Tour
“Trip Around the Sun” tour
Sound Co
Morris Light & Sound
Crew
FOH Engineer: Chris Rabold
Monitors Engineers: Bryan “Opie” Baxley, Phill “Sidephill” Robinson
Systems Engineer: Chris “Sully” Sullivan
Production Manager: Ed Wannebo
Tour Manager: David Farmer
Stage Manager: Tom Nisun
Assistant PM: Jill Trunnell
Stage Patch Tech: Rich Rossey
Audio Crew Chief: Phil Spina
FOH Tech: Tanner Freese
P.A. Techs: Ryan Lewis, Zack Metzger, Carl Schmidt, Justin Curtiss
Gear
FOH System
Console: SSL L500 Plus
Outboard: Rupert Neve 5045, API 2500; Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor, DerrEsser, EL500, EL7 Fatso Jr; Sonic Farms Creamliner; Eventide H3000; Overstayer 8776A Imperial Channel Strip, Stereo Voltage Control, Stereo Field Effect, M-A-S; Waves SoundGrid.
Speakers: Main Hang: 48 d&b audiotechnik J8/12; Aux Hang: 44 d&b GSL8; 270° Hang & Delays: 24 d&b V-Series; Subs: 32 d&b SL-SUB; Front Fills: 8 d&b Y10P
MON
Consoles: 2 Midas PROX
Speakers: d&b M4, d&b V Sub
IEMs: Shure PSM1000,
Mics: Shure AXT400 Axient, sE Electronics V7MC1 capsule (wireless); Shure, Earthworks, Telefunken, Sennheiser, Beyer
Misc: Radial SW8, J48, SGI, Hotshot DM1
Tour Notes:
No stranger to Billboard’s Top 10 list of tours — this year marks the 10th year Chesney has been among the top 10 touring acts in his 25-year career — Chesney hit the road once again this year with 42 shows generating $114 million from just under 1.3 million tickets sold. In terms of the sheer number of fans attending, Chesney drew bigger crowds than all other tours except Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Beyonce/Jay-Z and Bruno Mars. (On a related note, we should give a tip of the cowboy hat to fellow country artist Luke Bryan, who ranked among the top 10 ticket-sellers with the 935K fans attending his 2018 shows, but scored #17 on Billboard’s 2018 Top Tours chart with $67.5 million in revenues.)
