So way back on June 4th Chase and I went to see Kenny Chesney at Darien Lakes PAC. Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert were opening. The weather was perfect. Sunny and warm, but cool once the sun set. I did bring a zip up hoodie and was very happy that I did as I ended up wearing it most of the night. We bought our tickets from a broker and paid way over face value...BUT they were 9th row to the right of the stage. I was so excited when we got there I could hardly contain myself. We were so close to the stage!
Lady Antebellum was first out and I was really impressed. I liked the couple of songs that they had on the radio at the time, but didn't know any of their other stuff.
Miranda was up next and I knew she'd rock. I saw her quite a few years ago just before Me & Charlie Talking was on the radio. I knew that these days her show was much different not to mention then it was acoustic, this time she had her whole band. She covered I Love Rock N Roll and In The Midnight Hour (amazing!).
Finally as the sun began to set Kenny came out. In all of the other 6 shows I'd seen of him before this he closed with She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy. This time he opened with it. I was thrilled for the change up. He came out rockin' something fierce and didn't let up all night. In the middle of the show he surprised me by singing Me & You which was fantastic. He played all of his hits and owned that stage. In the beginning of one song early on (don't remember which one) Kenny's microphone died. He went and tried to use Clayton's but his wasn't turned up very loud, so he ended up sharing with Wyatt who was signing back up. They brought him a new mic after the song. During Don't Happen Twice Chase and I noticed that people had started to clear out around us, so we snuck up and stood about 2 rows back from the stage, knowing that the show as almost over. He then sang Jack and Diane. After all of the years I've seen his show, I've never seen him do it. Even back when he said he always closed his show with it. I just about lost it. It was amazing. The whole crowd sang along all night and they just seemed to get louder. After Jack and Diane he surprised everyone with an encore of covers which we watched from our new spot right up next to the stage. Amazing. He covered Travis Tritt/The Eagles, Bob Marley, Van Halen, Steve Miller Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd , Violent Femmes (!), U2, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's. About half way through a girl in the front threw the TN Vols hat that she'd been wearing up on stage. Kenny asked her twice if it was his now, and she just kept screaming so he put it on. He wore that hat the rest of the night and kept it. Miranda Lambert came out during Gimme Three Steps and sang/danced along. Then she went and grabbed a saxophone and played in the horn section during The Joker/Three Little Birds. Then Kenny called Tambo out and they sang Blister in the Sun. I was shocked and very pleasantly surprised. Not the type of song you expect to hear at a Kenny concert. They rocked it. Then they sang With Or Without You to which Kenny called Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum out and laid her down on her back on the stage and they sang to her. She was laughing hysterically. It was amusing.
Anywho, here is the complete set list and some photos.
Set List
- She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
- Live Those Songs
- Summertime
- Beer in Mexico
- Keg in the Closet
- Out Last Night
- Big Star
- No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
- I Go Back
- Anything But Mine
- Down The Road
- Me and You
- Old Blue Chair
- Living In Fast Forward
- Young
- Never Wanted Nothing More
- Back Where I Come From
- Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Don’t Happen Twice
- Jack and Diane
- Take It Easy
- Gimme Three Steps
- The Joker / Three Little Birds
- With or Without You
- Blister In The Sun
- Mary Jane’s Last Dance
- You Really Got Me
Encore
Lady Antebellum
Kenny!
