From the Pensacola News Journal: “Oil spill: Chesney bows out of benefit”
Jimmy Buffett is going to be short a friend when he appears at a beachside concert in Gulf Shores, Ala., on July 11.
Country music superstar Kenny Chesney, who was part of the bill announced for the “CMT Presents Jimmy Buffett & Friends: Live From the Gulf Coast” concert, announced that he will not appear.
In a Twitter feed, he wrote, “Hate that I can’t get to Gulf Shores to sing w Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, and the Zac Brown Band. Gonna be great music!”
Chesney’s tweet was the first mention of country singer Mac McAnally coming to the concert, which is intended to bring tourists to the area affected by the BP oil spill.