Kenny Chesney Sets Sail For XM Radio With His Own Signature Music Channel 'NoShoes Radio'
WASHINGTON, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Midway through the year's most attended Poets & Pirates Tour, complete with 14 NFL stadium plays, the four-time consecutive and current Academy of Country Music and three-time and reigning Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year has set his sights on XMRadio and his own signature music channel, "No Shoes Radio."
Scheduled to launch July 26, "No Shoes Radio" will feature music fromChesney's audio catalog, including never-before-heard recordings, an uncut, exclusive concert broadcast from the 2008 Poets & Pirates Tour, plus random drop-ins from fans, friends and plenty of music to bring to life the attitude that permeates Kenny Chesney's world.
"There's a lot of hits, but there are also a lot of album tracks, songs fromthe early part of my career, stuff from our Keg in the Closet shows and obscurities that you had to be there to hear," says the Luttrell, Tennessee-born and -raised singer/songwriter with a laugh. "Anyone who knows anything about me knows how passionate I am about music, and this is a way to bring people into everything I love about songs, playing ... music."
"No Shoes Radio" will also include music beyond Chesney's catalog, featuring both those artists who rocked Chesney's world and the kind of music you could easily hear drifting from the backstage "Vibe Room" -- capturing the sonic culture of the Poets & Pirates Tour.
"I think we've become a part of people's lives," admits the high energy performer. "The way a lot of bands were for us, we're what they're listening to when they're hanging out, when they're having fun, when they need to gear up for something. That's what music always did for me ... and it's kind of mind-blowing to think that your songs could be that for someone else. So for all those fans out there, get ready for something pretty cool."
In the spirit of his Corona-sponsored Poets & Pirates Tour, music and other content for "No Shoes Radio" will be captured on the bus, in the halls, around the soundchecks, and even during post-show jams. Beyond that, not only will Chesney's special guests be taking part in the ad hoc merriment, look for tailgating fans from the parking lot to provide drop-ins, shout-outs and the occasional request.
Said Chesney, "This is a way to keep the vibe alive, long after our tour is gone.""No Shoes Radio" will be available on XM channel 18 from July 26 through October 25. The channel will also be on XM Radio Online(https://xmail.xmradio.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://xmro.xmradio.com/), where it will stream for an additional three months. Complete programming information for the channel will be availableonline at https://xmail.xmradio.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.xmradio.com/kennychesney.
9 comments:
Wow. This is huge for XM!!
Um... go XM!
No offense - But do I have to listen? ;)
Thankfully he is on his own channel and not taking US Country.
Ummmmmmm No thanks.
Ditto the last three comments...and I guess the first one as well. :p
Paula
Not many Kenny fans here... Including me. But I thik it's cool anyway :)
Just cannot stand Kenny Chesney. I guess it is good for his fans, I'm just not one of them.
Mary Ann
We should make the prisoners in Gitmo read Kenny Chesney press releases. Waterboarding has nothing on his publicist.
LOL --
Yes, HUGE for XM. The things Kenny's team offered up are awesome. The video spots that will run during the stadium shows are really cool.
And yes, very cool (for the listeners) that it's getting it's own channel. However, double the work to - becauuse it's not like we've hired anyone else to run the channel.
Just so everyone knows, this is NOT going to be all Kenny all the time, like Strait Country was.
This is going to be more like a party on the radio. At Kenny's house.
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