Kenny Chesney Recalls Moment He ‘Snapped’ And Punched A Fan On His Way To The Stage

Kenny Chesney says an unexpected — and unwanted — encounter with a fan once pushed him to the point of punching the man while making his entrance at a stadium show.

According to Fox News, during an appearance on Wednesday on The Howard Stern Show, Chesney told the story of the moment he “snapped” while performing at a concert with legendary guitarist 👤Joe Walsh.

He didn’t reveal the exact date, but the two shared stages during Chesney’s 2007 “Flip Flop Summer Tour” and again on “The Big Revival Tour” in 2015.

“We were in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was playing the Steelers football stadium, and I thought it was cool to come up in the middle of the stadium, and almost like a boxer in a way, like walk through the crowd to the stage — that kind of thing,” Chesney said.

But things went sideways quickly.

“The security got way ahead of me, and all of a sudden, I’m by myself on my way to the stage, and I see this guy coming. I can just see him out the peripheral and walking to the stage,” he explained.

Chesney said the man “buckled down” as he approached, and before he knew it, the fan had picked him up. Chesney reacted instinctively.

He told Stern the only thought in his mind in that instant was the potential fallout.

“This is going to cost me every penny that I made tonight,” he said.