Those of you that watched the Today Show this morning looking for Kenny Chesney were disappointed, as it was erroneously reported that he’d be performing. Instead, according to your TV guide, he’ll perform tomorrow (Friday, the 9th).
9/11 anniversary tour of Ground Zero; a New Jersey town ten years after 9/11; stay in touch with your kids; from “Parenthood,” Lauren Graham; Today’s Pets’ gentle giants; protect your breasts from cancer; Kenny Chesney performs.
Kenny Chesney is in Boston for two shows at Gillette Stadium, and on Friday morning he made time to visit the Boston College football team:
Coach Frank Spaziani assembled the team at 9:45 a.m. and played Chesney’s music video “The Boys of Fall,” which chronicles the emotion involved with the game of football. At the conclusion of the video, Spaziani surprised the team by introducing Chesney, who received a standing ovation.
Chesney spoke to the team about the importance of personal sacrifice and sacrifice as a team in order to achieve goals. Spaziani presented Chesney with a Boston College football jersey and hat.
The day before Kenny Chesney plays to tens of thousands of fans at Gillette Stadium, he played to a few hundred at the Royale Nightclub as part of the CMA Songwriters Series.
“When you hear songs on the radio and wonder where they come from, this,’’ said Kenny Chesney, sweeping an arm toward his left and right, “is where they come from.’’
The country superstar was gesturing toward five fellow songwriters on the stage at Royale – Bob DiPiero, Matraca Berg, Craig Wiseman, Wendell Mobley, and Brett James – who are responsible for some of the biggest hits in country music of the last two decades, including some of Chesney’s best-known songs.
Armed with acoustic guitars and their voices, the sextet spent 2 1/2 captivating hours singing, telling tales on each other, and breaking down what’s involved in creating the soundtrack to listeners’ lives.
It was a treat to watch Chesney, who graduated to stadium-level success years ago, shrink his larger-than-life persona down for the small stage, excitedly talking about the bones of his songs like “Old Blue Chair’’ and joining his partners in rhyme to play, sing backup and laugh along with their stories.
First announced back in June, Kenny Chesney will perform in Boston as part of the CMA Songwriters Series next week. And lucky for us, the show will be streamed live!
“I came to town as a songwriter and always consider myself a songwriter first,” said Chesney. “I’m looking forward to playing alongside my friends and heroes who create and write amazing songs for a living. I’m really proud to help the CMA show the fans what great music comes out of Nashville from our awesome writers. I couldn’t think of a better place to showcase this than in the city of Boston. The fans have been amazing to us and I am thrilled to be ending our tour with over 100,000 sold tickets in one of the greatest markets in the world.”
Joining Chesney will be songwriters Matraca Berg, Brett James, and Wendell Mobley. Songwriter Bob DiPiero will be the host for the evening.
Fresh off a massively successful show at New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey that he said was “one of the best nights of our lives,” Kenny Chesney slipped up to Burlington, Vermont and joined Grace Potter at her Waterfront Park show.
He and Potter sang “You and Tequila,” with Chesney briefly bestowing Potter with his trademark cowboy hat, before Chesney declared “I think I’m going to spend the night.”
He stuck around for cover versions of the Bad Company rocker “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and the Tom Petty tune “Free Fallin’,” alternating verses with Potter. Chesney left the stage with high praise for Potter and the Nocturnals: “This is the best band in America, the world, right here,” he said as the show ended.
Watch a video of Kenny and Grace singing “Free Falling” here.
Chesney previously joined Grace last November when she played the Ryman in Nashville, and just last month she joined Kenny at Red Rocks in Colorado.
On Thursday night, Bret Michaels joined Kenny Chesney at his show in Cincinnati. According to Country Music Is Love, Michael came out on stage and sang “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” with Chesney.
Kenny Chesney will participate in the CMA Songwriters Series for the first time when it comes to the Royale Nightclub in Boston this August:
This is Chesney’s first time participating in the series, as well as the series’ first show in Boston. Chesney will be joined by three songwriters whose work has been covered by Chesney — Matraca Berg (“You and Tequila”), Brett James (“When the Sun Goes Down,” “Out Last Night”), Craig Wiseman (“The Good Stuff,” “Summertime”) — and series host Bob DiPiero.
Tickets go on sale this Friday (July 1st) at noon ET through TicketMaster. Prices are $75 for VIP seating, $45 for floor seating and $30 for general admission.
Those of you that watched the Today Show this morning looking for Kenny Chesney were disappointed, as it was erroneously reported that he’d be performing. Instead, according to your TV guide, he’ll perform tomorrow (Friday, the 9th).
What better way to kick off the NFL season than with Kenny Chesney singing “The Boys of Fall”?
The day before Kenny Chesney plays to tens of thousands of fans at Gillette Stadium, he played to a few hundred at the Royale Nightclub as part of the CMA Songwriters Series.
Fresh off a massively successful show at New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey that he 
