With the first date of his current tour selling out in FOUR MINUTES FLAT and The Road and the Radio going double platinum, Kenny Chesney has an amazing year to look forward to, especially when he hits the Frank Erwin Center on March 31. Austin will be sure to show this “Island Boy” a good time and keep him coming back for more!!

Before he was an island boy, he was a down-home country boy from Luttrell, Tennessee attending the University of Tennessee with National Football League (NFL) star Peyton Manning. The two became good friends despite Chesney’s self professed title of “slowest receiver ever.” Even though he didn’t excel at football, college was really when Chesney’s music status began to surface and rise. After playing some local bars for a few years, he was finally signed by RCA’s Joe Galante in 1995.

With his first double platinum certified album, Everywhere We Go (1999), Chesney was well on his way to fame. In 2000 he was inadvertently thrust into the spotlight when he and buddy Tim McGraw hopped a police horse—with or without permission depending on who you talk to. Charges were dropped but the publicity was priceless.

He soon released his Greatest Hits (2001) album bringing back the best of Chesney to his growing number of fans. It was no surprise in 2002 when No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems sold 3 million copies and established Chesney as a future country music legend. After that, the heartfelt crooning and sultry lyrics fans love just kept coming, as seen in 2004’s When the Sun Goes Down and in 2005’s Be As You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair.

Accompanying Chesney on his whirl-wind tour will be Dierks Bentley and rising stars Sugarland (named for the small town just south of Houston). Bentley will be promoting his newest release Modern Day Drifter during his second appearance at the Erwin Center (the first was with George Strait in January 2005). Sugarland will perform songs off their double platinum album Twice the Speed of Life.