New Music Video for “Ain’t Back Yet”

by Josh | 03.16.2010 | Posted In: Singles, Videos

CMT.com has posted Kenny Chesney’s music video for his latest single “Ain’t Back Yet.”

Click here to watch at CMT.com

The single, which is the end song for Kenny’s upcoming movie “Summer In 3D,” is currently at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart.

Download the single now from Amazon or iTunes.

(H/T Kay)

More on Chesney and Steve Miller at Tootsies

by Josh | 03.03.2010 | Posted In: Special Appearances, Videos

Country Standard Time has more details on Kenny Chesney and Steve Miller’s appearance at Tootsies after their CMT Crossroads taping:

The pair walked down the ally between the Ryman and the bar, went in the back door and made their way to the front stage and straight into Miller’s classic Fly Like An Eagle.

“If you’re at the Ryman… and you want to do it the way the old Opry stars did, everybody knows it was out the back door of the Ryman, cross the ally and sneak in the back door of Tootsies. Kristofferson drank there, and Willie. Hank Williams, Patsy Cline. If I was gonna show my friend what this experience was all about – especially after a night as great as our ‘Crossroads’ taping had been… then we had to do Tootsies.”

Taking the stage at a little bit before 11, the pair played into Wednesday morning on the tiny stage in the front window. Beyond Miller classics like Take The Money & Run, Abracadabra, The Joker and Rock’n Me, the pair also played Hank Williams Sr.’s Mind Your Own Business, Chesney’s Livin’ In Fast Forward and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Love Struck Baby.

“The thing about Steve Miller is he’s a music guy, not a genre guy. He loves everything and sees the sweet spot on Hank Sr. as easy as he does Jimmy Reed… and that’s what makes being onstage with him so much fun – and what makes his songs hit people in so many places at one time. And you know it’s funny, because those songs are such a part of who we are, when I looked out at the crowd – at the Ryman or at Tootsies – you could tell that everyone listening was suddenly 17 years old again and right in that moment of being young, being free and being so alive and in love with music.

“But what’s funny, for me, is as much as I have a time and place for every one of those songs… and those are powerful memories, just look at ‘I Go Back,’ after tonight, those songs for me are going to be standing onstage with one of my idols, getting to live one of those crazy dreams you have when you’re a kid. Those impossible dreams are every bit as much a part of the music as anything.”

Below is a fan-shot video posted on Youtube of Kenny and Steve singing “Living in Fast Forward”:

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.

“Out Last Night” Makes CMT Top 20 of the Year

by Josh | 12.30.2009 | Posted In: Videos

CMT recently aired their Top 20 Videos of the Year and Kenny Chesney made it onto the list with “Out Last Night” coming in at #19 (watch the video).

Number one this year was Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me”.

Last year two of Kenny’s videos made the year-end countdown – “Shiftwork” and “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven”.

Trailer for “Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3D”

by Josh | 11.18.2009 | Posted In: Summer In 3D, Videos

Here is the trailer for “Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3D”, the upcoming 3D concert movie that will be released in April:

“Summer in 3D” Trailer out Today

by Josh | 11.18.2009 | Posted In: Summer In 3D, Videos

The trailer for Kenny Chesney’s upcoming 3D movie will be released at 3 pm ET today. “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D” will hit theaters in April, but the official preview will be made available at Moviefone, AOL Music, The Boot, and KennyChesney.com.

“Summer in 3D” features video that was shot over six nights in five cities: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, Boston, and Indianapolis, and involved 22 specialized 3D cameras.

Read more about the 3D movie here.

Watch Kenny Chesney’s CMA Performance

by Josh | 11.12.2009 | Posted In: Awards, Special Appearances, Television Appearances, Videos

Watch Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews perform “I’m Alive” at the 2009 CMA Awards on Wednesday night:

Chesney to Release 3D Concert Movie in Theaters

by Josh | 11.10.2009 | Posted In: Summer In 3D, Tour, Videos

We first told you about the possibility of seeing Kenny Chesney in 3D at the movie theaters back in August. On Monday details were released for the screening, which will be called “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D” and will be released in April 2010. Sony’s head of distribution Rory Bruer expects “Summer in 3D” to play in at least 750 theaters in April.

“I’d seen U2’s movie and was blown away,” Chesney says. “It was like something I’d never seen – and I wondered what would happen if we tried to capture some of what was going on like that. How would it look, because this is more straight up… When we did, everyone who saw the footage agreed, and we started taking this project very seriously.

“Then when major movie studios were interested in working with us… a company with such specialized expertise as not just Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is crazy, but their Hot Ticket division which understands very specifically the challenges of a 3D movie, well, we went for it.”

The footage was shot over six nights in five cities: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, Boston, and Indianapolis, and involved 22 specialized 3D cameras.

“It’s crazy how up close this puts you,” adds Chesney. “To me on that stage I feel every single one of my fans, all the way to the very top of those stadiums. But this is like having everyone right there onstage with us, and it’s a rush. I had no idea what we do could go to film quite like that.

“It was an amazing – and at times scary – experience to have cameras that close, in the air, on a blimp. cause they are everywhere. But to see what this film captures: all the energy, the thrill and an even better focus on some of the most rocking nights we’ve ever had, all I can say is… wow.”

Speculation was rampant over the summer as concert-goers reported seeing signs that said the concert was being recorded. We reported on the speculation here and here. And also in August before the Gillette Stadium show about 100 fans took part in filming of the opening sequence for the film. In an email to those chosen to participate it was referred to as “KC3D Opening Title Sequence”.

So the speculation is over and now we now what’s coming in the spring. The only question is, will Summer In 3D be in a theater near you?

Kenny On Next Year’s Plans

by Josh | 10.22.2009 | Posted In: Albums, Personal, Tour, Videos

On Wednesday Kenny Chesney announced a couple of festival shows for next summer. Here’s some more insight into next year’s plans from Kenny himself:

“I can’t imagine a year not rocking the fans… not seeing those faces or hearing my songs sung back to me,” says Kenny. “That is where I’m the most alive, and those people are such a big part of who I am and why I do this. To me, not being out there would be the worst thing I could imagine.

I honestly don’t think people realize how much work goes into one of our tours: I am looking at technical stuff that needs building in November… I am working on video in December and January… then we start rehearsals so we can get the kinks worked out of each system in January – as well as rehearsing the band, so we can troubleshoot how the tech stuff is incorporated without sacrificing the music, because in the end, that’s what people come for.

For us to be able to get out there and rock at a few of these festivals, it means we can do the big show people expect without having to put 6 months into getting ready for it. Me and the guys can come on out, play the songs as hard as possible and get to be part of everybody’s summer… whether it’s kicking it off at LSU’s Tiger Stadium or getting June started at Bama Jam!

“A summer without my fans? I can’t even imagine it,” Kenny explains. “They are the reason I do what I do… and while I’m working on this next record, working on some special projects we’ll be talking about in the coming months and staying on top of NoShoesRadio, I don’t want anyone to think I’ve gone to the house or could go a year without getting out on some big stages and making music.

There’s no way! And these two festivals are perfect! They’re everything we try to do when we’re out on our own tours: a good day, a lotta great music, a place for friends to come together and have fun! If we can do that, then I’d say I’ve maintained the connections that are so important to me!”

(h/t Rosi)

Watch Full Austin City Limits Episode Online

by Josh | 10.18.2009 | Posted In: Special Appearances, Television Appearances, Videos

The full episode of Kenny Chesney on Austin City Limits is now available to watch online at pbs.org.

Click here to watch