“The one thing those acts have in common is that they’ve had long careers. He knows that while fans enjoy the high energy of a live show, developing staying power always comes back to the music.
Touring with artists like Strait and Alabama, who have proven themselves as mainstays, has given Chesney direction in how to maintain his own career. It’s been the most incredible year of my life.” That’s what I came to Nashville to do, to be able to go out there and headline and do my own show. We want to make our show as good as we possibly can. Next year, we’re going to have three buses and two semi-trucks rolling down the road. “Three years ago, I was in one bus, hauling a trailer behind me in that one bus. “We’re adding a lot to our stage,” he says. “We were playing in front of 70,000 people every night, and there’s not a bigger high in the world than playing in front of that many people and having them sing back ’How Forever Feels’ and ’She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy.'”Īs a support player on the Strait tour, Chesney picked up a few tips about running his own headlining show. “Last year, people knew who we were, but this year I felt like they were there to see me, too, along with George and Tim. “This year, I really felt like the tour catapulted me into a different level as far as the way people look at me, as far as credibility, record sales and my relationship with radio,” he says. By releasing hits such as “What I Need to Do” and “I Lost It,” appearing on the George Strait Festival Tour and headlining his own shows for the first time, Chesney has made progress toward the first ranks of country stardom.
Questions and Chesney’s responses will be displayed simultaneously on TV and in the Chat Auditorium.ĭespite personal setbacks in 2000, including a broken engagement and a June arrest with Tim McGraw after an incident with police in Buffalo, N.Y., Chesney’s professional star continues to rise. Immediately following the concert telecast, Chesney will join to answer questions from fans at 10 p.m. Sara Evans, also on the Top 12 Video Countdown with “Born to Fly,” will be his special guest. ET, Chesney brings a taste of the album and his stage show to CMT’s All Access: Kenny Chesney. 9 on the Billboard country singles chart. “I Lost It,” the first video and single from his new collection, is climbing CMT’s Top 12 Video Countdown and has gone as high as No. In the Carolinas for a run of radio station visits, in-store appearances and fan meet-and-greets to promote his new album, Greatest Hits, he squeezes in an interview via cell phone. The year 2000 may be winding down, but not Kenny Chesney.