Nashville, TN (Kenny Chesney Official Website) - Always known for the pace that he keeps, even with the most successful tour in what's been a century of wildly successful tours finished,
Kenny Chesney shows no signs of slowing down. With
Kenny Chesney Live: Live Those Songs Again, his full-tilt high-energy live album that celebrates the last five summers hitting stores on
September 19, look for the reigning and back-to-back Academy of Country
Music Entertainer of the Year to wake up with 'Regis & Kellie,' then head to the airport to appear on Fox's equally boisterous 'Best Damned Sports Show' on
September 20th.
'I'd say it's gonna be a long day,' says the Luttrell, Tennessean with a laugh, 'but when you're looking at getting into all those different kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms, it's a helluva lot easier than stopping in every city. Besides, everyone I'm sitting in with on Wednesday is big BIG fun - and I can tell you, my Mama and her crew are ready for Regis, now, and you know my boys are all about 'The Best Damned Sports Show.' I mean, we watch that out there on the road…'
For the morning show appearance, look for a revved up, but fairly unplugged take on 'Keg In The Closet,' the college revelry anthem that's also served as the name/theme for Chesney's almost annual unannounced sweeps through college bars in the Southeast conference. Given Philbin's predilection for Notre Dame football, it's also highly likely that the topic of college grid iron will come up on what is guaranteed to be a spirited morning.
With four nominations for the '40th Annual Country Music Association Awards' - broadcast live on Nov. 6th on ABC - the always humble singer/songwriter finds himself being recognized for his music, as well as his skill as a performer, netting nods in Album (The Road & The Radio) and Single (the 6 week No 1 seasonal anthem 'Summertime'), as well as Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year. Having already won the CMA Album of the Year in 2004 for his nearly 5-million-selling When The Sun Goes Down, Chesney us heartened when people respond to the music.
'Every time I do an album, I work really hard to write and find songs that reflect my life and the lives of the people who listen to our music,' admits the man who has sold over 25 million records. 'I think you owe it to your fans to say something about the way people live - and I've been fortunate to find songs, whether they're stuff on the album or what people hear on the radio, that look a little deeper into the moments, the memories, the feelings that define who I am and who my fans are as people.'
As 'You Save Me' rises up the charts - and the groundbreaking 9 minute clip/mini-movie that boasts serious acting chops finds it's way at CMT: Country Music Television - Kenny Chesney will celebrate all the songs that've brought him to this place. Live Those Songs Again serves as a survey course of the hits - multiple week No 1s 'When The Sun Goes Down,' 'Young,' 'Anything But Mine,' songs that've become anthems from the road - 'Back Where I Come From,' 'Beer In Mexico,' the title track, and songs that are intimate moments that resonate on those occasions when they're played - 'The Coast of Somewhere Beautiful,' 'What I Need To Do.' Listen, and you, too, can live those songs again.
