Kenny Chesney has made the heartbreaking decision to postpone his Chillaxification Tour until 2021. The tour, which includes Florida Georgia Line and Old Dominion as his opening acts, was originally slated to begin in April. More recently, Kenny said he hoped to begin the tour at the end of May in Pittsburgh, but just announced he will stay off the road until next year.

“With so many tours needing to move and wanting to make sure we are in the best possible circumstances for No Shoes Nation, I think – and I hate saying this – it’s best to move everything into 2021,” Kenny said in a statement. “In the best interest of everyone – No Shoes Nation, my road family, the staff at the venues – we have decided to quit moving the dates around on the calendar, trying to make a chunk of this year work and go to where we believe we can roll out the entire Chillaxification Tour.”

The Tennessee native previously said he was “cautiously optimistic” that he would be able to tour this year, as much for himself as his fans.

“It’s such a unique time, and strange,” Kenny told The Tennessean, “and one of the things it’s forced everyone to do, in an odd way, is reconnect, and connect better.”

For Kenny, the place he feels the most alive, and connected, is performing in front of thousands and thousands of fans.

“The one place I’ve found where I truly live in that moment is when I’m on stage,” he added. “I don’t know, it may be a little sad to say that, but I can tell you, that’s where I truly feel like I’m living in the moment.”

2021 tour dates have yet to be announced. Kenny just dropped his latest album, Here and Now. The record, which became his ninth to hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s all-genre Top 200 chart, is available for purchase via Amazon and his website.

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