Goin' Coastal Tour

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Goin' Coastal Tour
Tour by Kenny Chesney and the Zac Brown Band
Goin' Coastal Tour poster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Associated album
Start dateMarch 17, 2011 (2011-03-17)
End dateAugust 27, 2011 (2011-08-27)
Legs1
No. of shows59
Box office$84,576,917
Kenny Chesney tour chronology
2010 With a Two Tour
(2010)
Goin' Coastal Tour
(2011)
Brothers of the Sun Tour
(2012)
Zac Brown Band tour chronology
Goin' Coastal Tour
(2011)
Uncaged Tour
(2012–13)

The Goin' Coastal Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American country music arts Kenny Chesney and the Zac Brown Band. It was in support of Chesney's thirteenth studio album Hemingway's Whiskey (2010) and the Zac Brown Band's second album You Get What You Give (2010). It was announced in November 2010, with nine stadium shows being announced first. An additional forty-one were announced two months later. [1] Chesney co-headlined the stadium shows with Zac Brown Band. [2] Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker served as opening acts. This was the Chesney's last tour before taking a two-year hiatus.

Contents

Background

Chesney told USA Today, "We are excited to feel the passion and the energy that the fans give us again", "There's a realsense of anticipation that our whole organization has about getting back on the road and playing some of our favorite stadiums and some new ones too, like Arrowhead and Lambeau Field where they haven't had a concert in over 20 years. We can't wait!"

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Live a Little"
  2. "Reality"
  3. ”Til It’s Gone”
  4. "Live Those Songs"
  5. "Summertime"
  6. "Beer in Mexico"
  7. Keg in the Closet
  8. Out Last Night
  9. "Big Star"
  10. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem"
  11. I Go Back
  12. "Anything but Mine"
  13. ”Coastal
  14. The Woman with You
  15. "The Life"
  16. "Me and You"
  17. "Three Little Birds" (Bob Marley and the Wailers cover)
  18. There Goes My Life
  19. "Living in Fast Forward"
  20. "Young"
  21. "Somewhere with You"
  22. American Kids
  23. "Don't Happen Twice"
  24. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"
  25. "The Good Stuff"
  26. "Never Wanted Nothing More"
  27. "When the Sun Goes Down" (with Uncle Kracker)
  28. "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" (David Allan Coe cover) (with Uncle Kracker)
  29. "How Forever Feels"
  30. "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
Encore
  1. "The Boys of Fall"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America
March 17, 2011 West Palm Beach United States Cruzan Amphitheatre
March 19, 2011 Tampa Raymond James Stadium
March 24, 2011 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
March 25, 2011 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
March 26, 2011 Omaha Qwest Center
April 1, 2011 North Little Rock Verizon Arena
April 2, 2011 Tulsa BOK Center
April 3, 2011 [A] Houston Discovery Green
April 7, 2011 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
April 8, 2011 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
April 9, 2011
April 13, 2011 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena
April 16, 2011 Arlington Cowboys Stadium
April 29, 2011 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
April 30, 2011 [B] Indio Empire Polo Club
May 1, 2011 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
May 5, 2011 Moline iWireless Center
May 6, 2011 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 7, 2011 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
May 12, 2011 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
May 13, 2011 Greenville Bi-Lo Center
May 14, 2011 Lexington Rupp Arena
May 19, 2011 Columbia Colonial Life Arena
May 20, 2011 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre
May 21, 2011 Orange Beach Amphitheater at the Wharf
May 25, 2011 Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
May 26, 2011 Southaven Snowden Grove Amphitheater
May 29, 2011 Baton Rouge Tiger Stadium
June 2, 2011 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 4, 2011 Landover FedExField
June 9, 2011 Bridgeview Toyota Park
June 11, 2011 Green Bay Lambeau Field
June 18, 2011 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field
June 23, 2011 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
June 24, 2011 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 26, 2011 Columbus Crew Stadium
June 30, 2011 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 2, 2011 Pittsburgh Heinz Field
July 6, 2011 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 7, 2011
July 8, 2011
July 9, 2011 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
July 13, 2011 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
July 16, 2011 Edmonton Rexall Place
July 17, 2011 [C] Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
July 20, 2011 Vancouver Rogers Arena
July 22, 2011 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
July 23, 2011 Portland Rose Garden Arena
July 28, 2011 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 30, 2011 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium
August 4, 2011 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 5, 2011 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 7, 2011 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
August 13, 2011 East Rutherford New Meadowlands Stadium
August 18, 2011 Toronto Canada Rogers Centre
August 20, 2011 Detroit United States Ford Field
August 24, 2011 Hopewell CMAC
August 26, 2011 Foxborough Gillette Stadium
August 27, 2011
August 28, 2011
September 6, 2011 Bridgeview Toyota Stadium
Notes
A This was during the 2011 Men's Division I Final Four.
B This concert was a part of the Stagecoach Festival
C This concert was a part of the Calgary Stampede

Accolades

The tour was ranked sixth for the Top 25 Tours of 2011. It went on to gross $84,576,917, a total attendance of 1,160,132, and had 37 sold-out shows. [3]

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References

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  2. Hughes, Donna (November 4, 2010). "Kenny Chesney Preps 2011 Tour With Zac Brown Band". The Boot. Taste of Country. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
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