Goin' Coastal Tour

The Goin' Coastal Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American country music arts Kenny Chesney and the Zac Brown Band. It was in support of Chesney's thirteenth studio album Hemingway's Whiskey (2010) and the Zac Brown Band's second album You Get What You Give (2010). It was announced in November 2010, with nine stadium shows being announced first. An additional forty-one were announced two months later.^[1] Chesney co-headlined the stadium shows with Zac Brown Band.^[2] Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker served as opening acts. This was the Chesney's last tour before taking a two-year hiatus.

Goin' Coastal Tour

Tour by Kenny Chesney and the Zac Brown Band
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	North America
Associated album	Hemingway's Whiskey You Get What You Give
Start date	March 17, 2011 (2011-03-17)
End date	August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27)
Legs	1
No. of shows	59
Box office	$84,576,917
Kenny Chesney tour chronology 2010 With a Two Tour (2010) Goin' Coastal Tour (2011) Brothers of the Sun Tour (2012) Zac Brown Band tour chronology Goin' Coastal Tour (2011) Uncaged Tour (2012–13)

Background

Chesney told USA Today, "We are excited to feel the passion and the energy that the fans give us again", "There's a realsense of anticipation that our whole organization has about getting back on the road and playing some of our favorite stadiums and some new ones too, like Arrowhead and Lambeau Field where they haven't had a concert in over 20 years. We can't wait!"

Opening acts

• Zac Brown Band (11 shows)
• Billy Currington
• Uncle Kracker

Setlist

1. "Live a Little"
2. "Reality"
3. ”Til It’s Gone”
4. "Live Those Songs"
5. "Summertime"
6. "Beer in Mexico"
7. ”Keg in the Closet”
8. ”Out Last Night”
9. "Big Star"
10. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem"
11. ”I Go Back”
12. "Anything but Mine"
13. ”Coastal
14. ”The Woman with You”
15. "The Life"
16. "Me and You"
17. "Three Little Birds" (Bob Marley and the Wailers cover)
18. ”There Goes My Life”
19. "Living in Fast Forward"
20. "Young"
21. "Somewhere with You"
22. ”American Kids”
23. "Don't Happen Twice"
24. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"
25. "The Good Stuff"
26. "Never Wanted Nothing More"
27. "When the Sun Goes Down" (with Uncle Kracker)
28. "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" (David Allan Coe cover) (with Uncle Kracker)
29. "How Forever Feels"
30. "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"

Encore

31. "The Boys of Fall"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
March 17, 2011	West Palm Beach	United States	Cruzan Amphitheatre
March 19, 2011	Tampa		Raymond James Stadium
March 24, 2011	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena
March 25, 2011	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
March 26, 2011	Omaha		Qwest Center
April 1, 2011	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena
April 2, 2011	Tulsa		BOK Center
April 3, 2011 [A]	Houston		Discovery Green
April 7, 2011	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
April 8, 2011	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
April 9, 2011
April 13, 2011	Wichita		Intrust Bank Arena
April 16, 2011	Arlington		Cowboys Stadium
April 29, 2011	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
April 30, 2011 [B]	Indio		Empire Polo Club
May 1, 2011	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena
May 5, 2011	Moline		iWireless Center
May 6, 2011	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 7, 2011	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
May 12, 2011	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
May 13, 2011	Greenville		Bi-Lo Center
May 14, 2011	Lexington		Rupp Arena
May 19, 2011	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena
May 20, 2011	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre
May 21, 2011	Orange Beach		Amphitheater at the Wharf
May 25, 2011	Tuscaloosa		Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
May 26, 2011	Southaven		Snowden Grove Amphitheater
May 29, 2011	Baton Rouge		Tiger Stadium
June 2, 2011	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 4, 2011	Landover		FedExField
June 9, 2011	Bridgeview		Toyota Park
June 11, 2011	Green Bay		Lambeau Field
June 18, 2011	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field
June 23, 2011	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
June 24, 2011	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 26, 2011	Columbus		Crew Stadium
June 30, 2011	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
July 2, 2011	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field
July 6, 2011	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 7, 2011
July 8, 2011
July 9, 2011	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre
July 13, 2011	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre
July 16, 2011	Edmonton		Rexall Place
July 17, 2011 [C]	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome
July 20, 2011	Vancouver		Rogers Arena
July 22, 2011	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome
July 23, 2011	Portland		Rose Garden Arena
July 28, 2011	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 30, 2011	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium
August 4, 2011	Virginia Beach		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 5, 2011	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 7, 2011	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
August 13, 2011	East Rutherford		New Meadowlands Stadium
August 18, 2011	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre
August 20, 2011	Detroit	United States	Ford Field
August 24, 2011	Hopewell		CMAC
August 26, 2011	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium
August 27, 2011
August 28, 2011
September 6, 2011	Bridgeview		Toyota Stadium

Notes

^A This was during the 2011 Men's Division I Final Four.

^B This concert was a part of the Stagecoach Festival

^C This concert was a part of the Calgary Stampede

Accolades

The tour was ranked sixth for the Top 25 Tours of 2011. It went on to gross $84,576,917, a total attendance of 1,160,132, and had 37 sold-out shows.^[3]

References

1. Gonzalez, John (12 January 2011). "Kenny Chesney announces 41 more dates on his 'Goin' Coastal' Tour 2011". mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
2. Hughes, Donna (November 4, 2010). "Kenny Chesney Preps 2011 Tour With Zac Brown Band". The Boot. Taste of Country. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
3. "Top 25 Tours of 2011". Billboard. December 11, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2015.