Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Kenny Chesney's concert move angers some fans


It's named Hurricane Avoidance.

Kenny Chesney has made the decision to hold out his Boston-area stadium concert two times earlier than scheduled typically as a finish off result of warnings about Hurricane Irene producing her way up the East Coast this weekend. Chesney was build to hold out in the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., on Sunday.

And not all fans are pleased about it. Kenny's Facebook wall is covered with provides of ticket trades and grumbling.

One person or lady posted: "I am so devastated. experienced tickets for Sunday as well as a babysitter. Now that it obtained moved to Friday we can't go!"

And other people have been angry that StubHub was not going to create a difference refunds. "Some grownup males and girls are not capable in the last instant to rearrange work/child care. this could require to possess been altered to some day even more out NOT closer up."

UPDATE: StubHub tells Lifeline reside that it is, in fact, "offering refunds for fans who obtained tickets by method of the website and therefore are unable to go to the rescheduled show."

In a assertion on his website, Kenny said, "I want the last weekend from the 'Goin' Coastal' Tour getting a awesome knowledge for everybody. But I also want it getting the safest knowledge for everyone.

The start time of 5 p.m. and opening functions Billy Currington moreover to the Zac Brown strap will stay the same. Fans that cannot the make the Friday show are going to be offered a refund in the point of purchase.

Chesney added, "I've consistently stated Foxboro could possibly be considered a highlight of our tour, typically since the fans are ready for just about any awesome evening of tunes and fulfilling no create a difference what evening it is!"

But previous to all that - whether or not you're going to any of his concerts or not - you can possibly be fascinated to locate out that Chesney will appear to the earliest time within your well-known CMA Songwriters Series, that will make its Boston debut on Thursday (8 p.m. ET) actively playing to some sold-out home in the Royale Nightclub. It'll be an intimate performance-chat, in which he as well as a few other songwriters will consider in the direction of point with their guitars, consider turns telling the testimonies at the rear of their strike songs, and hold out them acoustically, as initially written.

For the earliest time in CMA Songwriters sequence history, audio tracks away from your show are going to be streamed live. Fans can spend a visit to CMASongwritersSeries.com or NoShoesRadio.com to listen to the reside all round performance since it happens.

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