Sun City Carnival Tour

The Sun City Carnival Tour was the ninth headlining concert tour by American country music singer Kenny Chesney, in support of both his twelfth studio album, Lucky Old Sun (2008), and his second greatest hits compilation, Greatest Hits II (2009). The tour began on April 17, 2009, in Uncasville, Connecticut, ending on September 19, of that year in Indianapolis, Indiana. This tour was the biggest country music tour for 2009 and the sixth overall in music.

Sun City Carnival Tour

Tour by Kenny Chesney
Location	North America
Associated album	Lucky Old Sun Greatest Hits II
Start date	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
End date	September 19, 2009 (2009-09-19)
Legs	1
No. of shows	57
Kenny Chesney concert chronology

Opening acts

• Lady Antebellum
• Miranda Lambert
• Montgomery Gentry
• Sugarland
• Jake Owen
• Uncle Kracker
• Zac Brown Band

Set list

• Set list varies, not performed in same order every night, some songs not played at every show.^{[citation needed]}

1. "Live Those Songs"
2. "Summertime"
3. "Beer in Mexico"
4. "Keg in the Closet"
5. "Out Last Night"
6. ”The Boys of Fall”
7. ”The Good Stuff”
8. "Big Star"
9. ”Reality”
10. ”Til It’s Gone”
11. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
12. ”Somewhere with You”
13. "I Go Back"
14. ”Get Along”
15. "Anything but Mine"
16. ”Save It for a Rainy Day”
17. "Down the Road"
18. "Me and You"
19. ”There Goes My Life”
20. "Old Blue Chair"
21. ”All the Pretty Girls”
22. "Living in Fast Forward"
23. "Young
24. ”Noise”
25. ”American Kids”
26. ”Setting the World on Fire”
27. "Never Wanted Nothing More"
28. "Back Where I Come From" (Mac McAnally cover)
29. "How Forever Feels"
30. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"
31. "When the Sun Goes Down"
32. "Don't Happen Twice"
33. "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
34. "Jack & Diane" (John Cougar cover)

Encore

35. "Don't Blink"
36. "Better as a Memory"
37. "Take It Easy" (Eagles)
38. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)
39. "The Joker" (Steve Miller Band cover)
40. "With or Without You" (U2 cover)
41. "The Fireman" (George Strait cover)
42. "Hurts So Good" (John CougarSteve Miller Band cover)
43. "Blister in the Sun" (Violent Femmes cover)
44. "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks cover)
45. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Joe Walsh cover)
46. "That Lucky Old Sun"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
North America[1]
April 17, 2009	Uncasville	United States	Mohegan Sun Arena	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	15,053 / 15,053	$1,274,480
April 18, 2009
April 23, 2009	Albuquerque		Journal Pavilion		12,549 / 15,004	$622,965
April 25, 2009	Las Vegas		The Joint		4,072 / 4,072	$479,875
April 26, 2009 A	Indio		Empire Polo Field		—	—
May 1, 2009	San Antonio		AT&T Center		12,606 / 12,606	$661,649
May 2, 2009	Frisco		Pizza Hut Park		25,026 / 25,026	$1,840,494
May 3, 2009	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion		15,750 / 15,750	$851,933
May 7, 2009	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena		11,183 / 11,183	$601,596
May 8, 2009	Omaha		Qwest Center		14,270 / 14,270	$919,296
May 9, 2009	Kansas City		Sprint Center		13,922 / 13,922	$998,116
May 14, 2009	Pelham		Verizon Wireless Music Center		—	—
May 15, 2009	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center
May 16, 2009	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena		13,614 / 14,583	$699,238
May 21, 2009	Greenville		Bi-Lo Center		11,645 / 11,645	$614,444
May 22, 2009	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion		19,316 / 19,316	$959,972
May 23, 2009	Columbus		Crew Stadium	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland	25,088 / 25,088	$1,943,542
May 28, 2009	Alpharetta		Verizon Wirless Amphitheatre	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	12,502 / 12,502	$882,270
May 30, 2009	Louisville		Papa John's Cardinal Stadium	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry	40,144 / 40,144	$2,881,832
June 4, 2009	Darien		Darien Lake PAC	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	15,176 / 21,192	$674,435
June 6, 2009	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry	47,510 / 49,103	$4,106,495
June 11, 2009	Moline		iWireless Center	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	—	—
June 13, 2009	Chicago		Soldier Field	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry	48,763 / 50,109	$3,184,606
June 19, 2009 B	Somerset		Float-Rite Amphitheatre	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	—	—
June 20, 2009	Fargo		Fargodome		13,151 / 13,151	$754,837
June 24, 2009	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater		11,651 / 13,824	$704,435
June 25, 2009	Virginia Beach		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater		17,407 / 20,055	$799,677
June 27, 2009	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry	52,343 / 52,343	$4,407,377
July 2, 2009	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	—	—
July 3, 2009 C	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater		22,643 / 22,643	$1,363,796
July 9, 2009	Edmonton	Canada	Commonwealth Stadium		33,910 / 44,500	$2,540,906
July 10, 2009	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome		12,364 / 12,364	$1,444,475
July 11, 2009	Merritt		Merritt Mountain Music Festival Grounds		—	—
July 14, 2009	Boise	United States	Taco Bell Arena
July 18, 2009	San Francisco		AT&T Park		36,258 / 37,411	$2,516,347
July 23, 2009	Sandy		Rio Tinto Stadium		21,215 / 23,687	$1,577,610
July 24, 2009 D	Cheyenne		Cheyenne Frontier Days	Jake Owen	28,079 / 40,528	$1,633,914
July 25, 2009 D
July 29, 2009	Stateline		Harveys Outdoor Arena	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	7,262 / 7,262	$672,358
August 1, 2009	Seattle		Qwest Field	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry	42,092 / 45,064	$3,208,188
August 6, 2009	Orange Beach		Amphitheater at the Wharf	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	9,641 / 9,641	$858,049
August 7, 2009	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena		12,243 / 12,243	$762,183
August 8, 2009	Tampa		Ford Amphitheatre		19,404 / 19,404	$1,106,334
August 13, 2009	Hartford		Comcast Theatre		24,087 / 24,087	$1,133,213
August 15, 2009	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry	57,890 / 57,890	$5,041,001
August 19, 2009	Ottawa	Canada	Scotiabank Place	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	12,331 / 12,331	$903,518
August 20, 2009	Toronto		Molson Canadian Amphitheatre		16,101 / 16,101	$934,644
August 22, 2009	Detroit	United States	Ford Field	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry	49,215 / 49,215	$3,843,639
August 28, 2009	Syracuse		New York State Fair	Jake Owen	15,157 / 16,167	$885,190
August 29, 2009	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion	Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert	22,670 / 22,670	$1,230,552
August 30, 2009	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion		19,985 / 19,985	$996,260
September 10, 2009	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum		—	—
September 11, 2009	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center	Miranda Lambert
September 12, 2009	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
September 15, 2009	New York City		Hard Rock Cafe	Uncle Kracker
September 17, 2009	Bloomington		U.S. Cellular Coliseum	—
September 19, 2009	Indianapolis		Lucas Oil Stadium	Miranda Lambert Sugarland Montgomery Gentry Zac Brown Band	45,178 / 45,178	$3,016,365

Festivals and fairs

^[A] This concert was a part of the Stagecoach Festival, held at the same venue as the Coachella Music Festival, near Palm Springs, CA.

^[B] This concert was a part of the Apple River Country Splash Festival.

^[C] This concert was a part of Summerfest.

^[D] These concerts were part of the Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Notes

The Frisco, Texas concert was abruptly called-off due to torrential rain and lighting fifty minutes into the show, and was made-up on May 17, 2009.