Kenny Chesney Makes A Big Announcement

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By Cody McClure

Country music singer and East Tennessean Kenny Chesney announced today a residency at the Sphere Las Vegas for later this year.

Chesney will play 12 shows beginning in May.

"I’m always looking for ways to deepen the way No Shoes Nation experiences this music," Chesney said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.

"Over the years, they have shown me through their own response to these songs how passionate they are about what they mean, how these songs are part of their lives. When people give you that much heart, I want to give them even more."

The Sphere is a popular, somewhat new attraction in Vegas.

Previously, acts such as U2, Dead & Company, the Eagles, and Phish performed there.