07:45 AM EDT 05/09/2008
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LeAnn Rimes, Kellie Pickler Join ACM Performers
Originally posted 05/07/2008 09:45PM
Toby Keith, Kellie Pickler and LeAnn Rimes lead the list of musicians set to perform live on the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
In a special performance, Kenny Chesney will duet with George Strait on the May 18 telecast. The two will sing their "Shiftwork" from Chesney's album Poets & Pirates, live for the first time. The two will also face off against each other in the Entertainer of the Year category.
Chesney leads the pack of nominated artists, earning 11 nominations this year, including top male vocalist. Other big nominees include Rodney Atkins, who nabbed six nods, and Big & Rich and Sugarland with four nominations each.
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Kenny Chesney: 'It Felt Great' to Return to the Stage After Injury
Originally posted 05/02/2008 11:10AM
Like any good cowboy, if you fall off the horse – or get your foot jammed between the stage and a hydraulic lift – you get right back on. That's exactly what Kenny Chesney did when he resumed his "Poets & Pirates" tour Thursday night before a sold-out crowd at Austin's Frank Erwin Center.
"I had eight shots in my foot [to deaden the pain] and I wasn't sure how it was going to feel," Chesney told PEOPLE exclusively after the concert. "I gotta tell you, once I hit that stage, it felt great."
Five days before, Chesney, 40, injured his right foot, sustaining a hematoma and crushing his toes when the foot became wedged between a platform and the stage at the beginning of his concert in Columbia, S.C.
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Doctors Clear Injured Kenny Chesney to Perform
Originally posted 04/28/2008 11:45PM
Kenny Chesney received the go-ahead Monday to continue his Poets & Pirates tour after injuring his foot during a concert in Columbia, S.C. Saturday night.
Chesney was checked out by a sports medicine/orthopedic doctor from the Tennessee Titan's football team in Nashville, who said the singer could perform but needs to take it easy, according to his rep.
Chesney, who also underwent a series of tests with his own orthopedist in Nashville, said he was determined to continue with the tour if possible.
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Kenny Chesney Injured During Concert
Originally posted 04/27/2008 09:00AM
Kenny Chesney stuck to the old adage that the show must go on – despite a bone-crushing incident in front of the crowd during his sold-out performance Saturday night in Columbia, S.C.
As he was making his entrance before 44,424 members of the audience at Williams-Brice Stadium, the country star, 40, apparently got his right foot stuck in the lifting device of an elevator hoisting him into the middle of the arena, Country Music Television News reports.
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Inside Kenny Chesney's Star-Studded 40th Birthday Bash
Originally posted 03/27/2008 04:40PM
The modest note on the door of hot Nashville nightspot Cabana ("Back room closed for private party. Sorry for the inconvenience") gave no indication of the star power gathered in the rear to celebrate Kenny Chesney's 40th birthday Wednesday night.
The country star approached his major mid-life milestone by partying with family – mom, dad and sis in from Lutrell, Tenn. – and friends Tim McGraw, Kix Brooks (of Brooks & Dunn), Dierks Bentley and Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland). Also on the birthday support team: New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau, pitching ace Roger Clemens and NASCAR legend Sterling Marlin.
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Kenny Chesney Leads ACM Award Nominations
Originally posted 03/04/2008 11:45AM
Kenny Chesney leads the pack of this year's Academy of Country Music Award nominees, earning 11 nominations including the prestigious entertainer of the year award. He is also up for top male vocalist.
For the first time, fans will select who wins entertainer of the year. If Chesney takes the title, it will mark his fourth consecutive win. Voting begins May 5. All winners will be announced during the telecast on May 18, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Kenny Chesney Undergoes Shoulder Surgery
Originally posted 12/14/2007 03:10PM
Kenny Chesney has been spotted around town in Nashville with his arm in a sling. So what happened to the country star? A source tells PEOPLE Chesney underwent a "minor procedure to his shoulder" to treat pain resulting from an "active lifestyle" and that the country star is recovering nicely. Chesney's reps had no further details.
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Kenny Chesney
Originally posted 11/09/2007 02:55PM
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw gave him a Brunswick pool table as a housewarming gift
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Country Music Association Awards
UpdatePosted 11/07/2007 11:45PMBig Night for Carrie Underwood at the CMAs
Originally posted 11/07/2007 09:25PM
If 2006 was Carrie Underwood's coming-out party at the CMA Awards, 2007 solidified her place among the current greats of country music.
For the second year in a row, Underwood, 24, won two big awards in Nashville on Wednesday night, repeating as female vocalist of the year and nabbing single of the year for "Before He Cheats." (Last year, she also took the Horizon Award.)
"God had blessed me with so many wonderful things in my life, and I will spend my entire life trying to figure out why," Underwood, 24, said after beating out Reba McEntire and other veterans for the vocalist award. "If you had told me a few years ago I would have been nominated with the people that I have been nominated with, I would have called you absolutely insane."
Kenny Chesney won the top award, entertainer of the year, for the second year in a row and third time overall.
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Kenny Chesney Grappling with Work vs. Family
Originally posted 09/11/2007 11:00AM
Kenny Chesney may not have penned the songs on his new album, but they hit close to home for the star as he "searches for balance."
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