CMT, the episode will feature footage from a surprise visit to Key West, Florida that Kenny made with a crew from Oprah.

As one of the biggest stars in country music, it’s usually assumed that Kenny Chesney will perform at the big awards shows each year and this year’s ACM Awards will be no different. The Academy of Country Music on Tuesday announced the first round of performers:

• Jason Aldean
• Brooks & Dunn
• Kenny Chesney
• Lady Antebellum
• Reba McEntire
• Tim McGraw
• Blake Shelton
• Trace Adkins
• Carrie Underwood

Kenny is up for four awards:

• Entertainer of the Year
• Male Vocalist of the Year
• Vocal Event of the Year (artist) for “I’m Alive” with Dave Matthews
• Vocal Event of the Year (producer) for “I’m Alive” with Dave Matthews

The ACM Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 18th at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

A frequent guest of ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike, Kenny Chesney has penned the preface for their upcoming book “MIKE & MIKE’s Rules For Sports and Life.”

“They’re a little bit crazy and irreverent, but they know their sports,” said Chesney. “…and from completely unique perspectives — and aren’t afraid to hash it out. To me, it’s a lot like what goes on on my bus when we’re out on the road, except, they’re on ESPN-2 and ESPN radio. So when they asked if I would write something for their book, I was right there. I’d never done anything like that before, but it was honored to be asked.”

The book will be released April 6th. You can pre-order it now at Amazon.