Kenny Chesney Will Release Tour Edition of ‘Born’ Album
Kenny Chesney is preparing to release a “tour edition” of his upcoming Born album. He said, “We decided to do something a little unorthodox because, as I’ve said with my live albums, there is no sweeter sound than hearing No Shoes Nation singing my songs. We are going to create a special Tour Edition of Born, which will have a few select cuts from 2018 before the world changed, in addition to the album that everyone else will be able to stream or buy in all the usual spaces.”
When Born hits the streets on its March 29 street date, fans who have bought tickets to this summer’s concerts, as well as members of Chesney’s fan club, will receive an email with a link to purchase Born with three extra tracks.
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One of those tracks will be “Living In Fast Forward.” recorded at Chesney’s record-setting Nashville Nissan Stadium show. In addition, the digital-only release includes two songs from Chicago’s Soldier Field: “Get Along” and the David Lee Murphy duet “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.”
Kenny explained, “Those songs say so much about who we are, how we try to live and see the world. If I were going to put three songs that match up with everything that’s going to be on this album, these three tracks would be the ones. The road band was smoking, No Shoes Nation was all in – and those songs say so much.”
Chesney also released “Just To Say We Did,” another taste of the album today (2/2). He says of the song, “What can I say? ‘Just To Say We Did’ sounds like me and my friends growing up and so many people I’ve met along the way, It’s a song where whatever it is, why not? Get out there and live, shoot your shot, do that bucket list thing – just to say you did. When you can boil down how to create real joy into three minutes that feels this good, I want to sing that song.”
Five Country Superstars Who Are Not Opry Members
George Strait
Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesGeorge played the Grand Ole Opry show once, his debut performance on the stage in October of 1982. That was the first and last time, and no one really knows why. There is a theory that he could not make the Opry commitment to play the stage very much because he never lived in Nashville; he has always resided in Texas.
Kenny Chesney
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesKenny made his Opry debut in 1996. He has been on the Opry stage a handful of times and once when he paid tribute to George Jones singing his classic, “White Lightning.” These days it’s very rare to see Chesney on the Grand Ole Opry stage.
