Kenny Chesney Tickets – Charleston, SC
There’s little doubt that Kenny Chesney has made his mark as a country music superstar. After his debut album, “In My Wildest Dreams”, was released by the independent Capricorn Records in 1994, Kenny has gone on to release thirteen more smash albums.
Eleven of Kenny’s first thirteen albums were not only proof of his staying power, but were commercially successful, garnering him certified gold from the RIAA. Even though his first debut only sold 10,00 albums from the independent Capricorn Records label, two singles from the album, “The Tin Man” and “Whatever It Takes” brushed the Hot Country Singles & Tracks Billboard charts. Unfortunately, within the year, Capricorn decided to no longer publish country music and Kenny had to move on.
Kenny Chesney has released more than thirty top ten country hits since his first release, including a whopping seventeen that peaked at number one. He has won four consecutive Entertainer of the Year American Country Music awards and six awards from the Country Music Association.
Born in Knoxville, Tennesse in 1968, Kenny Chesney’s youth in the heart of country music was fueled by an early Christmas gift of a guitar, which he taught himself to play. After joining a bluegrass club while attending East Tennessee State University, he recorded a record on his own in 1989 which he used to sell at gigs to help pay for his dream. Kenny graduated from East Tennessee State with a degree in marketing and with a dream in his back pocket of a career singing country music.
Kenny Chesney’s hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee is just next to the Smoky Mountains and deep in the heart of the country music, just down the road from Nashville.
Kenny Chesney worked to land a record deal in Nashville and eventually signed with BMI and Opryland Music Group in 1992.Despite his youth, he’d already worked in front of audiences and been immersed in music enough that record producers saw his potential.
After venturing to Nashville when he graduated from college, he worked to get in front of music producers and publishers. In 1992, he achieved his first real success with a deal with Opryland Music Group and BMI. Despite his youth, Kenny’s experience playing for live audiences no doubt showed his potential.
The 2009 tour includes a show on September 12 in Charleston, South Carolina, at the North Charleston Coliseum. This tour is one of the mega tours of the country music summer season with tour dates all across the United States and Canada.
Kenny Chesney’s summer concert tour this year includes a stop in Charleston, SC on September 12 at the North Charleston Coliseum. Kenny’s tour is one of the biggest of the summer with venues across the United States and Canada.
Kenny has had enough longevity and success to warrant two greatest hits albums, the first coming in 2000 and the second in 2009. Although he did not enjoy immediate breakout success, he’s proven to be one of the biggest country music stars of the last decade.
