News for all the Chesney Heads
Posted: March 14, 2005 9:20 am
Kenny Chesney launched his 2005 tour in Houston after having to postpone the start of it last week due to a fall on stairs. But he also will postpone this weekend's shows as a precautionary measure.
Chesney played before about 70,000 people at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, marking his fifth straight year there. Chesney performed most of the night while sitting on a stool.
He dedicated "The Good Life" to fellow singer Chris LeDoux, who died earlier Wednesday.
"The people in Houston have been coming to see me almost as long as I've been playing shows," Chesney said backstage. "And I know how much they love their Rodeo... and how much Chris (LeDoux's) passing on must mean to them. It was a small thing for me to do, but you get to know people's hearts, their pain - and you want to be there for them. I remember playing the little amphitheatre at 6 Flags... a buncha funky bars... that first Rodeo at the Astrodome... These people have been along for the ride, and there's just something about this rodeo that gets in your heart."
"After all these are folks that've been cheering me along the whole way - and I knew they'd cheer me along tonight! And sure enough, even with that gap between where we play and where they sit, you could feel the energy coming at us... It was so strong, I couldn't stay seated any more. It's why I did those last three or four songs kinda limping around the stage. I'll probably pay for it in the morning, but given that crowd, I can't think of any other way to do it."
Due to the ankle inujury, Chesney postponed this weekend's shows. The New Orleans show will be re-scheduled for April 26, Tupelo, Mississippi is May 3 and San Antonio, Texas is May 15.
No further re-schedulings are anticipated. Chesney said, "I'm all revved up and ready to go... So, this just kills me."
Chesney played before about 70,000 people at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, marking his fifth straight year there. Chesney performed most of the night while sitting on a stool.
He dedicated "The Good Life" to fellow singer Chris LeDoux, who died earlier Wednesday.
"The people in Houston have been coming to see me almost as long as I've been playing shows," Chesney said backstage. "And I know how much they love their Rodeo... and how much Chris (LeDoux's) passing on must mean to them. It was a small thing for me to do, but you get to know people's hearts, their pain - and you want to be there for them. I remember playing the little amphitheatre at 6 Flags... a buncha funky bars... that first Rodeo at the Astrodome... These people have been along for the ride, and there's just something about this rodeo that gets in your heart."
"After all these are folks that've been cheering me along the whole way - and I knew they'd cheer me along tonight! And sure enough, even with that gap between where we play and where they sit, you could feel the energy coming at us... It was so strong, I couldn't stay seated any more. It's why I did those last three or four songs kinda limping around the stage. I'll probably pay for it in the morning, but given that crowd, I can't think of any other way to do it."
Due to the ankle inujury, Chesney postponed this weekend's shows. The New Orleans show will be re-scheduled for April 26, Tupelo, Mississippi is May 3 and San Antonio, Texas is May 15.
No further re-schedulings are anticipated. Chesney said, "I'm all revved up and ready to go... So, this just kills me."
