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)

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

Jen passed along a message from the Kenny Chesney Fan Club with regards to the potential prohibition of cameras at shows that we posted about earlier today:

New message – Hey Gang! Want to clear something up! Yesterday, I posted a message…for 5 minutes tops at our message board ONLY. After posting, I received a call that they had decided to make a last ditch attempt to eliminate the recording of music at the shows and continue to allow cameras.

Cameras will be allowed at the shows for STILL photos only! However, if you are caught videoing with your camera or your cell phone…you are subject to lose them. Please help us keep cameras at the shows….by not using the recording devices on your electronic devices. We will have increased personnel at the shows helping us out with this, so we ask that all of you please let your fellow fans know that videoing is not allowed….if you happen to see them doing it at a show.

This is an ongoing problem…and we want you guys to be able to have photos to carry home…but not videos! Thanks for helping us out with this….

(hat tip to Jen for passing this along!)

Yesterday on the Kenny Chesney Fan Club message board, one of Kenny’s people posted the following message:

****Camera/Video Policy Change****
Hey Gang! Effective June 1st, 2009 folks will no longer be allowed to carry cameras into Kenny’s concerts. Cell phones and cameras with recording devices have made it impossible for us to honor our contractural obligations with our partners and record label of prohibiting recordings and such. The ones that have chosen to ignore all of the repeated request and warnings have left us with no other option but to enforce a NO Camera Policy at shows. As always, your bags will be checked at the door and you will NOT be allowed admittance with a camera in hand. To avoid long walks back to the parking lot, Please leave them in your vehicles. The security detail will be seizing any unauthorized cameras found inside the gates. Please help us make this transition an easy one. We know it isn’t an ideal situation, but our numerous request have gone unnoticed and this is our only way of stopping the unauthorized recording of Kenny’s shows it.

The post has since been taken down without explanation, so we are unsure whether or not this policy is actually going to be instituted. However, on the Atlanta Verizon Wireless Amphitheater page (where Kenny is playing tonight), it says “NO CAMERAS ALLOWED”.

Lately, concertgoers have reported that Kenny has gotten upset at fans who were filming him on video during the shows. One of our forum members even said that he was so flustered by one fan filming during “I Go Back” that he had trouble staying focused and was fumbling the lyrics through the remainder of the song.

Leave your thoughts on this policy in the comments section or on our forum.

(hat tip to Rosi for passing this along)