For Immediate Release
Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

Kenny Chesney Embarks on the SRO Sunshine Leg of
Talks w Co-Author Holly Gleason in Key West (11/10), Tampa (11/11)
& The Iconic Miami Book Fair’s First Weekend Closer (11/16)

Freewheeling, Hilarious, Historic & Kindness Inducing,
ALL Have Offered the Map to Chase Impossible Dreams
w a Newsweek Cover, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” “Anderson Cooper 360” on 11/11 + More

“It’s Been a Wild Ride and Incredible Launch”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Heading into the final leg of Heart Life Music: the book event tour, Kenny Chesney is marveling at the places he’s been, the people who’ve shown up and the way a book can come to life talking about it with co-author and National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Independent Journalist of the Year Holly Gleason. As he enthuses, “Coming to see us at the stadiums, I totally understand. But you have to really love someone to come listen to them talk! All the laughter, the cheers and those moments of recognizing each other in the stories? It’s been a wild ride and incredible launch.”

Closing out the last leg with a walk-on opening interview on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” re-airing all week, Chesney heads south for a trio of book events in Florida. Starting with a sold-out-in-minutes appearance at Key West’s iconic Tennessee Williams Theater today, Nov. 10, then going to another sold-out-in-minutes event in Tampa, where he has kicked off so many tours at Raymond James Stadium, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar and recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee wraps his tour up near the ocean, the sand and places where Heart Life Music was created.

“Beyond all the inspiration and the memories places like Key West, Tampa, West Palm Beach and South Florida hold,” Chesney explains, “an awful lot of interviews, editing and Holly’s actual writing was done in the area, so this seemed the perfect way to conclude bringing Heart Life Music into the world.

“When we were asked to be the final event of the Miami Book Fair’s opening weekend, which is such a big deal, it made me feel like this book really was something that struck a chord with people who know books. In a lot of ways, I feel like I’m going back to the Super Bowl, which anyone who’s read the book, will understand. But it’s David Wegman, Jimmy Buffett’s Keys, my own first headlining tour that kicked off in West Palm and where I signed that contract with my soul, plus all those years rocking the pirate ship at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium… Like starting the book tour at ETSU, this is a whole other homecoming.”

Having already been named to Barnes & Noble’s “Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2025” list, Chesney’s love letter to the magic carpet ride from a little boy dreaming to dream to Moscow, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, the Caribbean, Cabo Wabo and Jamaica alongside friends and heroes including George Jones, Eddie Van Halen, Alabama, Steve Miller, Sammy Hagar, Grace Potter, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh, the Wailers, Uncle Kracker and Willie Nelson is registering with readers across the country. Whether for beach reading, a snowy afternoon or a commute, Heart Life Music offers an escape through music, sports, boats and points beyond where most of us journey.

Establishing a voice that captured coming of age and living life as fully as possible in the 21st century, Chesney wants each talk to reflect his unique relationship with No Shoes Nation, the music and anyone seeking inspiration to create their own place in the world. 

Heart Life Music is available for purchase HERE, along with limited remaining tickets to the Miami Book Fair event. For more information, visit KennyChesney.com.


Heart Life Music Cover 

Media Contacts for Kenny Chesney: 
Ebie McFarland
Essential Broadcast Media, LLC
ebie@ebmediapr.com

Fount Lynch 
Warner Music Nashville
fount.lynch@wmg.com

Media Contact for HarperCollins:
Heidi Richter
HarperCollins
heidi.richter@harpercollins.com


Kenny Chesney on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Re-Airs All Week; Check Local Listings 

Holly Gleason & Kenny Chesney Celebrate Heart Life Music Onstage in New Jersey | Photo Credit: Jill Trunnell 

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