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     Nashville, TN: When Kenny Chesney announced that he would not mount a major tour in 2010, a lot of people jumped to conclusions… but anyone who thought that the high energy performer, who played a dozen NFL stadiums this year to over a million fans, would be able to spend a summer without getting out there and rocking doesn't know the 4-time and current Country Music Association and 4-consecutive Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year at all.

     With the dust from his Corona Extra sponsored Sun City Carnival Tour still settling, the Luttrell, Tennessean announces his first appearances for 2010:  Enterprise, Alabama's Bama Jam & Arts Festival and Baton Rouge's Bayou Country Superfest. Both are multi-artist regional festivals -  allowing the man who's scored 19 #1 hits to reach a large base of fans on his year off the treadmill.

     “I can't imagine a year not rocking the fans… not seeing those faces or hearing my songs sung back to me,” says Chesney whose latest single, “I’m Alive,” a duet with friend Dave Matthews, is Top 10 and available on his Greatest Hits II album out now.  “That is where I'm the most alive, and those people are such a big part of who I am and why I do this. To me, not being out there would be the worst thing I could imagine…

     “I honestly don't think people realize how much work goes into one of our tours: I am looking at technical stuff that needs building in November… I am working on video in December and January… then we start rehearsals so we can get the kinks worked out of each system in January - as well as rehearsing the band, so we can troubleshoot how the tech stuff is incorporated without sacrificing the music, because in the end, that's what people come for.

     “For us to be able to get out there and rock at a few of these festivals, it means we can do the big show people expect without having to put 6 months into getting ready for it. Me and the guys can come on out, play the songs as hard as possible and get to be part of everybody's summer… whether it's kicking it off at LSU's Tiger Stadium or getting June started at Bama Jam!.”

     Tickets for the May 30th Bayou Country Superfest appearance, including some special Golden Horseshoe tickets, the June Bama Jam  performance and the rest of his scattered 2010 shows are and will be available at www.kennychesneyfanclub.com -- your one stop connection for everywhere Chesney will be next year.

     “A summer without my fans? I can't even imagine it,” Chesney explains. “They are the reason I do what I do… and while I'm working on this next record, working on some special projects we'll be talking about in the coming months and staying on top of NoShoesRadio, I don't want anyone to think I've gone to the house or could go a year without getting out on some big stages and making music.

     “There's no way! And these two festivals are perfect! They're everything we try to do when we're out on our own tours: a good day, a lotta great music, a place for friends to come together and have fun! If we can do that, then I'd say I've maintained the connections that are so important to me!”