Trip Around the Sun Tour

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Trip Around the Sun Tour
Tour by Kenny Chesney
Location North America
Associated album Cosmic Hallelujah
Start dateApril 21, 2018 (2018-04-21)
End dateAugust 24, 2018 (2018-08-24)
Legs1
No. of shows18
Box office$114.3 million [1]
Kenny Chesney concert chronology

The Trip Around the Sun Tour was the sixteenth headlining concert tour by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It began on April 21, 2018, in Tampa Bay, Florida and finished on August 24, 2018, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The tour played NFL, MLB, and MLS stadiums. The tour was first announced in October 2017. [2]

Contents

Commercial reception

The tour was marked as Chesney's biggest ever, earning $114.3 million. 1.289 million tickets were reportedly sold. [1]

Opening acts

Setlists

This setlist is a representation of the June 2, 2018, show in Pittsburgh. [3]

  1. "Beer in Mexico"
  2. "Reality"
  3. "Til It's Gone"
  4. Here and Now
  5. "Summertime"
  6. ”We Do”
  7. "Pirate Flag"
  8. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
  9. Everyone She Knows
  10. "Somewhere with You"
  11. "I Go Back"
  12. "Get Along"
  13. "Anything but Mine"
  14. Tip of My Tongue
  15. "Save It for a Rainy Day" (performed w/Old Dominion)
  16. "When the Sun Goes Down" (performed w/Thomas Rhett)
  17. Knowing You
  18. "All the Pretty Girls"
  19. Happy Does
  20. "Living in Fast Forward"
  21. "Young"
  22. "Noise"
  23. "American Kids"
  24. "Setting the World on Fire"
  25. Out Last Night
  26. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (David Lee Murphy cover)
  27. "Dust on the Bottle" (David Lee Murphy cover)
  28. "How Forever Feels"
  29. The Good Stuff
  30. "Big Star"
  31. "Don't Happen Twice"
  32. The Boys of Fall
Encore
  1. "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
North America [2] [4]
April 21, 2018 Tampa United States Raymond James Stadium Thomas Rhett
Old Dominion
Brandon Lay
55,292 / 55,292$6,245,650
April 28, 2018 Milwaukee Miller Park 43,526 / 43,526$5,136,660
May 5, 2018 Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium 48,255 / 48,255$4,999,184
May 12, 2018 Orchard Park Highmark Stadium 50,255 / 40,655$6,880,111
May 19, 2018 Arlington AT&T Stadium 46,274 / 48,625$3,770,669
May 26, 2018 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium 51,312 / 51,312$5,068,880
June 2, 2018 Pittsburgh Heinz Field 48,856 / 50,405$4,603,691
June 9, 2018 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 55,238 / 55,238$6,384,845
June 16, 2018 Columbus Mapfre Stadium 26,455 / 27,207$3,186,820
June 23, 2018 Phoenix Chase Field 48,424 / 49,014$3,198,416
June 30, 2018 Denver Sports Authority Field at Mile High 51,553 / 53,983$4,442,006
July 7, 2018 Seattle CenturyLink Field 48,889 / 50,864$4,442,006
July 14, 2018 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium 57,582 / 57,582$4,981,733
July 21, 2018 St. Louis Busch Stadium 44,529 / 44,529$4,753,888
July 28, 2018 Chicago Soldier Field 52,189 / 52,189$5,751,195
August 4, 2018 Detroit Ford Field 48,826 / 48,826$4,968,563
August 11, 2018 Nashville Nissan Stadium 55,182 / 55,182$5,471,438
August 18, 2018 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium 58,642 / 58,642$6,858,291
August 25, 2018 Foxborough Gillette Stadium 121,714 / 121,714$11,631,679
Total$114.3 million

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References

  1. 1 2 Frankenberg, Eric (August 30, 2018). "Kenny Chesney's Trip Around the Sun Tour Finishes as His Biggest Tour Ever". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Kenny Chesney's Trip Around The Sun Tour". KennyChesney.com. October 6, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  3. "Kenny Chesney Setlist at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh". setlist.fm.
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