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    When will live music return? Kenny Chesney says fans are 'horny for it'

    by Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times May 14, 2020 5 minutes

    It's been almost a year since one of music's biggest live acts enjoyed a night in his natural habitat.

    On May 25, 2019, Kenny Chesney played Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., to finish off his tour behind the previous summer's "Songs for the Saints" album.

    But that outdoor mega-concert - the kind the country singer is best known for - wasn't actually his last show before the live-music business shut down two months ago as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    "I can't believe I'm telling you this, but I did a wedding in Florida at the beginning of March," said Chesney, ranked at No. 18 on Pollstar's list of the top touring artists of the previous decade with ticket sales of more than $600 million. "And I don't play weddings. But it was worth it," he added with

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