Kenny Chesney is bringing a little bit of Nashville to Las Vegas, as it was announced Thursday that the country singer will soon begin a residency at the Sphere.
Kenny Chesney Live at Sphere Las Vegas is a 12-date concert experience beginning Thursday, May 22, with tickets going on sale Friday, January 31.
The futuristic 18,600-seat stadium, which opened in September 2023 and cost $3.58 million to build, has already hosted legacy acts such as U2, Phish, the Eagles and Dead & Company.
Last year, The Eagles extended their popular residency until April 2025, and Chesney will take over as the venue’s headliner just weeks later.
What sets Sphere apart from other Sin City venues is its 270-degree high-resolution LED screen that wraps around the audience, as well as the use of “3D audio beamforming technology” and 167,000 speakers for an “immersive” experience. “.
For their respective residencies, U2, Phish, the Eagles and Dead & Company collaborated with artists to create “hallucinatory, trippy visuals” to accompany their hits.
In a statement obtained by THRChesney said he hopes to “deepen” his fans’ connection to his music by becoming the Sphere’s first country music act.
Kenny Chesney is bringing a little bit of Nashville to Las Vegas, as it was announced Thursday that the country singer will soon kick off a residency at the Sphere; seen in October 2024
Kenny Chesney Live at Sphere Las Vegas is a 12-date concert experience beginning Thursday, May 22, with tickets going on sale Friday, January 31.
“I’m always looking for ways to deepen the way No Shoes Nation experiences this,” the She’s Got It All hitmaker, 56, began.
‘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 so much heart, I want to give them even more.”
Chesney continued: “When we started talking about all the possibilities that playing Sphere offered, I was all for it. Just the idea of 4D technology and incredibly tight sound elevates the No Shoes Nation experience, literally immersing you in music, images , sound and being together.
“For me, this will be a whole new way to surprise the fans and I can’t wait.”
Chesney said he was even more sold on the idea after seeing a screening of U2’s An Immersive Concert Film at the Sphere.
‘When we started talking, I flew to Las Vegas with my key team on tour. “We stayed on the floor while they played the movie of the U2 show and we were completely consumed,” he gushed.
‘We could see the band, but it was much more than that. It almost took what they were doing and multiplied it by another dimension.
The futuristic 18,600-seat stadium, which opened in September 2023 and cost $3.58 million to build, has already hosted legacy acts such as U2, Phish, the Eagles and Dead & Company.
What sets Sphere apart from other Sin City venues is its 270-degree high-resolution LED screen that wraps around the audience, as well as the use of “3D audio beamforming technology” and 167,000 speakers for an “immersive” experience. “.
‘Knowing how much intensity our shows generate, my mind started thinking about all the things we could do. “Once you see how the show envelops you, the dream begins,” the superstar concluded.
While many fans expressed excitement for Chesney’s upcoming residency, others found the singer to be a “boring” choice for the venue.
“That will be a SERIOUS underutilization of (the Sphere’s) capabilities, no doubt,” tweeted a disappointed X (formerly Twitter) user on Thursday.
Several people responded to the ad with several gifs of comedian Larry David shaking his head in disgust and Rowan Atkinson’s Mr. Bean character yawning.
“Ugh…..You can’t win them all,” one X user wrote, and another called Chesney’s addition “dumb.”
Despite some naysayers, Chesney took to social media on Thursday to celebrate the news.
‘If you’re going to make history, show up and honor the moment. Sometimes you have to stop. See you at Sphere in Vegas No Shoes Nation!’ the There Goes My Life singer tweeted.
He included a photo of himself posing in front of a billboard advertising the upcoming residency in New York’s iconic Times Square.
The Sphere first teased Chesney’s addition to its roster of star residences by unveiling a new image of the building’s striking exosphere.
The image showed waves crashing on the shore of a beach while a wicker chair with an acoustic guitar propped up rested idly on the sand.
While many fans expressed excitement for Chesney’s upcoming residency, others found the singer to be a “boring” choice for the venue.
In a statement obtained by THR, Chesney said he hopes to “deepen” his fans’ connection to his music by becoming the Sphere’s first country music act; seen in 2018
As the waves crash for the second time, a white cowboy hat suddenly appears on top of the guitar.
With a career spanning more than 30 years and 20 albums, Chesney is among country music’s biggest superstars with a reported net worth of $250 million.
He is a six-time Grammy Award nominee with 33 songs that have topped the Billboard charts.
Chesney concluded his 18-date Sun Goes Down 2024 tour in August 2024 after four months on the road.