The Somewhere In The Sun tour hits the road with a new production March 11 inGreen Bay, Wisconsin.

Twenty-three arena-size dates have been nailed down so far, with the tour running well in May.

“It’s a funny thing,” said Chesney, who played to over 1.2 million fans last year. “We rock so hard out here, you get to where you think you really need that break. And then once the feeling of the rolling down the roadfades away when you’re sitting in a chair and the cheering stops ringing in your ears, youstart itching to get back out here.”

Chesney seems pretty amped about the new show, which he was helping finalize in December even though he always says he’s not going to work that month.

“What I can tell you – without wrecking any surprises or giving anything away – we’ve had some great acts out with us, and I think with Gretchen and Matt (Uncle Kracker), we’re gonna take the energy up another notch,” he said.