Last year, Kenny Chesney did the unthinkable. He took a break.
After 13 tours and 15 albums, country music's biggest touring act of the new century decided it was time to recharge his batteries. While he was gone, Garth Brooks returned to action and threatened to steal Chesney's thunder, not to mention Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean, who have muscled their way into Chesney's territory, headlining stadiums.
Chesney used that time off to do more than just grow in his armpit hair. (Seriously, this guy is usually waxed all the way up to his eyebrows.) The 47-year-old made one of the better albums of his career, "The Big Revival," and returned to the road with something to prove.