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Kenny Chesney will get a little help from old friend Keith Urban when he hits the road next summer on his annual stadium tour . Kenny announced Friday that Keith would join him for the July 26 date in Foxboro, Mass., followed by as many as eight other stadium shows on his 2008 Poets & Pirates tour.

Kenny Chesney first took Keith Urban out on his Guitars, Tiki Bars & a Whole Lotta Love tour three years ago. “Which is why I’m glad I have the ability to play stadiums,” Kenny says. “It’s the only way that it would make sense for Keith where he is in his career to be able to come out and do some shows with us. We couldn’t do this anywhere else…and it’s something I’ve wanted to do since he played the first stadiums shows with us three years ago.

“If you’re committed to bringing the fans the best show possible,” Kenny continues, “who else would you call? Keith does it all — and he’s someone I’ve spent time in the islands with, toured the country with, laughed with, hung with, made music with. It’s gonna be as much fun backstage when we’re not rocking as it is onstage — and that’s saying something.”

Keith Urban says he’s excited about joining the tour too. “What Kenny Chesney’s stadium concerts are is the biggest party you’ve ever been to with the loudest ghetto blaster you’ve ever heard and the audience still singing louder than us,” he says. “Me, I’m just a kid like 65,000 others that are going to run away with the circus this summer. Bring it on, Kenny.”

The tour will also feature LeAnn Rimes as an opening act.

~Courtesy of GACTV

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2008 Tour Dates:

04.26.08 University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC
05.03.08 Pizza Hut Park - Frisco, TX
05.10.08 M & T Bank Stadium - Baltimore, MD
05.24.08 Cleveland Browns Stadium - Cleveland, OH
05.31.08 University of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ
06.08.08 AT & T Park - San Francisco, CA
06.14.08 Heinz Field - Pittsburgh, PA
06.21.08 Soldier Field - Chicago, IL
07.05.08 LP Field - Louisiana Pacific Field - Nashville, TN
07.13.08 Turner Field - Atlanta, GA
07.17.08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA
07.19.08 Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia, PA
07.26.08 Gillette Stadium / New England Patriots - Foxboro, MA
08.02.08 Ford Field - Detroit, MI
09.13.08 Lucas Oil Field - Indianapolis, IN

Stay tuned for additional tour dates!

Taylor Swift is the darling of the Billboard country charts this last reporting period before Christmas. Her single, “Our Song,” holds at No. 1 for the second week, her self-titled album moves back to the No. 2 spot in its 60th week out and four selections from her Christmas album, Sounds of the Season, are twinkling on the lower branches of the song chart.

The week’s highest charting new song is the Garth Brooks-Huey Lewis romp, “Workin’ for a Livin‘,” which enters at No. 50. That’s a worthy leap but pale in comparison to Brooks‘ “More Than a Memory,” the first single from his current album, which debuted at No. 1.

The Eagles continue their long run at the summit of the albums chart with Long Road Out of Eden. According to the latest Nielsen Soundscan measurement, that collection has sold more than 2.2 million copies in just seven weeks.

There are no new albums this week, but three former chart dwellers have returned to the list: Rodney Carrington’s King of the Mountain (No. 70), Larry the Cable Guy’s Morning Constitutions (No. 71) and the multi-artist Original American Classics: Country Greats (No. 74).

In addition to the Brooks-Lewis duet, there are two new songs: Sugarland’s “Winter Wonderland” (No. 58) and Swift’s “White Christmas” (No. 59).

Carrie Underwood’s Carnival Ride, Brooks‘ The Ultimate Hits and Rascal Flatts‘ Still Feels Good round out the Top 5 albums in that order. The remaining Top 5 songs, also in descending order, are Josh Turner’s “Firecracker,” George Strait’s “How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls,” Montgomery Gentry’s “What Do Ya Think About That” and Sugarland’s “Stay.”

Kenny Chesney’s hard-charging “Shiftwork” barrels from No. 34 to No. 25.

Now it’s back to the mall.

~Courtesy of CMT.com