From Crew to Photographer, Unsung Hero to Manager: Chesney's SUN GOES DOWN 2024 Nabs 17 Noms

Since Kenny Chesney broke the million tickets in a single year touring cycle in 2002, the 8-time Entertainer of the Year has placed a premium on people. His love of No Shoes Nation is boundless, but his commitment to his touring organization is truly worthy of the “road family” name he gave them.

With the Country Music Association announcing their coveted Touring Awards nominations, Chesney’s road family brings home a staggering 17 nominations, from Crew of the Year through Unsung Hero; a testament to the team-building, hard work and unbridled joy of inhabiting the war cry: “Who lives like we do? WE DO!”
 
“When they called me to tell me the news,” Chesney raved, “I felt like a bit of slacker. I love my guys and the girls out on the road, in the office and points in between. They fire me up, inspire me to push what we do – and this year was easily the best year we’ve ever had on the road.
 
“Whether it’s Terry Ford driving the Knoxville bus, Nick Buda beating those drums, Tom Petty’s incredible Robert Scovill mixing front of house or rock & roll legend Robin Majors as Unsung Hero, everybody out there gives to the peak, then throws it all at the music when we take the stage. I’ve got lifers like my longtime manager Clint Higham, who’s been here for all of it, my tour manager and best friend growing up David Farmer and who-says-we-can’t? production manager Ed Wannebo all making my crazy ideas happen.
 
“Back home, Mike Betterton at Wasser getting it booked, Richards & Southern making the t-shirts happen, and Janet Buck at Essential Broadcast Media getting the word out, that’s some anchor,” the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar continued.  “Add in the Swiss Army knife Jill Trunnell, who hangs from stadium signs, as photographer, business manager Renee Allen who makes it all add up, Jay Cooper cutting all that live video together, Philip Ealy lighting so everyone can see – and our stage manager Tom Nisun, who not only came up with ‘Who lives like we do? We do,’ but runs a short order burger grill on the back of our stadium stages, we’re talking some pretty unbelievable people out there.”
 
Having spent two decades building a crew that’s one of the most beloved by all the venues on the road, Chesney has empowered his teams to reach further, defy convention and create new ways of creating the best night of the summer for the citizens of No Shoes Nation. Whether the vibe, the sound, the look or the way people come together, the Sun Goes Down 2024 crew sought to create a space where love was all, music rocked and memories were made.
 
With well over 19 million fans played to this century, nearly a billion and a half dollars generated, more than 200 stadiums and 1,000 shows played, the man the Los Angeles Times called “The People’s Superstar” has established a standard by which he’s become one of the true rights of summer – and an artist whose songs have defined what it means to live, love, work and dream across America’s heartland.
 
“We all work hard, play hard, dream hard and rock hard,” Chesney allows. “It’s great seeing the people who push me, who create this very special environment with me and deliver night after night at the top of their game recognized. I can say ‘thank you’ over and over again, but when they’re acknowledged by the industry where they do this incredible work? To me, that’s the highest honor they can have. Seeing so many names of people who’ve helped build this? That tells you about the Sun Goes Down 2024 team.”
 
Voting for the 2024 CMA Touring Awards is done by the qualified members of the CMA’s Industry tier.

Photo Credit: Allister Ann

SUN GOES DOWN 2024 TOUR CMA Touring Awards Nominees
Crew of the Year: Sun Goes Down Tour crew
Backline Technician of the Year: Terry Fox
Business Manager of the Year: Renee Allen, Arnie Barn, Inc.
Coach/Truck Driver of the Year: Terry Ford 
FOH (Front of House) Engineer of the Year: Robert Scovill
Lighting Director of the Year: Philip Ealy
Manager of the Year: Clint Higham, Morris Higham Management
Production Manager of the Year: Ed Wannebo
Publicist of the Year: Janet Buck, Essential Broadcast Media
Stage Manager of the Year: Tom Nisun
Support Services Company of the Year: Richards & Southern
Talent Agent of the Year: Mike Betterton, Wasserman Music
Tour Manager of the Year: David Farmer
Touring Musician of the Year: Nick Buda (drums)
Tour Videographer/Photographer of the Year: Jill Trunnell
Tour Video Director of the Year: Jay Cooper
Unsung Hero of the Year: Robin Majors
 

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

Kenny Chesney Hits Another Record in Nashville

Kenny Chesney brought the blazing Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour home to Music City’s Nissan Stadium, 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. Even more than the number of tickets, Chesney’s high-impact, go hard and give it all away performance was a testament to the joy of playing live and a catalogue of songs that define coming of age in the 21st century.
 
Soaked with sweat from the earliest part of his two-hour set, Chesney tore across the T , threw songs into the crowd and let them chime in. Without missing a beat, he ventured into old favorites, duets with Uncle Kracker, Megan Moroney and surprise guests Old Dominion on “Save It for a Rainy Day” – and debuted “Just To Say We Did,” the acoustic midtempo about living in the moment. For the eight-time Entertainer of the Year, it was a matter of delivering in a city known for songwriters, musicians, singers and more.
 
“Nashville’s known for the quality of its creative people,” the songwriter/superstar from East Tennessee explained. “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.”

Having bested his previous best attendance of 2022’s 57,211 by more than 300, the Nissan Stadium show had added more than a thousand tickets the day prior. Marking his sixth play at the home of the Tennessee Titans, the concert was also 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 like “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems,” “Get Along” and “Don’t Happen Twice.”
 
Whether delivering a life-spanning ballad like “There Goes My Life,” a joyously buoyant “Summertime,” the hilarious romp “Out Last Night” or blasting through the surging “Living in Fast Forward,” the man deemed “the People’s Superstar” by the Los Angeles Times delivered from the heart. 
 
“Memories are made in moments like our show,” Chesney says. “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 reason to push even harder. I’m lucky I have a band up to the task.”
 
With just three weekends left on Chesney’s Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour, including an unprecedented three-night stand at Gillette Stadium, this year’s tour presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum is celebrating new friends and old, memories in the making and songs that have defined coming of age across the heartland this century.
 

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

 
Nissan Stadium photos, once available, will be linked HERE.
 
Kenny Chesney’s Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour Remaining Dates
with Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker
Aug. 8             Columbus, Ohio  ||  Historic Crew Stadium*
Aug. 10           Detroit, Mich.  ||  Ford Field
Aug. 15           Bangor, Maine  ||  Maine Savings Amphitheater^
Aug. 17           East Rutherford, N.J.  ||  MetLife Stadium
Aug. 23           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
Aug. 24           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
Aug. 25           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
* Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker only
^ Megan Moroney only

Kenny Chesney's 'Sun Goes Down 2024' Plays Philly Sick, Hits New Record

Having sold out Lincoln Financial Field in March, adding tickets and selling those out, too, Kenny Chesney recognizes the longstanding passion the City of Brotherly Love has for his kind of hard-driving American music. Knowing how many people wanted tickets, he worked to put more chairs on the floor – and make space “for anyone who wants to come out, sing these songs with us and have the time of their summer.”
 
Hitting an unheard-of personal record of 56,292 members of No Shoes Nation at the home of the Philadelphia Eagles, Chesney came in hot – knowing they’d bring their “A” game. What the eight-time Entertainer of the Year and man the Los Angeles Times called “The People’s Superstar” wasn’t counting on was being stricken with a bronchial infection that landed fast and dug in. 
 
“Some cities you just look forward to, and Philadelphia is always one of them,” Chesney said after the 90+ minute show. “When I felt it settling in my chest, I refused to even consider the possibility of not doing this show. From the moment it sold out and we added a few thousand more tickets, I could feel the love and excitement – and I wasn’t going to let people down.”
 
Not only did he not let people down, the people raised their voices with his to bolster the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar when he would step away from the mic in a coughing spasm. Tea was drunk, sweat poured off the high-energy performer, but mostly it was love being exchanged and songs shared with every bit of verve and fervor.
 
“There were a couple times where I wasn’t sure, and then I’d hear No Shoes Nation come rolling at the stage with everything they had, and I couldn’t help but smile. Their wanting to sing along really lifted me up and kept me going. And when I couldn’t they did, and it was absolutely the greatest feeling in the world. With fans like that, I’ll always bring everything we’ve got.”
 
In addition to adding “Guitars and Tiki Bars” to the show, “Setting the World on Fire,” his nightly duet with Austin-based bass player Harmoni Kelley, had a particular spark. And Uncle Kracker’s return to the stage for the one, two punch of their five-week No. 1 duet “When the Sun Goes Down” and Kracker’s record-shattering 28-week Adult Contemporary No. 1 “Drift Away” delighted fans. With the audience in fine voice, it was a love fest and singalong.
 
“No Shoes Nation shows up early, tailgates like they mean it, then brings all that heart into the stadium. Just their normal response to my songs is incredible, but when they could tell I was using every last ounce of energy, they pulled together and lifted me up. It was awesome.”
 
With a St. Louis amphitheater date this Thursday, June 13, and Chicago’s Soldier Field on tap for next Saturday, June 15, Chesney is going to spend the week resting up and getting ready to get back out there, playing hard and bringing the songs No Shoes Nation lives by, for and through to life. Once again, presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum, the Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour brings all the high velocity energy and songs people know by heart back to America’s favorite football stadiums. 

Kenny Chesney’s Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour Remaining Dates
with Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker
June 13            Maryland Heights, Mo.  ||  Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
June 15            Chicago, Ill.  ||  Soldier Field
June 20            Noblesville, Ind.  ||  Ruoff Music Center^
June 22            Milwaukee, Wisc.  ||  American Family Field
June 27            Darien Center, N.Y.  ||  Darien Lake Amphitheater^
June 29            Cincinnati, Ohio  ||  TQL Stadium*
July 6              Kansas City, Mo.  ||  GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
July 11            Boise, Idaho  ||  Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater^
July 13            Seattle, Wash.  ||  Lumen Field
July 16            Salt Lake City, Utah  ||  America First Field*
July 18            Wheatland, Calif.  ||  Toyota Amphitheatre^
July 20            Los Angeles, Calif.  ||  SoFi Stadium
July 24            Phoenix, Ariz.  ||  Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^
July 27            Denver, Colo.  ||  Empower Field at Mile High Stadium
Aug. 3             Nashville, Tenn.  ||  Nissan Stadium
Aug. 8             Columbus, Ohio  ||  Historic Crew Stadium*
Aug. 10           Detroit, Mich.  ||  Ford Field
Aug. 15           Bangor, Maine  ||  Maine Savings Amphitheater^
Aug. 17           East Rutherford, N.J.  ||  MetLife Stadium
Aug. 23           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
Aug. 24           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
Aug. 25           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
* Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker only
^ Megan Moroney only
 
“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

WARNING IN EFFECT: Kenny Chesney's Blazing Into Blossom

Having an affinity for the intimacy of amphitheaters since becoming what the Minneapolis Star-Tribune called “country’s king of stadium concerts,” Kenny Chesney made sure a handful of outdoor venues were included in the routing for his personal record-breaking Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour, including three sold-out nights at Boston’s Gillette Stadium and this weekend’s sold-out-for-weeks Philadelphia stop at Lincoln Financial Field. But no one was ready for Blossom Music Center actually leaving voicemails and sending emails to people holding tickets to the sold-out show advising massive traffic issues expected.
 
“I remember when people cut the chain link fence to get into our shows a couple summers,” Chesney marveled. “But we’ve never been the reason for an actual warning sent out. This year has been a whole other kind of crazy – selling standing room tickets in Tampa, pushing our stage all the way to the end zone wall in Pittsburgh – but knowing Blossom has this kind of energy around it? It tells you a lot about the passion and the heart of the Midwest.
 
“Hearing all the people on the lawn singing ‘Anything But Mine’ back at us whenever we play Blossom is one of the highlights of that tour. I know each and every one of them knows what it’s like to be going home to Cleveland, leaving a summer love behind… and you can hear it.”
 
For Chesney, who has broken his own records with his high-impact, high-velocity concerts in Tampa, Charlotte and Pittsburgh already, the more stripped-down amphitheater shows take the intensity of his connection with No Shoes Nation and channels it into the songs that have defined coming of age in the flyover for the last two decades. With the focus on music that captures the best of how people between coasts live, these amphitheater dates become sonic scrapbooks for people coming into their own, moving on or falling in love forever, for the summer or for the night.
 
Joined by six-time nominee and Academy of Country Music New Female Artist of the Year Megan Moroney, this year’s ten amphitheater shows speak to making the best of every moment and the soul of being alive. With massive sing-along energy, Chesney and his support artist speak to the heart of what summer is made of – and embrace being so close to the crowd.
 
The man the Los Angeles Times called “The People’s Superstar” begins, “When we’re in the sheds, it’s like going back to our roots. We were all starting on this journey, seeing where life and the music would take us. Now all these songs are filled with the memories we made, the faces and places we’ve traveled – and sharing them like this is like coming home.”
 
Deemed “King of the Road” by the Wall Street Journal for his legendary stadium tours, the Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour has created a summer of unmatched ‘wow’ with several cities sold out months ahead. As importantly, the music and No Shoes Nation’s connection grows stronger and more passionate, especially in the legendary amphitheaters. With Blossom’s actual advisory to get there early, and Philadelphia sold out months in advance, there’s no slowing down – only more songs to sing and smiles to create.
 
Presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum, it’s all about the friends, high energy and songs people know by heart.

Kenny Chesney’s Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour Remaining Dates
with Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker
June 6              Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio  ||  Blossom Music Center
June 8              Philadelphia, Pa.  ||  Lincoln Financial Field
June 13            Maryland Heights, Mo.  ||  Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
June 15            Chicago, Ill.  ||  Soldier Field
June 20            Noblesville, Ind.  ||  Ruoff Music Center^
June 22            Milwaukee, Wisc.  ||  American Family Field
June 27            Darien Center, N.Y.  ||  Darien Lake Amphitheater^
June 29            Cincinnati, Ohio  ||  TQL Stadium*
July 6              Kansas City, Mo.  ||  GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
July 11            Boise, Idaho  ||  Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater^
July 13            Seattle, Wash.  ||  Lumen Field
July 16            Salt Lake City, Utah  ||  America First Field*
July 18            Wheatland, Calif.  ||  Toyota Amphitheatre^
July 20            Los Angeles, Calif.  ||  SoFi Stadium
July 24            Phoenix, Ariz.  ||  Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^
July 27            Denver, Colo.  ||  Empower Field at Mile High Stadium
Aug. 3             Nashville, Tenn.  ||  Nissan Stadium
Aug. 8             Columbus, Ohio  ||  Historic Crew Stadium*
Aug. 10           Detroit, Mich.  ||  Ford Field
Aug. 15           Bangor, Maine  ||  Maine Savings Amphitheater^
Aug. 17           East Rutherford, N.J.  ||  MetLife Stadium
Aug. 23           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
Aug. 24           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
Aug. 25           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
* Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker only
^ Megan Moroney only

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

Kenny Chesney Maxes Charlotte at 53,460 + Surprises w/ Kelsea Ballerini

First, they moved the stage all the way back. Then they called the fire marshal. Finally, all of the front of house lighting and structures were adjusted to open greater sightlines. Like Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, Kenny Chesney’s Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour sold out more than once at Charlotte, NC’s Bank of America Stadium; but because Chesney is so fan-forward, he kept asking his people to find more seats.
 
And the energy was palpable. From the moment Chesney came down the drum riser, charging into the lifestyle defining “Living in Fast Forward,” it was a night of massive energy, audience shout alongs that wrested the songs away from the man the Los Angeles Times called, “The People’s Superstar” and enough major songs to sustain three careers. Under a clear sky with myriad stars, the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar blazed through a 29-song set that included the high energy “Here And Now,” buoyantly percussive “Summertime,” erotically-charged “Somewhere with You” and femme empowering “Big Star.”
 
“Some nights, you can feel it before you ever start singing,” Chesney said. “Charlotte, North Carolina made their presence known from the moment they saw us. It was pandemonium, and they were not afraid to sing so loud we couldn’t hear ourselves at times.”
 
As crazed as fans were, nothing prepared No Shoes Nation for Kelsea Ballerini, clad in a backless brown leather jumpsuit. She cruised out of the wings for “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy,” laughing and working the T during the Chesney breakthrough smash like a couture model on the catwalk. But the yearning can’t leave/can’t stay “half of my hometown” melted the capacity-plus crowd, who sang along softly, before the pair revisited “You & Tequila,” the Grace Potter duet that’s one of Chesney’s most enduring hits.
 
“People love a surprise,” says the man deemed “country’s king of stadium concerts” by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “But even more they love great songs sung by people who really love each other and are great friends. Last week with Uncle Kracker, we felt it. Tonight, it was the same with Kelsea. Both guests tonight really seemed to hit No Shoes Nation in the heart.”
 
Indeed, when Chesney and his white-hot band returned for the encore, even the hushed “Anything But Mine” couldn’t slow down the audience. Raising their cell phones aloft with the flashlight on, the bowl of the stadium looked like the night sky turned upside down; by song’s end, the gentle sing along had turned into a yearning performance by the crowd.
 
“You can tell how much people love these songs when you hear them sing, or feel the energy when they realize what they’re hearing,” Chesney explained. “Last week, we didn’t do ‘Tractor’ or ‘Anything But Mine,’ and it’s in trading songs that we’re going to keep this tour fresh. The more people hear what they don’t expect, the more engaged and excited they become.”
 
Once again, presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum, Sun Goes Down 2024 brings all the high velocity energy and songs people know by heart back to America’s favorite football stadiums.

Photo Credit Jill Trunnell.

Kenny Chesney
SUN GOES DOWN 2024 Stadium Tour
with Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker
 

Saturday, April 20, 2024           Tampa, Fla.                       Raymond James Stadium
Saturday, April 27, 2024           Charlotte, N.C.                  Bank of America Stadium
Saturday, May 4, 2024              Minneapolis, Minn.          U.S. Bank Stadium
Saturday, May 11, 2024            Arlington, Texas               AT&T Stadium
Saturday, May 18, 2024            Atlanta, Ga.                       Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Saturday, May 25, 2024            Landover, Md.                  FedEx Field
Saturday, June 1, 2024              Pittsburgh, Pa.                   Acrisure Stadium
Saturday, June 8, 2024              Philadelphia, Pa.               Lincoln Financial Field
Saturday, June 15, 2024            Chicago, Ill.                      Soldier Field
Saturday, June 22, 2024            Milwaukee, Wisc.             American Family Field
Saturday, June 29, 2024            Cincinnati, Ohio               TQL Stadium
Saturday, July 6, 2024               Kansas City, Mo.              GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
Saturday, July 13, 2024             Seattle, Wash.                   Lumen Field
Tuesday, July 16, 2024              Salt Lake City, Utah         America First Field
Saturday, July 20, 2024             Los Angeles, Calif.           SoFi Stadium
Saturday, July 27, 2024             Denver, Colo.                   Empower Field at Mile High
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024              Nashville, Tenn.               Nissan Stadium
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024             Columbus, Ohio                Historic Crew Stadium
Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024            Detroit, Mich.                   Ford Field
Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024            East Rutherford, N.J.        MetLife Stadium
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024                Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium 
Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024            Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium
Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024              Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium
 

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

Kenny Chesney Kicks Off Sun Goes Down w/ New Record, Old Friends + Fun

It looked like Raymond James Stadium’s famed pirate ship was rocking on a sea of humans, hands in the air as Kenny Chesney delivered two hours of back-to-back life-affirming hits to a beyond sold out crowd at his Sun Goes Down 2024tour kick-off. With 60,529 tickets sold – including an unprecedented wave of standing room only tickets in the North Zone Plaza – the audience seemed as hungry for the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar’s music as Chesney was to throw it all down on that stage.
 
It was a night of surges and highlights. Telling the packed crowd they’d been in rehearsals since February and were so glad to be playing for actual human beings, the audience cheered even harder. Often it felt like a competition to see who could out-love the other, as the audience pulled an extra last chorus of “American Kids” and sang so loud it poured onto the stage during “The Good Stuff.”
 
From the moment Chesney came down the drum riser, the band full-tilt into “Living in Fast Forward,” it was obvious they’d come to play hard. A cascade of “Beer In Mexico” into “Keg in the Closet” into the five guitars blazing “KC/DC” march down the T, bringing the music as close to No Shoes Nation as possible, the momentum never stopped. Whether the sexy “Somewhere with You,” the countryfied Chris Stapleton-penned “Never Wanted Nothing More” or the gulp life down “Til It’s Gone,” it was song forward, muscular music sent into the near perfect night.
 
“You think about it, you anticipate, you wait – and no matter how many times you’ve done this,” Chesney marveled after the show, “there is nothing like the way that crowd hits you. They came to sing, to cheer and just love the night, and they sure did.”
 
With the cars wrapped all the way around the stadium before 9 a.m. and folks in line not much later, No Shoes Nation came ready. Tiki bars, pirate flags, corn hole courts, grills’n’blenders and sundry skeletons created a tableau in the parking lot that was distinctly redolent of Chesney’s poets and pirates reality. That sense of friendship extended to the stage as well.
 
When Uncle Kracker emerged from the wings for “When The Sun Goes Down,” their multiple week No. 1, the crowd erupted in shrieks seeing the two friends reunited. As the song came to a close, production manager Ed Wannebo rambled onstage with the ceremonial massive margarita; but instead of one giant tumbler, he had a pair. With a toast, a drink and a laugh, they two shared Kracker’s remake of Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away,” again with the crowd singing along full voice.
 
“Nobody sings like No Shoes Nation,” the man deemed “the King of the Road” by the Wall Street Journal and “country’s king of stadium concerts” by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “When I hear those voices coming back at us, how much they mean these songs, I feel like I’m home, and home is a really good place to be.”
 
Once again, presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum, Sun Goes Down 2024 brings all the high velocity energy and songs people know by heart back to America’s favorite football stadiums.

Kenny Chesney
SUN GOES DOWN 2024 Stadium Tour
with Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker

 
Saturday, April 20, 2024           Tampa, Fla.                       Raymond James Stadium
Saturday, April 27, 2024           Charlotte, N.C.                  Bank of America Stadium
Saturday, May 4, 2024              Minneapolis, Minn.          U.S. Bank Stadium
Saturday, May 11, 2024            Arlington, Texas               AT&T Stadium
Saturday, May 18, 2024            Atlanta, Ga.                       Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Saturday, May 25, 2024            Landover, Md.                  FedEx Field
Saturday, June 1, 2024              Pittsburgh, Pa.                   Acrisure Stadium
Saturday, June 8, 2024              Philadelphia, Pa.               Lincoln Financial Field (SOLD OUT)
                                                             more tickets available
Saturday, June 15, 2024            Chicago, Ill.                      Soldier Field
Saturday, June 22, 2024            Milwaukee, Wisc.             American Family Field
Saturday, June 29, 2024            Cincinnati, Ohio               TQL Stadium
Saturday, July 6, 2024               Kansas City, Mo.              GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
Saturday, July 13, 2024             Seattle, Wash.                   Lumen Field
Tuesday, July 16, 2024              Salt Lake City, Utah         America First Field
Saturday, July 20, 2024             Los Angeles, Calif.           SoFi Stadium
Saturday, July 27, 2024             Denver, Colo.                   Empower Field at Mile High
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024              Nashville, Tenn.               Nissan Stadium
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024             Columbus, Ohio                Historic Crew Stadium
Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024            Detroit, Mich.                   Ford Field
Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024            East Rutherford, N.J.        MetLife Stadium
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024                Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium (SOLD OUT)
                                                             more tickets available
Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024            Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium (SOLD OUT)
                                                             more tickets available
Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024              Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium (SOLD OUT)
                                                             more tickets available

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

After Tampa, Kenny Chesney's Team Finds More Tickets for SRO Philly + Boston Shows

Kenny Chesney spent the last three months gearing up for what will be another of his monumental stadium tours. With all concert teams aligned and ready to go – they wrapped their final Nashville rehearsal this weekend – the news that the Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour opener at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, as well as Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field and all three dates at Foxborough, Mass.’s Gillette Stadium were sold out landed hard. 
 
After taking what should be great news in, the man the Los Angeles Times deemed “The People’s Superstar” called his tour promoters back – and asked if they could possibly look at the grids, figure out what could be moved and see if it was possible to open up even a few more seats. By midday Friday, April 6, and throughout the day, those seats were made available to the fans.
 
“Sometimes you can get more creative than you realize,” Chesney says of the unorthodox move. “For me and the band, this is going to be an incredible night. I want to know that anyone who wants to be at Raymond James Stadium with us can be, that we’ve found every possible ticket.”
 
Having had success going section-by-section, looking for what might have been overlooked, a couple hundred tickets were found, then a couple hundred more. And then, Chesney offers, “I figured if we could make that work in Tampa, why not Boston and Philly? We’ve had some of our greatest shows in those towns, and a lot of what makes the night really magic is the energy No Shoes Nation throws at us. It is as much those voices and that heart coming at all of us onstage as it is the songs, the guitar parts or what we’re doing. It’s how we as No Shoes Nation come together, and what we – as an entire stadium of people – make that moment mean.”
 
When the only country artist in Billboard’s Top 10 Touring Acts of the Last 25 Years for the past 15 years called his promoters to ask, the response was laughter, then an “already working on it.” Because the process means close observation, once again the tickets being opened up will begin appearing online at 10 a.m. CT/11 a.m. ET; with additional tickets coming online throughout the day.
 
“It’s important to me that when No Shoes Nation comes together, we can all be together. If there’s that much desire the tickets are gone this early, then let’s find some tickets,” Chesney says with a laugh. “We’ve done this long enough that I know: with the people who come to my shows, truly the more, the merrier. I love the energy in the parking lots before we ever get close to the stage, and it’s the most incredible feeling, hearing them shout ‘A little messed up, but we’re all alright’ over all our guitars during ‘American Kids.’ To me, that kind of fun, sun, songs and friendship day is what summer is all about.”

Once again, presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum, Sun Goes Down 2024 brings all the high velocity energy and songs people know by heart back to America’s favorite football stadiums. 
 
Kenny Chesney’s Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour
with Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker
 
April 20           Tampa, Fla.  ||  Raymond James Stadium
                                Limited added tickets remain
April 27           Charlotte, N.C.  ||  Bank of America Stadium
May 4              Minneapolis, Minn.  ||  U.S. Bank Stadium
May 9              The Woodlands, Texas  ||  The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion^
May 11            Arlington, Texas  ||  AT&T Stadium
May 16            Hollywood, Fla.  ||  Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino^
May 18            Atlanta, Ga.  ||  Mercedes-Benz Stadium
May 25            Landover, Md.  ||  Commanders Field
May 30            Syracuse, N.Y.  ||  Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview^
June 1              Pittsburgh, Pa.  ||  Acrisure Stadium
June 6              Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio  ||  Blossom Music Center
June 8              Philadelphia, Pa.  ||  Lincoln Financial Field
                                More tickets coming today
June 13            Maryland Heights, Mo.  ||  Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
June 15            Chicago, Ill.  ||  Soldier Field
June 20            Noblesville, Ind.  ||  Ruoff Music Center^
June 22            Milwaukee, Wisc.  ||  American Family Field
June 27            Darien Center, N.Y.  ||  Darien Lake Amphitheater^
June 29            Cincinnati, Ohio  ||  TQL Stadium*
July 6              Kansas City, Mo.  ||  GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
July 11            Boise, Idaho  ||  Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater^
July 13            Seattle, Wash.  ||  Lumen Field
July 16            Salt Lake City, Utah  ||  America First Field*
July 18            Wheatland, Calif.  ||  Toyota Amphitheatre^
July 20            Los Angeles, Calif.  ||  SoFi Stadium
July 24            Phoenix, Ariz.  ||  Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^
July 27            Denver, Colo.  ||  Empower Field at Mile High Stadium
Aug. 3             Nashville, Tenn.  ||  Nissan Stadium
Aug. 8             Columbus, Ohio  ||  Historic Crew Stadium*
Aug. 10           Detroit, Mich.  ||  Ford Field
Aug. 15           Bangor, Maine  ||  Maine Savings Amphitheater^
Aug. 17           East Rutherford, N.J.  ||  MetLife Stadium
Aug. 23           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
                                More tickets coming today
Aug. 24           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
                                More tickets coming today
Aug. 25           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium
                                More tickets coming today

* Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker only
^ Megan Moroney only
 

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

Kenny + Team Finding A Few More Tickets for Tampa SUN GOES DOWN Kick-Off

When Kenny Chesney asks, evidently Kenny Chesney gets. Deep into rehearsals for another herculean two hour-plus stadium set – culling all the No. 1s and even more Top 5 hits – that will delve into the superstar’s life-affirming, feel-good-where-you-are catalogue, the news that three of his most stalwart cities had sold out landed with both euphoria – and disappointment.
 
“Everybody wants to hear their show’s sold out,” Chesney explains. “That’s the idea, right? But I’ve always felt like everyone who wants to be there, they should be. It’s part of what made us start doing stadiums all those years ago seem like something I wanted and needed to do... It’s why we did last year’s I Go Back Tour: to share all the life in this music with the people whose lives and memories were part of my songs...
 
“So after I got the text, I thought about it for a minute. I called the promoter and said, ‘Remember when you used to find tickets when shows sold out? Came up with creative ways to make more seats available?’ Everybody on the other end laughed, remembering. Then I said, ‘Can you do that in Tampa? Can we find some more tickets? We’re two weeks out, I know some people have to wait ‘til closer to the date. Can you make that happen?’”
 
And with the same commitment that went into building No Shoes Nation, creating a season of stadium concert experiences that’s defined summer for almost two decades, the team behind Chesney’s place as the only country artist on Billboard’s Top 10 Touring Acts of the Past 25 Years for the last 15 years went to work. This close to show in a venue Chesney’s been setting records at for years, it’s not a perfect process, but it’s going to make more seats available.
 
Throughout the day – Friday, April 5 – tickets will be made available through primary ticket sources. These are actual direct sale tickets, not something available on the re-sale market. As groups of seats are identified and activated, they will be put on-sale all day long. If seats sell out, keep checking as more will be offered until whatever tickets are released are gone.
 
“I know my ask was just what they wanted to hear,” Chesney says with a laugh. “But I know Louis Messina and his team understand what a big deal No Shoes Nation is to me, how much I love hearing ’em sing – that idea of no fan left behind. They laughed when I suggested it. Then came back to tell me that if I was okay with this rolling ticket sales option, they would go to work to open more seats as quickly as possible. To me, making it work is what it’s all about.”
 
Sun Goes Down 2024 kicks off April 20 at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. Starting later today, several hundred members of No Shoes Nation will be able to be part of the party.

Photo Credit: Allister Ann

Once again, presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum, Sun Goes Down 2024 brings all the high velocity energy and songs people know by heart back to America’s favorite football stadiums.
 
Kenny Chesney’s Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour
with Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker
 
April 20           Tampa, Fla.  ||  Raymond James Stadium
                                    More tickets coming today
April 27           Charlotte, N.C.  ||  Bank of America Stadium
May 4              Minneapolis, Minn.  ||  U.S. Bank Stadium
May 9              The Woodlands, Texas  ||  The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion^
May 11            Arlington, Texas  ||  AT&T Stadium
May 16            Hollywood, Fla.  ||  Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino^
May 18            Atlanta, Ga.  ||  Mercedes-Benz Stadium
May 25            Landover, Md.  ||  Commanders Field
May 30            Syracuse, N.Y.  ||  Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview^
June 1              Pittsburgh, Pa.  ||  Acrisure Stadium
June 6              Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio  ||  Blossom Music Center
June 8              Philadelphia, Pa.  ||  Lincoln Financial Field (SOLD OUT)
June 13            Maryland Heights, Mo.  ||  Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
June 15            Chicago, Ill.  ||  Soldier Field
June 20            Noblesville, Ind.  ||  Ruoff Music Center^
June 22            Milwaukee, Wisc.  ||  American Family Field
June 27            Darien Center, N.Y.  ||  Darien Lake Amphitheater^
June 29            Cincinnati, Ohio  ||  TQL Stadium*
July 6              Kansas City, Mo.  ||  GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
July 11            Boise, Idaho  ||  Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater^
July 13            Seattle, Wash.  ||  Lumen Field
July 16            Salt Lake City, Utah  ||  America First Field*
July 18            Wheatland, Calif.  ||  Toyota Amphitheatre^
July 20            Los Angeles, Calif.  ||  SoFi Stadium
July 24            Phoenix, Ariz.  ||  Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^
July 27            Denver, Colo.  ||  Empower Field at Mile High Stadium
Aug. 3             Nashville, Tenn.  ||  Nissan Stadium
Aug. 8             Columbus, Ohio  ||  Historic Crew Stadium*
Aug. 10           Detroit, Mich.  ||  Ford Field
Aug. 15           Bangor, Maine  ||  Maine Savings Amphitheater^
Aug. 17           East Rutherford, N.J.  ||  MetLife Stadium
Aug. 23           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium (SOLD OUT)
Aug. 24           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium (SOLD OUT)
Aug. 25           Foxborough, Mass.  ||  Gillette Stadium (SOLD OUT)
* Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker only
^ Megan Moroney only
 

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

Kenny Chesney Adds 3 Soccer Stadiums to 20 Stadium SUN GOES DOWN Tour

Once Kenny Chesney gets rolling, count on the 8-time Entertainer of the Year to think about how he can expand what he does on the road in new and intriguing ways. With soccer fever sweeping the nation, he decided to upgrade his plays in Cincinnati and Salt Lake City to the TQL Stadium and America First Field respectively; the move was inspired by his years of headlining Columbus, Ohio’s Historic Crew Stadium.
 
“In a lot of ways, soccer stadiums are the best of both worlds,” allows the charismatic songwriter/superstar. “You have the same kind of intimacy that you get in an amphitheater, but it’s big enough you have the ability to really hit the accelerator in terms of energy, music, connecting. It’s a relatively new thing for us to have soccer stadiums, but these are markets where I know there are people who aren’t getting tickets – and everyone in No Shoes Nation knows how I feel about no citizen of our crew left behind.”
 
Adding three MLS soccer venues isn’t the first Sun Goes Down 2024 changeup. Initially only planning for one Foxborough, Mass. show, Chesney added a second, selling both out in a wildly competitive summer of live music. That response was so intense, Chesney added an unprecedented third New England show on Sunday night, which is well over two-thirds sold, too.
 
“People have choices,” says the only country artist on Billboard’s Top 10 Touring Artists of the Last 25 Years for the past 14 years. “You never want to take fans or the marketplace as a given, and you always want to remember who you do this for: the people who love the music. I want to give people the best night of their summer...because they’re giving me some of the greatest nights of my life! And the response to Sun Goes Down made me decide to try some things.”
 
Chesney’s soccer stadiums shows are Saturday, June 29 at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium, Tuesday, July 16 at Salt Lake City’s America First Field and Thursday, August 8 at Columbus, Ohio’s Historic Crew Stadium. All three shows on this configuration of Sun Goes Down 2024 will feature CMA Song of the Year and New Artist nominee Megan Moroney and old friend and multiple week No. 1 “When The Sun Goes Down” partner Uncle Kracker.
 
With “Take Her Home” landing on 133 reporting country stations in its first week, Chesney’s once again hitting a nerve among his fans – often described as the most loyal alongside the Deadheads and Parrotheads – with a real life song that tracks the moments that define a life in the best way possible. The song embracing taking the risks that make real people’s lives sweeter, it’s the essence of No Shoes Nation: people living life who lean in, hang on and love every single moment along the way. 
 
Presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum, Sun Goes Down 2024 returns the high-velocity musician to touring full-tilt and ready to do what he does best: stadiums. With New England being a stronghold, these shows show the love affair between Chesney and the Northeast continues.

SUN GOES DOWN 2024 TOUR
 

Saturday, April 20, 2024           Tampa, Fla.                       Raymond James Stadium
Saturday, April 27, 2024           Charlotte, N.C.                  Bank of America Stadium
Saturday, May 4, 2024              Minneapolis, Minn.          U.S. Bank Stadium
Saturday, May 11, 2024            Arlington, Texas               AT&T Stadium
Saturday, May 18, 2024            Atlanta, Ga.                       Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Saturday, May 25, 2024            Landover, Md.                  FedExField
Saturday, June 1, 2024              Pittsburgh, Pa.                   Acrisure Stadium
Saturday, June 8, 2024              Philadelphia, Pa.               Lincoln Financial Field
Saturday, June 15, 2024            Chicago, Ill.                      Soldier Field
Saturday, June 22, 2024            Milwaukee, Wisc.             American Family Field
Saturday, June 29, 2024            Cincinnati, Ohio               TQL Stadium*
Saturday, July 6, 2024               Kansas City, Mo.              GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
Saturday, July 13, 2024             Seattle, Wash.                   Lumen Field
Tuesday, July 16, 2024              Salt Lake City, Utah         America First Field*
Saturday, July 20, 2024             Los Angeles, Calif.           SoFi Stadium
Saturday, July 27, 2024             Denver, Colo.                   Empower Field at Mile High Stadium
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024              Nashville, Tenn.               Nissan Stadium
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024             Columbus, Ohio                Historic Crew Stadium*
Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024            Detroit, Mich.                   Ford Field
Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024            East Rutherford, N.J.        MetLife Stadium
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024                Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium
Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024            Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium
Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024              Foxborough, Mass.           Gillette Stadium
*Newly announced MLS Soccer Stadium w/ Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker
 

“...because everything gets hotter when the sun goes down...”

Zac Brown Band Announcing Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour with Kenny Chesney