Kenny Chesney returns to Orange Beach in 2023

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Posted 12/2/22

Time to shine up those cowboy boots and dust off your hat. Kenney Chesney with special guest Kelsea Ballerini is coming to Orange Beach in 2023.Chesney wrapped his 2022 "Here and Now" tour, …

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Kenny Chesney returns to Orange Beach in 2023

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Time to shine up those cowboy boots and dust off your hat. Kenney Chesney with special guest Kelsea Ballerini is coming to Orange Beach in 2023.

Chesney wrapped his 2022 "Here and Now" tour, entertaining over 1.3 million people inside 21 NFL stadiums. During the tour he broke personal records in many of the venues he played. The East Tennessee songwriter knew he wanted to create a touring experience to make 2023 just as special. He made the decision to dial in on those cities that were a major part of establishing what has become the soundtrack of coming of age in the 21st century, naming the tour "I Go Back" and taking his music to the fans beyond the stadium markets.

"I can still hear No Shoes Nation singing those songs after being apart for four whole summers," Chesney, who just received 28 RIAA gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications, says. "It's a sound that reminds me how much music really means to people. It's not about the numbers, but the joy you see on people's faces – and the more I thought about it, the more I thought about taking the music to the people who were there when this thing was taking off."

Three-time Grammy nominee, Kelsea Ballerini will join Chesney on tour. She launched her singular career with three consecutive No. 1s and a Best New Artist Grammy nomination. She enlisted Chesney for their No. 1 "Half of My Hometown" which won the 2021 Country Music Association Vocal Event and Video of the Year award and was nominated for the 2022 CMA Single of the Year. Ballerini, like Chesney, embodies that feeling of loving where you're from but knowing your heart has bigger dreams.

"Music has taken me so many incredible places," Ballerini says. "Around the world, singing with some of my heroes in pop, alternative and contemporary music, but singing with Kenny is going home. He was the only voice I heard on 'half of my hometown,' and when he comes in, it's just like hitting the Knoxville city limits. So, to be able to go out to those cities like the place he and I grew up with an artist who's accomplished what he has, it's a lot like going home."

The "I Go Back" tour rolls into The Wharf into Orange Beach on May 27, 2023, and is at the end of the announced tour dates. Tickets go on sale to the public Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. local time at KennyChesney.com.

For more tour dates and locations, visit KennyChesney.com.