Kenney Chesney and Tim McGraw kicked off the second stop of
their 22 show Brothers of the Sun Tour Sunday, June 3 in Atlanta, Georgia at
the only place large enough to hold two of the biggest country music stars- the
Georgia Dome.
With tailgating starting early at 9:00, the only downside
was the extreme drunken behavior of a majority of the crowd. Falling over drunk, fighting and arrests do not leave a
good taste in the mouth for the venue packed with 50,000 fans.
The almost seven hour show kicked
off with sets from Jake Owen and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals with
Grace Potter being brought back on stage with Kenny for their hit “You &
Tequila”
McGraw took to the stage wearing
his signature white pants and black cowboy hat to sing his back-to-back hits,
including “Felt Good On My Lips,” “Real Good Man,” “I Like It, I Love It” and
“Live Like You Were Dying.” “Reality” and “Southern Voice”, along with new
songs, “Mexicoma” and “Truck Yeah” proved to be instant, show stopping
hits.
Chesney began his set by rising
from an elevator mid-arena and floating to the stage on his signature swing
singing “Beer In Mexico,” “Keg in the Closet” and “Summertime.” He also performed “What I Need To Do” and “On The
Coast of Somewhere Beautiful” as well as his new hit single, “Come Over.”
Always one for surprises, Kenny
brought the Atlanta Falcons head coach, Mike Smith, onstage for “The Boys of
Fall” and later invited Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band to join Chesney for
“Knee Deep” and “Dixieland Delight.”
The all-day party ended with Chesney
and McGraw returning to the stage for a 30-minute encore that kicked off with
their duet “Feel Like a Rock Star.” The set also included “She Thinks My
Tractor’s Sexy,” “Indian Outlaw” and “Refried Dreams,” and wrapped with a cover
of Jackson Browne’s “Running On Empty,” with Grace Potter and Jake Owen.
27 songs later, McGraw
and Chesney both tweeted, “The dome was absolutely positively rockin on Sunday
in ATL!! #truckyeah,” and fans could not agree more.
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