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Kenny Chesney revealed the final stops on his first-ever book tour on Thursday morning (September 25). Five new cities on the list include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bergen, New Jersey; Beverly Hills, California; Key West Florida; and Tampa, Florida:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
7:00 PM: Ensemble Academy of Arts & Music
Philadelphia, PA
Bookseller: Barnes & Noble
Tickets on sale Friday, September 26 at 10 am ET
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
7:00 PM: Bergen Performing Arts Center
Bergen, NJ
Bookseller: Bookends
Tickets on sale Friday, September 26 at 10 am ET
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
8:00 PM: Saban Theater
Beverly Hills, CA
Bookseller: Barnes & Noble
Tickets on sale Friday, September 26 at 12 pm ET
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
7:30 PM: Tennessee Williams Theater
Key West, FL
Bookseller: Books & Books
Tickets on sale Friday, September 26 at 10 am ET
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
7:00 PM: Tampa Theatre
Tampa, FL
Bookseller: Oxford Exchange
Tickets on sale Friday, September 26 at 10 am ET
The award-winning country star sold out the first two dates he announced in less than an hour, according to a press release shared on his website. Those sold-out shows will take place at East Tennessee Martin Center for the Arts in Johnson City, Tennessee, and Back Bay Events Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Earlier this week, he shared details about his tour stops at the Copernicus Center in Chicago, Illinois; at the CMA Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee; and at the Miami Book Fair at the Chapman Center at Miami Dade College in Downtown Miami, Florida.
“If you’re living in fast forward,” Chesney said in a statement, “you don’t really stop to think about how this all fits together. I’m someone who wants to find the next dream, the great song, the chance to maybe change how we do this… so looking back is mostly for when I’m writing songs. Over the course of countless days, talking or reading what was there, I was amazed at how that little kid staring at the sky, the one being blown away by the response Conway Twitty got with two words or how Alabama made me feel coming in on a helicopter in a field was able to do some of the things we’ve done… and to be fortunate to feel the incredible passion we do.
“I didn’t think I had a book in me, but the more we worked, the more I realized: this is a love letter to a Nashville that’s forgotten, legends who gave me wisdom along the way, friends who kept me grounded, the horrible addiction to great songs I may’ve always had – but didn’t realize. The more we worked, the more excited I got, because I realized for the next kid out there who doesn’t know how to get out of the backyard to chase their dreams, this is the treasure map!”
Chesney worked with longtime friend and collaborator Holly Gleason to chronicle the story of his life and career in Heart Life Music. The book is due to release on November 4. See the full list of book tour dates here: