Kenny Chesney Talks The Big Revival Tour: ‘Sometimes The Songs Just Take Over’

Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival Tour is shaping up to one of his biggest tours yet. And the singer, who the The Wall Street Journal called “The King of the Road,” is enjoying every minute of it.

“This year’s tour has been awesome. It’s been very energetic,” Chesney reflects. “The passion that we feel out there and the energy that we’re feeling out there on stage, the energy that we’re giving the audience, but more important the energy that we’re getting back, is just so honest and real, and it’s because they genuinely love music and love that it’s a big part of their life, and that’s what makin’ music to me is all about — and why I love the live experience and why the Big Revival Tour has been so special so far.”

The Tennessee native, who played back-to-back nights at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN over the weekend, believes it all comes back to the music.

“It feels like the momentum and the music are driving everything,” he says. “Sometimes the songs just take over, and they take you where they want to go. It’s a combination of the amount the band and I have played together, how hungry the audience is to see us and the way we try to include every single person! I have made touching every single fan the reason for what we do.”

The Big Revival Tour continues tonight in Lake Tahoe, tomorrow in Fresno, and on Saturday, the show will take over the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

“Taking a year off, there are no guarantees,” Chesney acknowledges, “so every night when we hit that stage, I am grateful to hear how loud the No Shoes Nation is! If 2014 gave me the chance to really invest in the music that became The Big Revival, it also let me really take what the show can be to another level. It’s leaner than it’s ever been, and that gives the band and these songs the chance to really stand out – and it feels like the people feel it the same way we are.”