The Big Revival Tour

The Big Revival Tour presented by Corona Light was the fourteenth headlining concert tour by American country music artist Kenny Chesney, in support of his sixteenth studio album The Big Revival (2014). Ten of the shows were merged with Jason Aldean's Burn It Down Tour.[1] Eric Church co-headlined five of them with Chesney while Miranda Lambert co-headlined the show at Soldier Field in Chicago. This was the biggest country music concert tour of 2015 and the second-ranked North American one of the year, after grossing over $116.4 million.[2][3]

The Big Revival Tour presented by Corona Light

Tour by Kenny Chesney
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	North America
Associated album	The Big Revival
Start date	March 26, 2015
End date	August 29, 2015
Legs	1
No. of shows	61
Box office	U.S. $116.4 million
Kenny Chesney concert chronology

Background

The tour was first announced in October 2014, when Chesney was promoting his album on Good Morning America.[4] When asked about the tour Chesney says, "I've been ready to get out there for a long time. Now that we're announced I'm fired up! This new music brings a new energy to the show, and it's gonna take what we do to a whole other level.[5] Days after the tour was announced, it was revealed that ten of the shows in the summer would be combined with Jason Aldean's Burn It Down Tour. These ten shows will be played at football stadiums across America. On this ten show merge, Chesney's says; "There aren't a lot of guys out there who can hit it the way Jason does, so I'm glad we're able to bring both of our tours together for 10 nights the summer. I know what me and the guys are bringing in terms of music, and I know Jason can hang with us!" Aldean praised Kenny by saying that he "is the guy everybody in country music looks up to when they think about workin’ hard, building your career out on the road and getting to eventually play stadiums". Chesney also gave Aldean advice when Aldean started playing stadiums a few years ago and the two "have a real friendship."[6] It was later announced that Chesney will also merge an additional five shows with Eric Church. These shows will also be played at football stadiums. According to Church, he had a good time in his previous tour with Chesney, and that Chesney is "an artist that isn't afraid to let you come full blast and do what you do. It's rare you get to tour with someone you respect and you are friends with. I can't wait to do it again."[7]

Additional solo dates were announced in January 2015.[8]

The promotional poster for Chesney's joint shows with Aldean

Set list

1. "Drink It Up"
2. "Reality"
3. "Beer In Mexico"
4. "Keg In The Closet"
5. "Til It's Gone"
6. "Summertime"
7. "Pirate Flag"
8. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
9. "Big Star"
10. "Somewhere with You"
11. "I Go Back"
12. "Old Blue Chair"
13. "Living In Fast Forward"
14. "Young"
15. "Whole Lotta Rosie" (AC/DC cover)
16. "American Kids"
17. "Anything but Mine"
18. "There Goes My Life"
19. "How Forever Feels"
20. "Never Wanted Nothing More"
21. "When The Sun Goes Down"
22. "Don't Happen Twice"
23. "Out Last Night"
24. "The Boys of Fall"
25. "You and Tequila"
26. "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"

Opening acts

• Jake Owen (select dates)[9]
• Brantley Gilbert (select dates)[10]
• Cole Swindell (select dates)[9]
• Chase Rice (select dates)[7]
• Old Dominion (select dates)[11]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Gross revenue
Promotional Show
August 16, 2014	Orange Beach	United States	Flora-Bama Lounge	N/A	40,000	N/A
North America
March 26, 2015	Nashville	United States	Bridgestone Arena	Jake Owen Chase Rice	28,682 / 28,682	$1,873,344
March 27, 2015
March 28, 2015	Columbia, South Carolina		Colonial Life Arena		12,667 / 12,667	$672,313
April 3, 2015	Las Vegas		The Joint		8,135 / 8,135	$1,220,250
April 4, 2015
April 8, 2015	Greenville		Bon Secours Wellness Arena		10,802 / 10,802	$564,465
April 9, 2015	Birmingham		BJCC		10,101 / 10,101	$530,740
April 11, 2015	Fort Lauderdale		Tortuga Music Festival		N/A	N/A
April 16, 2015	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum		12,556 / 12,556	$640,935
April 17, 2015	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		15,461 / 15,461	$874,935
April 23, 2015 ^[D]	Albany		Times Union Center		10,397 / 10,397	$527,649
April 24, 2015	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena		15,278 / 15,278	$1,249,829
April 25, 2015
April 29, 2015	Glendale		Gila River Arena		13,278 / 13,278	$765,362
May 2, 2015 ^[A]	Santa Clara		Levi's Stadium	Jake Owen Cole Swindell Old Dominion	46,549 / 47,498	$4,765,582
May 6, 2015	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	Jake Owen Chase Rice	11,388 / 13,737	$596,646
May 7, 2015	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena		13,201 / 13,201	$781,073
May 9, 2015 ^[B]	Indianapolis		Lucas Oil Stadium	Eric Church Brantley Gilbert Chase Rice Old Dominion	43,675 / 44,872	$4,064,335
May 12, 2015	Hidalgo		State Farm Arena	Chase Rice	5,213 / 5,213	$684,291
May 14, 2015	Tulsa		BOK Center	Jake Owen Chase Rice	10,805 / 12,156	$604,952
May 16, 2015 ^[A]	Arlington		AT&T Stadium	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	47,256 / 47,256	$4,210,345
May 21, 2015	Austin		Austin360 Amphitheater	Jake Owen Chase Rice	13,041 / 13,041	$745,654
May 22, 2015	Houston		BBVA Compass Stadium		18,448 / 20,338	$1,103,706
May 23, 2015	Baton Rouge		Bayou Country Superfest		N/A	N/A
May 27, 2015	Columbia, Maryland		Merriweather Post Pavilion		17,432 / 17,432	$1,135,180
May 28, 2015	Raleigh		PNC Arena		10,282 / 12,346	$572,808
May 30, 2015 ^[B]	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field	Eric Church Brantley Gilbert Chase Rice Old Dominion	55,381 / 55,381	$5,135,827
June 4, 2015	Evansville		Ford Center	Jake Owen Chase Rice	9,898 / 9,898	$544,176
June 6, 2015 ^[C]	Chicago		Soldier Field	Miranda Lambert Brantley Gilbert Chase Rice Old Dominion	43,630 / 48,278	$3,776,207
June 11, 2015	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	Jake Owen Chase Rice	10,227 / 10,355	$511,756
June 13, 2015 ^[B]	Atlanta		Georgia Dome	Eric Church Brantley Gilbert Chase Rice Old Dominion	45,857 / 48,464	$3,643,658
June 14, 2015	Jacksonville		Florida Country Superfest	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 18, 2015	Sioux Falls		Denny Sanford Premier Center	Jake Owen Chase Rice	10,631 / 10,631	$779,008
June 20, 2015 ^[A]	Green Bay		Lambeau Field	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	53,363 / 53,363	$5,867,106
June 21, 2015	Columbus		Ohio Country Superfest	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 25, 2015	Vancouver	Canada	Ambleside	Jake Owen Chase Rice	10,145 / 12,000	$642,620
June 27, 2015 ^[A]	Seattle	United States	CenturyLink Field	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	49,680 / 51,610	$4,428,366
July 2, 2015	Tucson		Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater	N/A	4,839 / 4,839	$417,345
July 3, 2015	Las Vegas		The Joint	N/A	8,219 / 8,219	$1,183,500
July 4, 2015
July 8, 2015	Hopewell		CMAC	Jake Owen Chase Rice	14,772 / 14,772	$696,270
July 9, 2015	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		12,151 / 13,300	$756,562
July 11, 2015 ^[B]	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field	Eric Church Brantley Gilbert Chase Rice Old Dominion	55,131 / 55,131	$5,952,700
July 16, 2015	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena	Jake Owen Chase Rice	13,558 / 13,558	$875,608
July 18, 2015 ^[A]	Minneapolis		Target Field	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	84,479 / 84,479	$7,816,355
July 19, 2015 ^[A]
July 22, 2015	Lake Tahoe		Harveys Outdoor Arena	Jake Owen Chase Rice	7,524 / 7,524	$730,371
July 23, 2015	Fresno		Save Mart Center		10,132 / 11,513	$566,503
July 25, 2015 ^[A]	Pasadena		Rose Bowl	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	53,864 / 53,864	$4,297,535
July 29, 2015	Southaven		BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove	Jake Owen Chase Rice	9,835 / 10,973	$604,189
July 30, 2015	Rogers		Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion		10,276 / 10,276	$733,960
August 1, 2015 ^[A]	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	53,864 / 53,864	$5,394,025
August 6, 2015	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena	Jake Owen Chase Rice	9,689 / 10,548	$505,748
August 8, 2015 ^[A]	Denver		Sports Authority Field at Mile High	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	54,674 / 54,674	$5,279,591
August 13, 2015	Bangor		Darling's Waterfront Pavilion	Chase Rice	13,381 / 13,381	$898,901
August 15, 2015 ^[A]	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	58,642 / 58,642	$6,067,017
August 19, 2015	Ottawa	Canada	Canadian Tire Centre	Jake Owen Chase Rice	11,166 / 12,179	$576,122
August 20, 2015	Hamilton		FirstOntario Centre		12,372 / 12,372	$700,723
August 22, 2015 ^[B]	Detroit	United States	Ford Field	Eric Church Brantley Gilbert Chase Rice Old Dominion	49,285 / 49,285	$4,903,524
August 28, 2015 ^[A]	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium	Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion	120,206 / 120,206	$11,624,917
August 29, 2015 ^[A]
Total					1,331,518 / 1,358,026	$114,094,584

Notes

^A These shows are with Jason Aldean.

^B These shows are with Eric Church.

^C This show is with Miranda Lambert.

^D This show is with Chase Rice only.

Blood marrow donations

For this tour Chensey's No Shoes Nation teamed up with the Love Hope Strength Foundation's Get on the List Campaign. At the stadium shows fans could sign up to be bone marrow donors and the donors were then entered into the national donor bank in cooperation with Delete Blood Cancer. Twenty-five matches were found. About the matches found Chesney stated: "This was something so hard to believe, given how easy and simple it is", "I'm thrilled to hear 25 matches have already been found. Maybe we should call them No Shoes, All Heart Nation."[2]

References

1. Wyland, Sarah (October 28, 2014). "Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean Merge Tours for Stadium Shows". GAC. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
2. Stephens, Samantha (December 23, 2015). "Kenny Chesney Gives Life Through Big Revival Tour". CMT. Viacom. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
3. "2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstarpro.com. POLLSTAR. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
4. "Country Music Star Kenny Chesney Promises Good Music, Energy on Coming 2015 Tour". ABC. October 24, 2014.
5. Stephen L. Betts (October 24, 2014). "Kenny Chesney Preps the Big Revival Tour 2015". Rolling Stone.
6. "Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean Join for Stadium Tour". CMT. October 27, 2014.
7. Beville Dunkerley (November 10, 2014). "Eric Church to Join Kenny Chesney's Big Revival Tour in Five Cities". Rolling Stone.
8. "Kenny Chesney Takes The Big Revival Tour To America". KennyChesney.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
9. Kevin Rutherford (November 11, 2014). "Jake Owen, Cole Swindell, Chase Rice Added to Kenny Chesney's Big Revival Tour". Radio.com.
10. Jason Scott (October 29, 2014). "Brantley Gilbert lends support on Kenny Chesney's Big Revival Tour". AXS.
11. Sophie Schillaci (December 16, 2014). "EXCLUSIVE: Kenny Chesney Taps Buzzy Band Old Dominion for Big Revival Tour". Entertainment Tonight.