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Kenny Chesney hitting the road in 2011

By Patrick Luce Nov 8, 2010, 15:16 GMT

Kenny Chesney has played NFL football stadiums by the dozen, received 4 Country Music Association as well as 4 consecutive Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year Awards, had nineteen #1 singles, and has sold over 27 million albums and is the only artist in any genre to sell over a million tickets each of the past eight summers. When he made the decision to scale back from touring ...more

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney has announced the first leg of his 2011 “Goin’ Coastal Tour” – which will also see the singer joined by the Zac Brown Band on nine stadium dates.

Tickets for stadium dates in nine cities will go on sale starting November 20, with additional arena and amphitheatre dates to be announced later, with more dates than any Chesney tour since 2006.

The tour will also feature multi-GRAMMY nominee Billy Currington on the tour along with Uncle Kracker - who sang with Chesney on the #1 country hit "When The Sun Goes Down."
 
Chesney took a break from the road in 2010 to record his new album 'Hemingway's Whiskey' (BNA Records), which entered the Billboard 200 at #1 (his sixth album to achieve that feat) and to produce "Boys of Fall," the documentary about high school football now available for pre-order at http://www.walmart.com and in Walmart beginning November 9.

Fans can buy tickets at http://kennychesney.com. The Kenny Chesney Official Fan Club will be offering presale tickets for all shows on Kenny’s 2011 Tour prior to the general public on-sale. To get access to these exclusive presales, fans can go to http://kennychesney.com.
 
Kenny Chesney 2011 Tour (Stadium Dates Only – co-headline with Zac Brown Band)
Sat Mar 19  - Tampa, FL - Raymond James Stadium (on sale Sat Dec 11)
Sat Apr 16 – Dallas, TX - Cowboys Stadium (on sale Sat Dec 4)
Sat Jun 4 – Washington, DC - FedEx Field – (on sale Fri Dec 3)
Sat Jun 11 - Green Bay, WI - Lambeau Field (on sale Sat Dec 11)
Sat Jun 18 – Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln Financial Field (on sale Sat Nov 20)
Sat Jul 2 – Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Field (on sale Sat Dec 4)
Sat Jul 30 - Kansas City, MO - Arrowhead Stadium (on sale Sat Dec 4)
Sat Aug 20 – Detroit, MI – Venue tba
Sat Aug 27- Foxboro, MA - Gillette Stadium (on sale Sat Nov 20)
 
The tour is billed as Corona Extra presents Kenny Chesney’s Goin’ Coastal Tour, starring Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Band.