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The folks over at CBS got a strong dose of country charm as Kenny Chesney showed up this morning to perform for Good Morning America’s Fall Concert Series at the Hard Rock Café in NYC.
The “Spirit of a Storm” crooner made the ladies swoon as he took the stage in a black cowboy hat along with a matching black t-shirt and jeans.
Country singer Kenny Chesney, who quickly courted and wed actress Renee Zellweger only to have the relationship end in an annulment four months later, has kept pretty quiet about the whole affair - until now. Chesney has a new album to plug, and one of the songs on it is about the breakup.
On his latest album Lucky Old Sun, Kenny Chesney writes about the end of his four-month marriage to Renee Zellweger.
He tells Newsweek recovering from the split was “was horrible. It took a while. Years. It’s been since 2005.
“I was probably as emotionally and mentally exhausted as I’d ever been,” he goes on. “And that was due to a lot of things — having the foot on the gas pedal constantly, and my breakup with Renee Zellweger.”
So, he says, “I got in a plane and went down to the Virgin Islands. I was completely by myself.
“I didn’t want to be around anybody,” Chesney continues. “So the next thing you know, it’s me and a pen, and I sat down and wrote a lot of lines of this song, ‘Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be.’”
Asked if he was nervous writing about the Zellweger split, he tells Newsweek, “It’s the truth. It’s my life.
“I’ve been in a lot of states of mind in the last three years,” he says. “In that way, it’s a pretty honest record. I’ve let myself be more emotionally vulnerable in some of the lyrics. I think that was good therapy.”
He says he has “no idea” what the actress will think. “I don’t know. It’s unpredictable.”
Chesney tells Newsweek they still talk “every now and then. I don’t want to say this whole record is about her.”
Is he still heartbroken?
“Not at all,” says the singer, who adds that he is dating again. “I already wrote those songs. I’m on to something else.”
I think Renee is just not the marrying kind. If you recall, their entire relationship, beginning with their introduction during a telethon to benefit the victims of the tsunami in India, took less than a year. Kenny had admired Renee since seeing her on screen in Jerry Maguire and even wrote a song inspired by that movie called “You Had Me at Hello.” They met in January and were wed by April. The details over what went wrong were never made public, but Renee did cite “Fraud” as her reason for filing. Whatever the reason, it sure seems like it took Kenny a lot longer to get over the relationship than Renee.
Kenny Chesney, former temporary and fraudulent spouse of Renee Zellweger, has been nominated for his sixth straight Entertainer of the Year Award by the Country Music Association. Chesney won the honor three of the previous five years and is odds-on favorite again this year on the momentum of seven total nominations for 2008. He seems pretty stoked about it, so it would appear he thinks more highly of the CMAs than the Academy of Country Music awards, which he derided earlier this year for letting fans vote after he won the ACM Entertainer of the Year. Evidently Mr. Chesney doesn’t think the people who buy his albums are qualified to decide who is the best entertainer.
“NASHVILLE (AP) — Kenny Chesney, the Country Music Association’s reigning entertainer of the year, dominated the CMA Award nominations on Wednesday with seven, including album of the year.
Chesney was also nominated for entertainer of the year again, a category he has won for the past two years. Other nominees for the award included Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, George Strait and Sugarland.
“Mornings like this is where you know the music that means so much to you means something to other people, too,” Chesney said.”
[From Entertainment.MSN.com]
Country music legend George Strait follows in nominations with five, as does duo Sugarland. Sugarland’s single “Stay” is nominated for single of the year and if you haven’t heard it, and have any love in your heart for country music, you must listen to this song. One acoustic guitar, one deeply connected voice, and lyrics from the “other woman’s” point of view and believe it or not, you will sympathize! Classic country cheatin’, but with a twist, and one powerful effect.
Other nominees include Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, The Eagles, Lady Antebellum, Allison Kraus, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Alan Jackson, Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, Kellie Pickler, James Otto, Emerson Drive, Brooks & Dunn, Little Big Town, Big & Rich, Montgomery Gentry, Trace Adkins and country music’s golden girl, Carrie Underwood, who was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year, an award she’s won for the last two years. Gloat all you want, Carrie, Jessica’s coming for you next year!
The 42nd Annual Country Music Awards will air November 12th on ABC.
Note by Celebitchy: Please welcome our new writer, Ceilidh. Here’s Kenny Chesney’s official YouTube channel if you’d like to watch some of his videos.
Kenny Chesney is shown performing on The Today Show on 6/13/08. Credit: WENN
Country music singer (and former Renee Zellweger husband) Kenny Chesney was "honored but upset" to win the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year Award for the fourth time. Why? Because this year, it was someone's idea to decide the thing by a freaking online vote, instead of by Academy members. That's country music's version of the Oscars being decided by the clicks of AOL users. Chesney told the AP that the process was "disrespectful" and turned the awards "into a sweepstakes to see who can push people's buttons the hardest on the Internet." God, it's almost like being paid in pageviews. Sure, this is the age of 2.0, and it's not 2.0 without "audience participation," but just because the Person of the Year is You does not mean we need to turn every single event into the Teen Choice Awards in a desperate attempt to shore up interest and make people feel included. [NYT]
Country crooner Kenny Chesney had a winning night in Las Vegas last night. And it wasn’t at the BlackJack table.
He took home the coveted Entertainer of the Year Award at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. And in his acceptance speech, the “Don’t Blink” singer thanked his fans for the award, his fourth consecutive win.
That is a great face Kenny Chesney's making as he holds up his entertainer of the year award from the Academy of Country. His squinty visage is expressing his distaste for the way the award was selected this year. In the past, winners of the trophy were selected by ACM members, but this year, the voting was handed over to the fans, which Chesney thought was a big mistake.
Chesney claims the selection process has become "a sweepstakes to see who can push people's buttons the hardest on the Internet." Meanwhile, I would personally be hard-pressed to care about winning an award as long as I was selling albums. But then again, I like counting money more than trophies.
Meanwhile, who the hell does Criss Angel think he is? He look like he's creating his professional wrestling persona by getting dressed in Madonna's old duds from the "Me Against the Music" music video and has adorned himself in some heinous jewelry he picked up from one of those carts in the mall. Also, does he shave his arms? Sigh. Can someone please saw him in half?
Photos: WENN
26 more photos from the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards featuring Carrie Underwood, Clint Black, Poppy Montgomery, Kenny Chesney, Kellie Pickler, Criss Angel, Jewel, Taylor Swift, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Dr. Phil, Karolina Kurkova, LeeAnn Rimes, Sara Evans, Maureen McCormack, David Spade, Rascal Flatts and Trace Adkins are after the jump.
Ouch? Gay country artist (don't front) Kenny Chesney is one tough queen. He got his foot caught in an lift mechanism right before his concert the other night, and still went on. You can't keep a good bitch down.
Chesney was performing in Columbia, South Carolina. A lift brings him to the stage to begin his show and his foot was trapped between the device and the stage itself at Williams Brice Stadium. Ow? Ever get your hand caught in a revolving door? It took about thirty seconds to free him from the death trap. It must have reminded him of his marriage to Renee Zellweger. How's he supposed to meet other men in downlow Nashville when she keeps scrunching her face at him and demanding attention?
Big Ken didn't talk about his injury on stage, but he did wince a lot and limp. Those fans should be touched. A papercut would send me flying back to my limo and on to the afterparty.
Kenny was the final act that night on the Poets & Pirates tour, featuring LeAnn RImes and Brooks & Dunn.
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