Kenny Chesney Announces Residency at Las Vegas Sphere: ‘A Whole New Way of Rocking the Fans’

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Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music This spring, Kenny Chesney will become the first country artist to headline the Las Vegas Sphere with a residency that launches on May 22, it was announced on Thursday. “I’m always looking for ways to deepen the way No Shoes Nation experiences this music,” Chesney says of his decision to make 2025’s tour a trip to the innovative, 17,600-capacity new venue, which has featured residencies from U2, the Eagles, Phish, Dead & Co and electronic artist Anyma. “Over the years, they have shown me through their own response to these songs how passionate they are about what they mean, how these songs are part of their lives.

When people give you that much heart, I want to give them even more. “When we started talking about all of the possibilities playing Sphere offered, I was all in.

Just the idea of 4D technology and the impossibly dialed in sound raises the experience for No Shoes Nation, literally immersing them in music, visuals, sound and being together.

To me, this is going to be a whole new way of rocking the fans, and I can’t wait.” Chesney, who regularly sells out stadiums on his tours, agreed to the residency more than a year ago without even having seen a show at the venue. “When we started talking, I flew to Vegas with my key tour team.