After setting attendance records with four sold-out shows at Target Field, country star Kenny Chesney is moving to the other side of downtown Minneapolis to play U.S. Bank Stadium for his next local tour stop on May 5.
Tickets are $290 to $27 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Oct. 27 through Ticketmaster. American Express cardholders have access to pre-sale tickets starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. Thomas Rhett, who headlines his own show at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on Oct. 27, is also on the bill alongside Old Dominion and Brandon Lay.
Chesney, 49, is one of country music’s most successful touring acts. In the ’00s, only the Dave Matthews Band sold more tickets than Chesney, who has played Xcel Energy Center eight times. Chesney was the first musical act to headline Target Field in 2012, and he returned in 2013 and again in 2015 for two shows with Jason Aldean, drawing a record 84,479 fans.
The Tennessee native landed his first major hit with 1995’s “Fall in Love” and has remained a constant presence on country radio. Last year, he topped the charts with “Setting the World on Fire,” a duet with pop star Pink. Earlier this month, he celebrated his 30th No. 1 single with “All the Pretty Girls,” from his 16th record, “Cosmic Hallelujah.”
Chesney’s latest release, the 30-song concert album “Live from No Shoes Nation,” hits stores Oct. 27, the same day tickets go on sale for his 2018 tour dates.
“There’s nothing like a stadium full of people coming together to remind you what life’s about,” Chesney said in a news release. “The energy, the moments, the fun. … I, personally, can’t wait to see this show hit the road.”