Kenny Adds SIX Sphere Shows in July; Look for Big Fly-Away Energy

When Kenny Chesney decides to do something – whether it’s Heart Life Music, his No. 1 New York Times best-seller, which he called “a love letter to the journey,” or taking No Shoes Nation into a whole new dimension with his groundbreaking Sphere residency – he truly commits to the process, the music, the experience, and especially the fans. Having realized all the opportunities Sphere’s production capabilities offer to deepen how people experience these songs that have defined their lives, he doubled down on playing Sphere in 2026.
 
“Beyond how different it was, there was all the fun,” offers the 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. “Seeing all the faces, plus all the crazy things we could do with the sound and visuals, I knew well before we finished, we were coming back and taking all of it even further. With all the work that’s going into changing up over half the show, adding more songs we might not be able to play in stadiums, pulling some surprises, five shows weren’t going to be enough…
 
“When we were able to make the 4th of July weekend a flyaway, come stay, see Guitars, Tiki Bars and let’s share a whole lotta love, I was very much, ‘Let’s do it.’ So, we did. Like we flashed on the screen at our final show when it said, ‘See you next summer’ – we’re setting up for summer vacation, only the sand isn’t a beach, and you don’t have to drive anywhere!”
 
For the only country artist on Pollstar’s Top 10 Touring Acts of the 21st Century – landing between Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and Metallica – creating the ultimate concert experience requires a lot of commitment. Taking Sphere even further means the five previously announced June shows and these six dates will be Chesney’s only headlining concerts this summer.

Calling last year’s residency “a sonic and visual rollercoaster,” USA Today headlined their review “Kenny Chesney delivers a vibrant, visually arresting feast.” While it’s a high bar to cross, it’s everything the songwriter/superstar from East Tennessee lives for. Not only is he thinking about how to make it even more, Chesney’s looking to enrich the feeling of community for the millions of people who’ve lived, loved and built their best times inside his songs.
 
“This isn’t something you can do every year,” explains Billboard’s No. 1 Country Artist of the 21st Century. “But to be able to put two years together, to take what you know and double down on something so unique? It’s an opportunity for us, No Shoes Nation and even people who just love Sphere shows to experience the joy in a completely different way.”
 
Beyond Chesney’s high energy shows, this year’s Sphere concerts will include several different ways to experience Kenny culture. Like last year, the free-to-all Guitars, Tiki Bars and a Whole Lotta Love experience will return – in a whole new location – to bring people inside the journey. Beyond that, there are several different packages and opportunities to enjoy; many affording additional time to hang out with fellow citizens of No Shoes Nation beyond the actual concert.
 
Vibee, the music-led destination experience company, is the official VIP Concert & Hotel Experience Package partner for Chesney’s shows at Sphere. All Concert & Hotel Experience Packages include a choice of ‘The Sandbar’ (floor GA) or premium reserved seating at Sphere, a collectible laminate and lanyard, access to ‘Guitars, Tiki Bars and a Whole Lotta Love – the Kenny Chesney Fan Experience’ pop-up – and a two-night stay at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas – the only resort connected to Sphere. ‘Live Like We Do’ package holders will enjoy additional VIP perks, including priority entry to Sphere, access to exclusive VIP space ‘The VERY Vibe Room’ with a dedicated merch store and special programming, priority access to ‘Guitars, Tiki Bars and a Whole Lotta Love – the Kenny Chesney Fan Experience,’ luxury motorcoach transport to and from the airport, an exclusive Kenny Chesney curated gift bag and more. For guests who do not require accommodation or airport transfer, ‘Roll Like We Do’ VIP Concert Experience Packages will also be available. For more information and access to tickets through Vibee’s packages, please visit kennychesney.vibee.com.

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Kenny's Upping the New Songs for SPHERE 2026 Setlist

Having become the first solo artist and country act to create music in a deeper dimension at Vegas’ Sphere, Kenny Chesney came away from his high energy residency with a richer sense of his songs. Maybe it was the immersive visuals or the dialed-in sonics that really teased out the instruments and words. Perhaps it was the looks on the faces of No Shoes Nation as they took in the experience. Or maybe it was just the amount of engagement and singing along from a different place that struck the man sandwiched between Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and Metallica on Pollstar’s Top 10 Touring Acts of the Millennium.
 
When it came time to think about his 2026 residency at Sphere, the East Tennessee songwriter and brand new Country Music Hall of Fame inductee realized Sphere’s configuration allowed him to perform songs he couldn’t necessarily do in his massive stadium shows. Even more than the freedom to cull from his massive catalogue of 36 Country Airplay No. 1s and 99 charting singles, he recognized the intimacy the venue’s configuration provided.
 
“Even though it’s a pretty big room and there are a lot of people in there,” Chesney explains, “with the way it’s constructed, everyone is so close, you can do things that are a lot slower, that really want to be listened to. We pulled out some songs last year we don’t do very often, and people really responded, so when the band and I got back together to start talking about what we might do this year, a lot of songs that we talked about, we haven’t done in a long time.
 
“We’re having a great time trying things out, finding our way inside them,” he continues. “We’re playing more things right now than we’ll actually be able to do, but I think we’re gonna surprise some people… because some of these songs we’ve never played, and a few we’ve not played in years. But I realized we can give people the space to really listen, and that makes all these songs so much better. I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up with 30, 40% new material; maybe more.”
 
Having planted No Shoes Nation’s flag under a giant technicolor dome last year, the Pollstar Awards Residency of the Year nominated event created new ways for people to experience the songs they’ve lived their lives inside. Whether an immersive “Welcome To The Fishbowl” with its all-consuming social media reality, or the sweeping, night skies over the ocean and tropical coast “One Lonely Island,” Chesney’s shows opened up what these songs contained – and created a space via the Guitars, Tiki Bars and A Whole Lotta Love Experience, pools across Vegas to meet up and beyond, to have a whole different way of coming together.
 
With Heart Life Music, the book chronicling his journey through music, topping the New York Times Bestseller Hardcover Nonfiction and Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction lists, the time reflecting on the songs that brought him to this moment were very much front and center. As teased in the graphics at the end of his final weekend – “See You Next Summer” – Kenny Chesney’s taking his shake-off-your-troubles songs back to Sphere for one more round of very special shows.

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Kenny Chesney: New Year, Big Sphere Energy

Having closed out 2026 as both the only country artist and No. 1 Nashville act in the Top 10 on POLLSTAR’s Top Touring Artists of the Millenium list, the stadium-selling pioneer who’d become the first solo headliner and first country artist to headline Las Vegas’ Sphere wanted to kick things up a notch.
 
“Having spent last year’s residency coming to really understand this dynamic technology and how it deepens the way we all – me, the band, the fans – experience the music,” Chesney explains, “I wanted to get back in there and really push what was possible. We all had ideas. We were told certain things. But what I really took away is how much fun – and different kinds of experiences people can have – no matter where they experience the show from.
 
“Knowing what we know now, we’re working on new songs, some things we can’t do in stadiums, new visuals, new momentum to the set. Having watched No Shoes Nation taking it all in, we have a much better sense of how to make Sphere even more.”
 
USA Today agreed. Headlining their review, “Kenny Chesney delivers a vibrant, visually arresting feast,” the nation’s newspaper deemed the show a “sonic and visual rollercoaster.” That immersive sense of being in the music carried over to the entire experience, where fans lined up hours before the Guitars, Tiki Bars Experience opened, met up at designated pools and listened to No Shoes Radio broadcasting live from Vegas.
 
That sense of community emerging from the songs makes Sphere such a singular experience for people who find life, love, fun and memories in the music of the East Tennessee songwriter-superstar and Billboard’s Top Country Star of the 21stCentury. As he says, “Sphere pulled me into so many songs the fans know and love in new ways. And it deepened how I see them. The production possibilities consume you, so we had to go back to really get everything out of it.
 
“But it’s not just how big or bold it is. Sphere’s layout creates this intimacy that lets me do songs I can’t play in a stadium, songs we love, songs I haven’t played in forever – so the ability to slow the tempo down lets us take this year’s show into some places we just can’t, even pull things out just because. The band and I are talking about it – and figuring out what songs we want to add.”
 
The 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, sandwiched between Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and Metallica on Pollstar’s Millennia list with 18,198,369 fans played to, has built a life on creating music that speaks to the heart of what people truly want. With no agenda beyond the euphoria that comes from being with good friends, making memories out of the smallest things and feeling the thrill of letting go, Kenny Chesney is striving for Sphere 2026 to take Pollstar’s Residency of 2025 nominated event even further.
 
“It’s too soon to know just what we’re going to do,” allows the man who delivered the NY Times No. 1 best-seller Heart Life Music last fall. “But I promise no song’s been left unturned.
 
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Kenny's SO Ready for SPHERE: One Day + Counting...

They loaded in at midnight Sunday. They were up and running Sunday evening. They’ve been rehearsing since Monday, feeling the arc of a whole new set list, songs rarely or never before played – and, of course, many of the favorites of No Shoes Nation.
 
Almost a year in the making, Kenny Chesney is ready to kick-off his much-vaunted residency at Sphere. All the technology, the vibrance, the ability to immerse No Shoes Nation in the songs that are their life is finally about to happen.
 
“You can’t truly imagine it,” says the leader of No Shoes Nation. “When people say you have to experience it to really understand, they aren’t kidding. Even with all the simulators, the special editing facilities, the way we have approached rehearsals, it wasn’t until we got inside Sphere that me, the band, the crew and all our road family truly got it. It is a whole other world – and I can’t wait for the people who’ve loved this music so intensely to experience this.
 
“Experience, because it’s so much more than just seeing a concert.”
 
A no-holds-barred musical experience, Chesney has refashioned his notoriously quick-hitting set list to create a new live dynamic for his shows. An energetic and emotional rollercoaster, this residency will take fans deeper into the music through the super-specific mix by legendary sound engineer Robert Scovill, the all-new visual presentation and a few surprises the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar has pulled together for this once-in-a-lifetime kind of concert opportunity.
 
“Keeping the focus on these songs,” the man Wall Street Journal calls “The King of the Road” says, “it made us really creative. Some of what we shot, the way the sound is being sculpted, we’re taking these songs deeper into what they can be – and when we got onstage to start rehearsing, everybody was blown away by how much more every single song seemed to mean.”
 
As Rolling Stone reported, “No Shoes Nation fandom will descend upon Las Vegas in May… The shows will be a rare chance to see Chesney outside of the massive football stadiums he usually hits on tour.” That means anyone who’s ever heard their life or found their meaning in his 33 No. 1’s and myriad Top 5 and Top 10 hits can get ready for a festival that binds what Variety calls “a concert-going community rivaled perhaps only by Parrotheads and Deadheads” together.
 
And that starts before the show. Grab a drink at the Spread the Love Bar, an amalgamation of Kenny’s favorite bars at the end of the world and get your vibe right. Hit Guitars, Tiki Bars and a Whole Lotta Love to experience his journey, no need to even have a ticket to the show! Free to all, spread the love and take that positive energy into the world – or into Sphere where Brandi Cyrus will be throwing down a DJ set to get people dancing, feeling good and ready.
 
“You really do have to experience it to feel how deep this goes,” Chesney says. “We can’t wait to get everybody into the room to feel that energy. We are always coming to rock No Shoes Nation, and they rock us right back. Something tells me this is going to be even more intense.”
 
Limited tickets remain for the Sphere residency at KennyChesney.com with packages available via Vibee, the official VIP Concert & Hotel Package partner for Kenny Chesney’s Live at Sphere residency, at KennyChesney.Vibee.com. All Vibee packages offer guests a choice of premium tickets including Sandbar (general admission floor) or reserved seating, a collectable laminate and lanyard, access to the No Shoes Island VIP Pool Party, exclusive Kenny Chesney curated gift bag and early access to the Guitars, Tiki Bars and a Whole Lotta Love experience on show days for crowd-free shopping on exclusive merch items, and access to a dedicated shopping lane during public hours. Vibee Hotel Packages include a two-night stay at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas (The Venetian or The Palazzo) or Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. 
 
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