Overview
- Heart Life Music publishes on Nov. 4, with a 10-stop book tour beginning Nov. 1 in Johnson City, Tennessee.
- Chesney tells People he recognized Swift’s drive and songwriting talent as a teenager, calling it the “eye of the tiger.”
- A beer sponsorship on his 2007 Flip-Flop Summer Tour barred the underage singer from performing, forcing her removal.
- Chesney says he cut Swift a check to make up for the lost slot, a gesture she described in her 2023 Time profile, and he later texted thanks for her recollection.
- He points to recent mentorship of Megan Moroney, whom he took on his 2024 tour, with the pair now CMA nominees for Musical Event of the Year.