This spring, Kenny Chesney will become the first country artist to headline Las Vegas’ Sphere with a residency that launches on May 22, it was announced on Thursday.
“I’m always looking for ways to deepen the way No Shoes Nation experiences this music,” Chesney says of his decision to make 2025’s tour a trip to the innovative, 17,600-capacity new venue, which has featured residencies from U2, the Eagles, Phish, Dead & Company and electronic artist Anyma. “Over the years, they have shown me through their own response to these songs how passionate they are about what they mean, how these songs are part of their lives. When people give you that much heart, I want to give them even more.
“When we started talking about all of the possibilities playing Sphere offered, I was all in. Just the idea of 4D technology and the impossibly dialed in sound raises the experience for No Shoes Nation, literally immersing them in music, visuals, sound and being together. To me, this is going to be a whole new way of rocking the fans, and I can’t wait.”
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Chesney, who regularly sells out stadiums on his tours, agreed to the residency more than a year ago without even having seen a show at the venue.
“When we started talking, I flew to Vegas with my key tour team. We stood on the floor as they ran the film of U2’s show and we were completely consumed. We could see the band, but it was so much more than that. It almost took what they were doing and multiplied it by another dimension.
“Knowing how much intensity our shows generate, my mind started thinking about all the things we could do. Once you see how the show wraps all the way around you, the dreaming begins.”
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, Jan. 31 starting at 10 a.m. PT.
Kenny Chesney Live at Sphere Las Vegas
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