Sun City Carnival Tour

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Sun City Carnival Tour
Tour by Kenny Chesney
LocationNorth America
Associated album Lucky Old Sun
Greatest Hits II
Start dateApril 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
End dateSeptember 19, 2009 (2009-09-19)
Legs1
No. of shows57
Kenny Chesney concert chronology
  • The Poets & Pirates Tour
    (2008)
  • Sun City Carnival Tour
    (2009)
  • 2010 With a Two Tour
    (2010)

The Sun City Carnival Tour was the ninth headlining concert tour by American country music singer Kenny Chesney, in support of both his twelfth studio album, Lucky Old Sun (2008), and his second greatest hits compilation, Greatest Hits II (2009). The tour began on April 17, 2009, in Uncasville, Connecticut, ending on September 19, of that year in Indianapolis, Indiana. This tour was the biggest country music tour for 2009 and the sixth overall in music.

Contents

Opening acts

Set list

  1. "Live Those Songs"
  2. "Summertime"
  3. "Beer in Mexico"
  4. "Keg in the Closet"
  5. "Out Last Night"
  6. The Boys of Fall
  7. The Good Stuff
  8. "Big Star"
  9. Reality
  10. ”Til It’s Gone”
  11. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
  12. Somewhere with You
  13. "I Go Back"
  14. Get Along
  15. "Anything but Mine"
  16. Save It for a Rainy Day
  17. "Down the Road"
  18. "Me and You"
  19. There Goes My Life
  20. "Old Blue Chair"
  21. All the Pretty Girls
  22. "Living in Fast Forward"
  23. "Young
  24. Noise
  25. American Kids
  26. Setting the World on Fire
  27. "Never Wanted Nothing More"
  28. "Back Where I Come From" (Mac McAnally cover)
  29. "How Forever Feels"
  30. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"
  31. "When the Sun Goes Down"
  32. "Don't Happen Twice"
  33. "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
  34. "Jack & Diane" (John Cougar cover)
Encore
  1. "Don't Blink"
  2. "Better as a Memory"
  3. "Take It Easy" (Eagles)
  4. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)
  5. "The Joker" (Steve Miller Band cover)
  6. "With or Without You" (U2 cover)
  7. "The Fireman" (George Strait cover)
  8. "Hurts So Good" (John CougarSteve Miller Band cover)
  9. "Blister in the Sun" (Violent Femmes cover)
  10. "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks cover)
  11. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Joe Walsh cover)
  12. "That Lucky Old Sun"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
North America [1]
April 17, 2009 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
15,053 / 15,053$1,274,480
April 18, 2009
April 23, 2009 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion 12,549 / 15,004$622,965
April 25, 2009 Las Vegas The Joint 4,072 / 4,072$479,875
April 26, 2009 A Indio Empire Polo Field
May 1, 2009 San Antonio AT&T Center 12,606 / 12,606$661,649
May 2, 2009 Frisco Pizza Hut Park 25,026 / 25,026$1,840,494
May 3, 2009 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 15,750 / 15,750$851,933
May 7, 2009 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 11,183 / 11,183$601,596
May 8, 2009 Omaha Qwest Center 14,270 / 14,270$919,296
May 9, 2009 Kansas City Sprint Center 13,922 / 13,922$998,116
May 14, 2009 Pelham Verizon Wireless Music Center
May 15, 2009 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
May 16, 2009 North Little Rock Alltel Arena 13,614 / 14,583$699,238
May 21, 2009 Greenville Bi-Lo Center 11,645 / 11,645$614,444
May 22, 2009 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 19,316 / 19,316$959,972
May 23, 2009 Columbus Crew Stadium Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
25,088 / 25,088$1,943,542
May 28, 2009 Alpharetta Verizon Wirless Amphitheatre Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
12,502 / 12,502$882,270
May 30, 2009 Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
Montgomery Gentry
40,144 / 40,144$2,881,832
June 4, 2009 Darien Darien Lake PAC Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
15,176 / 21,192$674,435
June 6, 2009 Pittsburgh Heinz Field Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
Montgomery Gentry
47,510 / 49,103$4,106,495
June 11, 2009 Moline iWireless Center Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
June 13, 2009 Chicago Soldier Field Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
Montgomery Gentry
48,763 / 50,109$3,184,606
June 19, 2009 B Somerset Float-Rite AmphitheatreLady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
June 20, 2009 Fargo Fargodome 13,151 / 13,151$754,837
June 24, 2009 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater 11,651 / 13,824$704,435
June 25, 2009 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 17,407 / 20,055$799,677
June 27, 2009 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
Montgomery Gentry
52,343 / 52,343$4,407,377
July 2, 2009 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
July 3, 2009 C Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater 22,643 / 22,643$1,363,796
July 9, 2009 Edmonton Canada Commonwealth Stadium 33,910 / 44,500$2,540,906
July 10, 2009 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome 12,364 / 12,364$1,444,475
July 11, 2009 Merritt Merritt Mountain Music Festival Grounds
July 14, 2009 Boise United States Taco Bell Arena
July 18, 2009San Francisco AT&T Park 36,258 / 37,411$2,516,347
July 23, 2009 Sandy Rio Tinto Stadium 21,215 / 23,687$1,577,610
July 24, 2009 D Cheyenne Cheyenne Frontier Days Jake Owen 28,079 / 40,528$1,633,914
July 25, 2009 D
July 29, 2009 Stateline Harveys Outdoor Arena Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
7,262 / 7,262$672,358
August 1, 2009 Seattle Qwest Field Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
Montgomery Gentry
42,092 / 45,064$3,208,188
August 6, 2009 Orange Beach Amphitheater at the WharfLady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
9,641 / 9,641$858,049
August 7, 2009 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 12,243 / 12,243$762,183
August 8, 2009 Tampa Ford Amphitheatre 19,404 / 19,404$1,106,334
August 13, 2009 Hartford Comcast Theatre 24,087 / 24,087$1,133,213
August 15, 2009 Foxborough Gillette Stadium Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
Montgomery Gentry
57,890 / 57,890$5,041,001
August 19, 2009 Ottawa Canada Scotiabank Place Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
12,331 / 12,331$903,518
August 20, 2009 Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 16,101 / 16,101$934,644
August 22, 2009 Detroit United States Ford Field Lady Antebellum
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland
49,215 / 49,215$3,843,639
August 28, 2009 Syracuse New York State FairJake Owen15,157 / 16,167$885,190
August 29, 2009 Bristow Nissan Pavilion Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
22,670 / 22,670$1,230,552
August 30, 2009 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion 19,985 / 19,985$996,260
September 10, 2009 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
September 11, 2009 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center Miranda Lambert
September 12, 2009 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
September 15, 2009 New York City Hard Rock Cafe Uncle Kracker
September 17, 2009 Bloomington U.S. Cellular Coliseum
September 19, 2009 Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium Miranda Lambert
Sugarland
Montgomery Gentry
Zac Brown Band
45,178 / 45,178$3,016,365
Festivals and fairs
[A] This concert was a part of the Stagecoach Festival, held at the same venue as the Coachella Music Festival, near Palm Springs, CA.
[B] This concert was a part of the Apple River Country Splash Festival.
[C] This concert was a part of Summerfest.
[D] These concerts were part of the Cheyenne Frontier Days.
Notes

The Frisco, Texas concert was abruptly called-off due to torrential rain and lighting fifty minutes into the show, and was made-up on May 17, 2009.

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References

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