Kenny Chesney: ‘It’s Almost Football Season’
Kenny Chesney wears many hats, from his signature cowboy hats to his many ball caps. This week, Kenny wore a sports baseball cap as he made an appearance on one of his favorite shows: Sports Center on ESPN.
Keny posted a few photos from the moment on his Instagram. He captioned the images, “Thanks so much to everyone at @ESPN for having me on @Sportscenter with @RandyScott and @thekimchipapi. Also on @unsportslike with @evcoradio and @chriscanty99. What a fun morning talking about my two favorite things: sports and music. Appreciate the opportunity. It’s almost football season, everybody.”
Many from No Shoes Nation (his fans) responded to the post, including one who wrote, “See you Saturday and Sunday from the sandbar at Gillette.” Another fan commented, “Great job on ESPN this morning. Great to see you.” One more fan said, “Great interview, especially the part about you singing the praises of @ndfootball! #GoIrish.”
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Chesney brought his “Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour” home to Nashville a few weeks ago and set another personal record for the tour. With 57,523 people packed into the stands, floor, and sandbar, it surpassed his best attendance at the venue by 300.
Soaked with sweat from the earliest part of his two-hour set, Chesney threw songs into the crowd and let them chime in. Without missing a beat, he ventured into old favorites — duets with Uncle Kracker and Megan Moroney– and surprise guests Old Dominion on “Save It for a Rainy Day.” He also debuted “Just To Say We Did,” the acoustic midtempo about living in the moment.
Kenny said after the show, “Nashville’s known for the quality of its creative people, and when you hit that stage, you’re playing for people who know what it means to pour life into songs, to play as if your life depended on it. When you’re playing for people like that, you really want to give it all away.”
The concert was Chesney’s 200th stadium show – and one that resonated with a crowd that sang any time he stopped and tilted from side to side in time to his songs like “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems,” “Get Along,” and “Don’t Happen Twice.”
Kenny said, “Memories are made in moments like our show. You can’t always know what it is, just that people live their lives inside these songs – and when No Shoes Nation comes together with purpose, shows turn into their own kind of momentum. Just hearing people sing back on so many of the songs was a reason to push even harder. I’m lucky I have a band up to the task.”
