Who is billy currington touring with in 2011

Billy Currington has scored one of the most coveted opening act slots in all of music, hitting the road with Kenny Chesney on the upcoming Goin' Coastal tour.

While he is thrilled to be along for the ride, he admits he hoped the gig would have happened a long time ago. I was like, 'Wait a minute, I started first,'" he laments to Nashville's Tennessean newspaper. Billy admits he's still trying to grasp what his good fortune means: performing for a lot more fans. All those people are country music fans, and I get a chance to gain those same fans. Billy has paid his opening act dues on the road with several other multi-platinum-selling artists through the years.

Fans who experience the Goin' Coastal tour will find that Billy's show is full of fun-loving, uptempo songs. The singer says his days working clubs in Nashville and Georgia taught him a lot about what an audience enjoys, which he also keeps in mind while in the studio. It was like the air got let out or something. But when I took them out and put happy ones in those slots, I didn't feel any negative energy; it was all positive.

That's what I think the audience will feel. Billy will have a stage set up with panels behind him where the display will range from graphic images to pictures of pick-up trucks, deer, hot rods and other illustrations that go along with his songs.

The band is rocking and ready to hit the stage, and Billy is more sure of himself than ever. In fact, he says people are complimenting him on the fact that he seems more confident these days. Now I've got the right people around me and that gives me confidence and trust. Plus the recent radio success has helped, because any time you have success it gives you more confidence.

I think it's also confidence with age, because the more things you do, the better you get. One constant on the road for Billy is his dog Paco , a three-year-old chocolate lab who has traveled with him since he adopted the pup at six weeks old. He is a great companion and everybody in the band loves having him along with us. Uncle Kracker will also join Kenny on the Goin' Coast tour, which will travel to nearly 60 venues by the time it wraps up October 27 with two shows at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.

More than , tickets have already been sold for the tour. The Latest. Vernell Hackett Published: March 17, Categories: Concert News , Exclusives , Interviews. Back To Top.