With his white-hot “Goin’ Coastal” Tour goin’ strong and already well past the million-ticket mark, Kenny Chesney is rocking the year’s hottest country tour. And having sold nearly 10 million tickets since 2002, there’s no denying that the fans can’t wait to see Kenny on tour — a mutual relationship that Kenny says amounts to “a really awesome love affair.” (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Kenny brings his tour to Missouri later this week, playing St. Louis on Thursday and Kansas City on Saturday. Check out KennyChesney.com for a show near you!
• Kenny is climbing the charts now with his latest smash, “You and Tequila,” featuring Grace Potter. The song is the newest favorite from Kenny’s Hemingway’s Whiskey album, which also includes the chart-topping “Somewhere with You,” “Live a Little,” and “The Boys of Fall.”

  Kenny Chesney talks about how he and his band feel about the fans who come to see them in concert. (:22)
“We are just like them. We have our own problems. We have our own stress. And bein’ able to play music, and to go out there and forget about all of that and feel the love comin’ from the crowd, and for them to feel it vice versa, that’s a very special thing. And I think that’s what we’ve…I think it’s been, for the past decade, just a really awesome love affair. And that’s the best way I can explain it.”