Kenny Chesney will perform at MetLife Stadium in August 2027.
Kenny Chesney will bring his 2027 Original Vibe Room tour to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, Aug. 7. Tickets will go on sale Sept. 25 at 10 a.m., with pre-sales beginning Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. Visit ticketmaster.com.
Eric Church, Sheryl Crow and Greylan James will open.
This will be an all-stadium tour; this year and last year, Chesney has mainly performed at Sphere in Las Vegas. Chesney said in a press release: “When we started to talk about touring next year, all I could think about was how good those stadiums feel … how loud, how fast, how much energy comes hurling at us. I don’t think I knew how much I missed it. And when it hit me, as well watching comments on Instagram and Facebook, I realized: we should make next year be all about the stadiums. So, we did.
“To make it really hit, I called Eric, who’d come out that first weekend in Vegas and sang a few with me, to see if he’d want to do this. He was in. Then to give fans a twist, something a little different, but someone who rocks and everyone in No Shoes Nation loves, I asked Sheryl Crow if she wanted to come play with us; and she said, ‘Yes.’ Suddenly, we’ve got all that high-powered energy, and it was starting to feel the same way we did way back in the day.”
Chesney described the tour, whose name refers to the backstage area he sets up at his show for friends and family, as “Three people who know each other, are friends and love to play taking it out on the road for the summer. That kind of camaraderie matches everything about what made me want to chase this dream in the first place, that adventure and fun defined us. For me, there was only one name: the Original Vibe Room Tour, because this time, with these people, I want everyone in the Vibe.
“We started the Vibe Room in 2002 as a place for our people — the adults, guests, musicians — to come together, get a drink, hang out, meet up, maybe make some new friends. It was a fun place, and I feel like that’s what 2027’s gonna be all about. So what else would we call it?”
Other Northeast shows will include Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, June 12; and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Aug. 28.
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