Kenny Chesney Finalizing Lucky Old Sun for Fall Release

  Kenny Chesney Finalizing Lucky Old Sun for Fall Release With SRO Gillette Stadium Over, Kenny Is Part of One-Day Farm Aid Sell-Out   Nashville: With a full summer of shows for his Poets & Pirates Tour, it's hard to imagine Kenny Chesney having time for anything else, but that doesn't stop the driven performer from always writing and recording new music – including "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven," which debuted at 22 yesterday on the Country Singles Chart after only 12 hours of play.   "I've come to a place in my life where there are songs that want to be written," he says, "and that I really want to sing. We didn't think the record would be ready until next year, but the music we've been making is so inspiring, we've been on a real creative jag – and it looks like we'll have it ready for sometime this fall."   The album – titled Lucky Old Sun – returns Chesney to his life on the water. But where Be As You Are "was more a map of the places I drink beer," Sun is a more thoughtful look at the life Chesney has found in the islands, on the Coast of Mexico and on the water.   Originating from a notion to cut the title track with Willie Nelson a couple years ago – a duet that prompted the legendary Texan to have Chesney co-produce his Moment of Forever – Lucky Old Sun is a largely self-penned record that explores the singer/songwriter's shifting perspectives, as well as signature good times with friends "watching the sun move across the sky."   "When I went in the studio with Willie to cut 'Lucky Old Sun,' I didn't even know quite what it was for … but that session really inspired me. Obviously, working with him last fall inspired me, too. So this record just came pouring out of me over the past year or so … and I can't wait to share it."   Chesney's friendship with Willie Nelson got some more good news this morning. After being announced as part of Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews' 23rd Farm Aid concert at Mansfield, MA's Comcast Center Sept 20, the tickets went on sale yesterday – and are gone!   "We'll have wrapped the tour … and it'll just be me and a few guys, but I think it'll be cool. You know, for any of my fans who bought tickets, it's a different way to see me … and to see some really great artists," he explains. "And it's great to hear that they sold out in one day, because it's for such a great cause."   With Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates well past platinum – and logging three multiple week 1s in "Never Wanted Nothing More," "Don't Blink" and "Better As A Memory" – Chesney's ability to strike a musical nerve remains unsurpassed. Though no "official" date has been set, based on the response to the first single, look for Lucky Old Sun to rise sometime this fall – and for an especially intimate performance from the Luttrell, Tennessean Sept. 20 at Farm Aid.