Vote Kenny for Favorite Videos of the Decade

by Josh | 12.30.2009 | Posted In: Contests, Fans, Videos

CMT has compiled a list of the 50 most popular videos of the decade based on Top 20 Countdown airplay and viewer voting (including the show’s years as the Top 12 Countdown), airplay during CMT music video hours and on CMT Pure, viewing of on-demand videos, streams and New Video Voting on CMT.com and views on CMT Mobile.

They’re asking you to vote for your top five. There are only two Kenny Chesney videos you can vote for:

• “You Save Me”
• “Don’t Blink”

Cast your vote now!

CMT will announce the results sometime in January.

Vote for Kenny for Eventful Fans’ Choice Award

by Josh | 08.25.2009 | Posted In: Contests, Fans, Tour

Kenny Chesney is up again for the Eventful Fans’ Choice Award for the best concert tour of the year.

Click here to vote for Kenny

Chesney was the winner last year so let’s win it for him again this year!

The voting page has options to share on Facebook and Twitter so be sure to do that too.

The voting ends at 2 pm PST on Wednesday November 4, 2009 and the winners will be announced November 5th at the Billboard Touring Conference & Awards in New York City.

Controvery Surrounding Chesney and Woman’s Camera

by Josh | 08.21.2009 | Posted In: Fans, In The News

Some controversy has erupted around the internet over a WCVB Boston story reporting that at last weekend’s show in Boston, MA Kenny Chesney confiscated a fan’s camera. One blog went as far as to call Chesney a “prick”.

Susan Mazar said the singer grabbed it while she was at this weekend’s concert in Foxborough.

Mazar said she was in the front row taking pictures, when the singer grabbed the camera from her.

Mazar said she and other fans were stunned when Chesney took the camera.

“(Chesney) was like a person in front of me and he reached down, grabs the camera, shuts it, goes down the walkway and throws it on the stage,” Mazar said.

Mazar said she did get the camera back, but the memory card, loaded with pictures of her family vacation, was missing.

Mazar told NewsCenter 5 that she was taking still pictures only of the show, not video.

Earlier in the tour Kenny was upset with people videotaping him during shows and it appeared that cameras might be banned altogether but this was not the case. Only videotaping is not allowed.

ChesneyWorld received this tweet after the Gillette show:

“I was there when the girl said kenny took her camera & to KC’s defense, she was videotaping the whole show”

Also, Erin from CountryMusicIsLove.com was interviewed by Electric Barnyard and explained that she was about 10 feet from the whole thing and that it was a video camera, not a still camera. Listen to the interview here.

What are your thoughts on this story? Leave a comment to this post or discuss on our forum.

Tailgating and Parking Info for Gillette

by Josh | 08.14.2009 | Posted In: Fans, Tailgating, Tour

Tomorrow is perhaps the biggest Kenny Chesney concert of the year and there are some rules you’ll want to read up on for tailgating/parking at Gillette Stadium:

• Parking lots will open at 1:00 p.m.
• Each patron entering the parking lots must have a ticket to the event. Tickets must be presented for every person in each vehicle on entry into all parking lots.
• Should lots be forced to open earlier at the direction of state and local police for public safety purposes, each vehicle that parks prior to the 1:00 p.m. opening time will be assessed an early arrival penalty fee. The rate prior to 1:00 p.m., if necessary, will be $60 per car, $180 per limo/rv and $300 per bus. The rate beginning at 1:00 p.m. will be $40 per car, $125 per limo/RV and $200 per bus. Proceeds from the early arrival penalty fee will be donated to TEAM Coalition and the Ensign John R. Elliott HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers.
• Patrons will not be allowed to tailgate in any capacity prior to the official 1:00 p.m. opening time.
• Tailgating in the parking lots will not be allowed after the concert.
• Alcohol cannot be carried from lot to lot or along Route One. This includes coolers or containers of any type.
• Police officers will be present to enforce these rules and regulations and failure to comply may result in the loss of parking privileges and/or the loss of concert tickets without refund.

Parking Rates:

• $40 for cars
• $125 for RVs (enter P10N from the North, Enter P11 from the south)
• $125 for limos (enter P10 N from north or P11 S from the south)
• $200 for buses (enter P10N from the North, Enter P11 from the south)
• $40 for motorcycles (one per space)

For more information click here.

(hat tip to boardkicker1015 for passing this along)

Kenny Chesney Tailgate Documentary to be Filmed at Gillette

by Josh | 08.13.2009 | Posted In: DVD, Fans, Tour

Friday morning at 8:00 am 100 fans will arrive at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts to take part in the filming of tailgating scenes for an upcoming DVD release, which we assume is the previously mentioned 3D concert movie. At one point in the e-mail to those chosen to participate in the filming it is referred to as “KC3D Opening Title Sequence”.

The filming will take place at the Gillette Stadium parking lot. 60 women and 40 men were chosen and have been instructed to dress up and bring everything they normally would for tailgating. Then in the afternoon 30 fans will be chosen out of the 100 to be extras in a bar scene.

If you are one of the fans participating in this filming, please share the experience with us by leaving a comment or posting on our forum.

Tremendous Reception as No Shoes Radio Launches from Alabama

by Josh | 08.06.2009 | Posted In: Fans, Interviews, No Shoes Radio

The reception for Kenny Chesney’s new internet radio station was so great today that the servers crashed and made No Shoes Radio unavailable for a short time (and may still be experiencing some issues). This message was posted on Kenny’s Facebook page:

Lots of folks are wondering why NoShoesRadio.com isn’t working. We had TOO MANY listeners and you crashed the servers! Hang tight… we’re working on it. Still going LIVE from the show in Orange Beach tonight. Man, it is HOT in Alabama!

At about 12:05 eastern time today No Shoes Radio launched from Orange Beach, Alabama with general manager Jon Anthony and Chesney crew member Mark Tamburino introducing the station. The first song that was played was… you guessed it… “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems”. It was a live version recorded at Margaritaville in Key West. The song medlied into “Key Lime Pie”, followed by “Don’t Happen Twice” and “Somewhere in the Sun”. A short time later Kenny Chesney joined Jon and Mark on the air to talk about NSR.

Anthony and Tambo mentioned that the station will provide exclusive behind the scenes access to the tour, including time spent backstage, on the bus, and on the plane. They also mentioned plans for an iPhone app and possibly a BlackBerry app as well.

Tonight’s show in Orange Beach will be broadcast live. Be sure to tune in at NoShoesRadio.com.

How are you liking the station? Drop us a line in the comments or on our forum.

Kenny Chesney Twitter Update

by Josh | 07.19.2009 | Posted In: Fans, Site News

A month ago we told you that Kenny Chesney was on Twitter with the username @chesneyofficial. Though there are still no tweets from Kenny or his people, we may be a step closer as they’ve taken over the @kennychesney username.

If you were already following @chesneyofficial then you will automatically be following @kennychesney as Twitter simply made the name change with all other things staying the same.

Sign up for Twitter now. It’s free, quick, and easy. Once you are signed up and logged in, simply click here and then click Follow to add Kenny Chesney to your list of friends.

In the mean time you can follow us for the latest and best Kenny Chesney news at twitter.com/ChesneyWorld. We’re also on Facebook.

Chesney Schedules Intimate Seattle Preshow

by Josh | 07.15.2009 | Posted In: Fans, Tickets, Tour

On August 1st Kenny Chesney will bring the Sun City Carnival Tour to Qwest Field in Seattle. But the night before, Chesney will play an intimate one-hour, sandbar-only show:

“Qwest can be a little tricky,” allows the man who was country music’s only representative in Pollstar’s Midyear Tour Rankings Top 10. “We wanna get in there and really blow it up… and I wanna know that we’re able to capture what’s so special about that place, because the ….Seattle…. fans are incredible. So, we figured rather than just coming in and me and the guys doing a soundcheck, we could warm-up with something a little bit more – and start what is normally an all-day experience the night before.”

“We’re always looking for ways to change things up, to give the fans a peak into our world,” Chesney allows. “It just seems like as long as we’re gonna be there, we might as well share it with the people who love our music – and inspire us to rock a little harder, to play a little bit longer. I don’t know if this is crazy, sane or the start of something big, but given how awesome ….Seattle…. has always been for us, it seems like the perfect place to find out!”

As with everything Chesney does, fans should also not be surprised by the presence of hi-def cameras. Having produced three “Roadcase” DVDs, several videos and much of his behind the stage concert footage from captured road images, one never knows where they might end up – though their presence is permission to be used in these mediums.

“Anyone who’s ever been in my house knows, I have pictures everywhere of everyone and everything,” Chesney admits with a shy laugh. “When you close your eyes, you can see all these amazing things that’ve happened, but if you wanna share it with your friends, you need this pictures. All the faces, the places we’ve been… well, I try to not just share it with the people in my life, but the fans who’ve made my life and been such a part of this. Who knows when or how? But I know you can only capture the moment in the moment, so that’s what we’re trying to do…”

Click here for more details

(hat tip to Denise for passing this along)

Kenny Chesney Is Now On Twitter

by Josh | 06.15.2009 | Posted In: Fans, Personal, Site News

Thousands of people around the world are joining Twitter each day and you can now add Kenny Chesney to the list. The official Chesney Twitter account is twitter.com/kennychesney.

It will mainly be Kenny’s inner circle doing the tweeting as Kenny is a very busy man, but following him on Twitter will give you an inside look into the tour and the man himself. It’s a great tool for celebrities because they can send messages directly to fans and bypass the filter of the media.

You’ve no doubt heard of Twitter by now, but are you not sure what exactly it is? Here’s how it’s described by Wikipedia:

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 bytes in length. Updates are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends (delivery to everyone being the default). Users can send and receive updates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS (receive only), or through applications on their computer and cell phones.

Apps are available for most smartphones, including BlackBerrys (I recommend UberTwitter) and iPhones.

Sign up for Twitter now. It’s free, quick, and easy. Once you are signed up and logged in, simply click here and then click Follow to add Kenny Chesney to your list of friends. No “tweets” have been sent out yet but we’re told that in the near future they will begin sending out updates.

In the mean time you can follow us for the latest and best Kenny Chesney news at twitter.com/ChesneyWorld. We’re also on Facebook.

Details for Saturday’s show at Heinz Field

by Josh | 06.05.2009 | Posted In: Fans, Tour

Heinz Field management have released some information for Saturday’s Kenny Chesney show:

Parking lots open at 10 a.m. for the 4 p.m. concert. Oversized vehicles are prohibited in the parking lots. The ticket window opens at 1 p.m. for will call as well as ticket sales and is located at Gate B.

Here is the schedule of the bands:

4 p.m. — Lady Antebellum

5 p.m. — Miranda Lambert

6:10 p.m. — Montgomery Gentry

7:35 p.m. — Sugarland

9:05 p.m. — Kenny Chesney

Tiki Town, a themed area presented by Y108, will feature live performances, vendors, food and beverages on Art Rooney Avenue. It will open at 11 a.m. The Coca-Cola Great Hall opens at 1 p.m. only to fans with a concert ticket. All gates open by 2 p.m.

Froggy Radio will present pre-show performances in the Coca-Cola Great Hall starting at 2:15 p.m. with Kate & Kacey Coppola followed by the Eli Young Band.

Coolers, thermoses, bags, backpacks, large purses (larger than 8?? by 11), cans, bottles, flasks, alcoholic beverages, laser pointers, strollers, video/movie cameras, tripods, audio recording equipment, banners/signs on poles, weapons and any other item deemed dangerous and/or inappropriate are prohibited.

Small purses, fanny packs, small camera cases and binocular cases will be permitted. However, all bags are subject to inspection. All bags that do not pass security must be returned to vehicles.

PennDOT has advised fans that certain construction projects may affect access to and from Heinz Field. Fans entering via North Shore Drive are encouraged to use the right lane to extensive, additional parking on the North Shore. The left lane will be limited to fans using Lot 2.

Read the entire Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article here.