Chesney tells Playboy he's a playboy, not gay
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009NASHVILLE — Kenny Chesney tells Playboy magazine that he's definitely not gay and has well over 100 women who could attest to that. Full story »
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Kenny Chesney was born on March 26, 1968 in Knoxville and was raised in Luttrell, Tenn. He attended Gibbs High School and in 1990 graduated from East Tennessee State University. Chesney moved to Nashville and landed a job as a songwriter. He released his first album in 1993.
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Kenny Chesney takes home CMA's biggest honor
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008Kenny Chesney won entertainer of the year at Wednesday’s CMA Awards, a ceremony highlighted by a lavish performance by Taylor Swift, a surprise appearance by rapper Lil Wayne and Reba McEntire’s onstage collaboration with Brooks & Dunnon the song she inspired, “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.” Full story »
Kenny Chesney looks at 7 CMA nods
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008Can Kenny Chesney make it four? The Luttrell native is vying for his fourth Entertainer of the Year trophy at the “Country Music Association Awards” (airing live at 8 tonight, WATE, Channel 6). He has previously won in 2004, 2006 and 2007. He’s the mostnominated artist of the night. Full story »
Kenny Chesney says he still loves Tennessee football
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007Kenny Chesney , who’ll be at Neyland Stadium tonight to see the Vols play, isn’t oblivious to what a vocal segment of football fans are saying about him in Knoxville. Some say he’s a traitor. Others say he’s selling out. Then there are those who say he’s turned his back on the Big Orange. “I’m taking this as seriously as it needs to be taken,” Chesney said. “I take it with a grain of salt.” Such talk began in March after Chesney performed in Gainesville, Fla., the home of the University of Florida Gators, one of the University of Tennessee’s fi ercest Southeastern Conference rivals. At a concert there, Gator football fans came up on stage and put their team’s helmet on Chesney ’s head. With the helmet firmly in place, Chesney continued to entertain the crowd, who loved the sight of seeing their favorite country music star wearing the symbol of their pride.
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Kenny Chesney says he still loves Tennessee football
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007Kenny Chesney, who'll be at Neyland Stadium tonight to see the Vols play, isn't oblivious to what a vocal segment of football fans are saying about him in Knoxville.
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Kenny Chesney's concert may have been cool, but tour bus was the place to be
Friday, Feb. 17, 2006I don't wanna go out tonight Yeah but I can't be alone Standing underneath this broke streetlight Can't somebody take me home Can't somebody take me home Won't you take me home - "Somebody Take Me Home," Kenny Chesney Full story »
Kenny Chesney's new album leads ET charge up musical charts
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005East Tennesseans are all over the charts these days. From country superstar Kenny Chesney , who is expected to top album sales this week, to bluegrass group Wildfire, whose Knoxville member Phil Leadbetter has been topping bluegrass charts with a track from his solo album "Slide Effects," to 10 Years, who are heating up rock charts. Here are some quick takes at some of the year's best Knoxville-related releases.
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Kenny Chesney doesn't see any scripts in his future
Sunday, May 15, 2005Country music star Kenny Chesney told the News Sentinel a month before he married Renee Zellweger that he wasn't going Hollywood, and apparently that's good news for his fans. Full story »
Barefoot Kenny Chesney weds actress Renee Zellweger
Tuesday, May 10, 2005Country music star Kenny Chesney and Academy Award-winning actress Renee Zellweger were married in a brief ceremony Monday in the U.S. Virgin Islands, news outlets reported. Full story »
Kenny Chesney stays with winning formual
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004No artist knows the power of keeping it slow and steady better than Kenny Chesney. Raised in Luttrell and Knox County, over the course of a decade Chesney has slowly risen from a dependable radio regular to one of the biggest stars in country music -- and one of the biggest in popular music, period. Full story »
Surrounded by fervent fans, Kenny Country sees dream of Neyland Stadium performance come true
Sunday, June 8, 2003Each time Kenny Chesney has returned home, he has done it in bigger way. In 2000, the Luttrell native performed at Thompson-Boling Arena. He followed the next year by filling the 24,000-seat venue to the top. Full story »
Kenny Chesney chalks up a huge year
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002It's safe to say that no artist in music has had a better year than Kenny Chesney . Full story »
Audience gives hometown hero Kenny Chesney big hero's welcome
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2001There is probably no better example of a modern hometown hero than country singer Kenny Chesney . Full story »
Kenny Chesney brings show home to Knoxville
Saturday, Feb. 19, 2000"It's really different, isn't it?" says country singer and East Tennessee native Kenny Chesney as he stands below one of three giant video screens and banks of massive speakers at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday. Full story »
Kenny calls play-Phil, Peyton execute song
Friday, Feb. 11, 2000Country music star (and Knoxville native) Kenny Chesney performed recently at the Bijou Theatre. Full story »
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