Kenny Chesney will play 14 stadiums this summer on his 2008 Poets & Pirates tour, the most yet for country’s top touring artist.
Chesney grossed more than $71 million in 2007, second only to the Police with $132 million, according to touring trade publication Pollstar.
The first stadium on Chesney’s route is Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., on April 26. Also on tap are Pizza Hut Park in Dallas (May 3), M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore (10), Browns Stadium in Cleveland (24), University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix (31), AT&T Park in San Francisco (June 8), Heinz Field in Pittsburgh (14), Soldier Field in Chicago (21), LP Field in Nashville (July 5), Turner Field in Atlanta (13), Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia (19), Gillette Stadium near Boston (26), Ford Field in Detroit (August 2) and Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis (September 13). More may be announced later.
Keith Urban will support on many dates; other opening acts include Brooks & Dunn, Sammy Hagar, Big & Rich, Luke Bryan, LeAnn Rimes and Gary Allan.