Kenny Chesney Rocks Out At Gillette Stadium!
Stadium shows were once chiefly booked by superstar rock bands. But more and more country acts are crashing the party. Last year, the only Gillette Stadium show was headlined by Toby Keith. This summer, Green Day will be at Gillette. The only other artist to snag a date at the stadium? Country singer Kenny Chesney. ''It's a dream to be able to come into a stadium," Chesney says. ''We used to set our equipment up at a fair. Now we're setting it up in the home of the Super Bowl champions." "You have no idea until you're waist-deep into it what it takes to put one of these on," says Chesney of the 5-day preparations for FedEx Field. "And you also can't imagine what it feels like when that scrim drops, the curtain falls away -- and there's that sea of people, who're cheering and the light bulbs are flashing. It's just this surge of energy and excitement. It's like plugging straight into 40,000 volts. Like I always seem to be saying: we throw it at 'em pretty hard every night, and every night, they throw it back at us even harder." "It was a helluva night," the man who's revel anthem "Keg In The Closet" is currently scorching the charts. "I can't wait to do it again - and again." Back to index