LEXINGTON, Ky. — Country music star Kenny Chesney announced dates for his "I Go Back" 2023 tour on Monday, and one stop on the list is Lexington. 

Chesney will play at Rupp Arena on April 25, 2023 along with country pop singer and three-time GRAMMY nominee Kelsea Ballerini. 

Tickets go on sale at KennyChesney.com on Dec. 2 at 10 a.m., but American Express Card Members can purchase tickets beginning Nov. 23 at 10 a.m. local time through Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. in select areas. 

The last time Chesney played at Rupp Arena was in May 2011. He had just finished his 2022 stadium tour, but said he wanted to return to some of the cities that helped boost his career. 

“I can still hear No Shoes Nation singing those songs after being apart for four whole summers,” Chesney said in a press release. “It’s a sound that reminds me how much music really means to people. It’s not about the numbers, but the joy you see on people’s faces – and the more I thought about it, the more I thought about taking the music to the people who were there when this thing was taking off.”

This isn't the first time Chesney and Ballerini performed together. In 2021, they performed “half of my hometown" and won the Country Music Association Vocal Event and Video of the Year Award. The song was also nominated for 2022 CMA Single of the Year.

"Music has taken me so many incredible places,” Ballerini said in a press release. “Around the world, singing with some of my heroes in pop, alternative and contemporary music, but singing with Kenny is going home. He was the only voice I heard on ‘half of my hometown,’ and when he comes in, it’s just like hitting the Knoxville city limits. So to be able to go out to those cities like the place he and I grew up with an artist who’s accomplished what he has, it’s a lot like going home.”

For more details on the "I Go Back" tour, click here.