Kenny Chesney What was up?

[horsephotographer]

Ok big kenny fan here....
I was so taken back.
First you have a guy who is always about his fans....

Yet no photos from the pit till the second set????Why???
Then he was very puffy in the face from last time I saw him.
He was sweating already by the second song and his sound from the front was awful....
Yet if you started to leave early like most were doing...He had a far away good sound.Like blocks away....

Was he sick?????
Maybe he was in mexico and has the swine flu?????

[WacosSon]

i think it was less about him and more about the technicians. The sound was screwed up the whole weekend. It kept going in and out and was muffled, then clear, then muffled again. And the video was HORRIBLY sync'd. It was like 1/2 second off for those of us in the back. Really distracting. Think they need to hire some better techs for next year.

[bree621]

I sat for almost all of Kenny's set.. just couldn't get into him. That was my first and last Kenny Concert.

I'm gonna go hide now. Haha

[uscpsycho]

i think it was less about him and more about the technicians. The sound was screwed up the whole weekend. It kept going in and out and was muffled, then clear, then muffled again. And the video was HORRIBLY sync'd. It was like 1/2 second off for those of us in the back. Really distracting. Think they need to hire some better techs for next year.

Audio sync has nothing to do with the technicians.

Light travels WAY faster than sound. So the farther back you are the more out of sync the video will appear to be. Can't blame that on anything but physics.

[horsephotographer]

i think it was less about him and more about the technicians. The sound was screwed up the whole weekend.

Sorry got disagree.....

I don't know about that KId Rock sounded amazing.....
So did Little Big Town....

[askworldtraveler]

Kid Rock ran late - As Chesney was getting set up I watched the crew high 5 that they got it done.... what they didn't do was a sound check (like they did with almost every other Mane stage group). He was hard to hear - the band overpowered him.... And towards the end of the set- the stage hand right side kept pointing to the clock....

And he followed Kid Rock - tough tough act to follow - not fair to any performer...!!! Unless you're the Rolling Stones.....


However - this is the 2nd year (last year) where the final act was so so at best IMO....

[unclefeiny]

I definitely thought Kenny was a big disappointment. At least Paisley was amazing as always!

[Cooter]

Kid Rock ran late - As Chesney was getting set up I watched the crew high 5 that they got it done.... what they didn't do was a sound check (like they did with almost every other Mane stage group).


However - this is the 2nd year (last year) where the final act was so so at best IMO....

headliners usually soundcheck the night or morning before the performance, when the venue is empty.

like this crappy cell phone pic i took at paul mccartney on the thurs. before coachella, most amazing time ever!

[lina224]

So the deal with the sound check......Since Kid Rock ran over they had no time. Sir Paul playing WAY past curfew made Goldenvoice buckle down. Kenny couldn't do a sound check in the morning because they were in Vegas the night before and the equipment truck didn't get in till noon.

[Peep50]

How about the Festival adding some more big screens for us pions in the back?????

[WacosSon]

Audio sync has nothing to do with the technicians.

Light travels WAY faster than sound. So the farther back you are the more out of sync the video will appear to be. Can't blame that on anything but physics.

I'm a live video producer, so I'll agree with your comment, however when you're projecting/mixing for outdoor venues, you typically balance your audio delay to 3/4 the delay of video to the furthest viewable seat. That way anything that is out of sync is only slightly out of sync. After walking back from the stage, I found that the video was balanced only to the delay of the first line array, thus 60% of the venue saw horribly delayed video. Bad (or lazy?) production quality.

[WacosSon]

How about the Festival adding some more big screens for us pions in the back?????

Heck yes, and maybe not blocking our view with that huge yellow flag/bamboo thing. Move that thing over to the side!

[Mars Bars]

Were we at the same concert? I don't get it.

I thought Kenny was great. It was even worth enduring Kid Rock.

We stayed to the bitter end, even though we paid the price by not getting home until 2:00 am. I didn't get to bed until 2:15 am. My poor kid woke me up at 3:30 am to inform me that she threw up all over her bed. I guess it wasn't such a good idea to let her eat a funnel cake for dinner.

[annutt]

I did not thing Kenny was as good as last time I seen him. It was kind of Boring. We left early.

[deegee83]

Horse is right. I'm a Kenny veteran and Fan Club Member. He looked bad. He gained weight, he was puffy and red in the face, and his voice was not up to usual. But worst of all, he was "not into it" with the audience at all. He didn't do any high fives. He didn't come to the front after the show with a Sharpie and do any signing. He looked happy to get off stage as soon as he could. I love Kenny to pieces. Something was not right Sunday. It was disappointing.

[heavenlymoon76]

Word on the KC Fan Club msg boards is that Kenny did an extra 16 songs after his 20 song set in Vegas the night before. I'm thinking Kenny may have been hungover. I love Kenny, but I don't think I'll go to Stagecoach to see him again. I'd rather see him when he's headlining his own tour.

[saratheshorty]

This was my third time seeing Kenny, and by far this was the worst I have ever heard him sound. After the second song I sat down and watched him on the screens trying to figure out if he was drunk or sick because he kept pulling the mic away his mouth at the end, almost as if he couldn't finish the verses. And his band was so loud it covered up his voice most of the time. I love Kenny so I just after I figured out this was not going to be his best performance I just let it go and got into the music and sang along.

[TRISERATOP]

Funny....after the first Stagecoach where he wrapped up Sunday night, I was REALLY disappointed in his performance--I had never seen him before and he seemed so not into it. Last night, I actually thought he was better, but that may have been the multiple spiced rums and OJ talking:-) BTW, loved Kid Rock....thought I wouldn't, but I actually really enjoyed it.

[kaity]

I don't think he felt well. I was backstage when he came off and he sped to his bus. He didn't say hi to anyone. He didn't even make eye contact with anyone. He had a photo op with the Cal Fire he stopped for 10 seconds to take the photo then ran into his bus.

It was really odd. It wasn't like people were hounding him. The only people who were paying any attention to him were me, my sister in law and maybe 3 other people.

My only explanation is that he was sick or maybe just super super tired.

[Buddy_Rabbit]

It appears to me that Kenny Chesney is morphing into Jimmy Buffet . . .