Kenny Chesney Summer Tour tickets

Tickets are selling fast for the biggest concert tour of 2011  country giants Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown shouldn’t have a problem this summer on their upcoming nine-city “Goin’ Coastal” tour. “Every year we try and bring the biggest and best lineup for the fans,” Chesney tells Rolling Stone exclusively. “I think Zac’s album is true to him and the fan base that he has built. His fans and mine will go hand in hand.”

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The tour kicks off March 19 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and wraps August 27 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Chesney’s publicist says several more arena and amphitheatre dates are to be announced.

Expect onstage collaborations between the two singers, who both had number one albums this year. “Every year, all the acts on the tour get the opportunity to come out on stage with us and I think that creates an incredible environment,” says Chesney. “I’m sure next year will be no different.”

The shows will be all-day events, with openers Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker.

Chesney took 2010 off to record Hemingway’s Whiskey. “I think we all needed [time off], he says. “But I believe that time off has strengthened my relationship with the fans I feel it in my gut. We’re gonna perform a lot of songs from Hemingway’s Whiskey and that will bring a new energy to the show. The band and I will hit the stage with a focused purpose and that’s to give the fans a night they will never forget.”

Tickets will go on sale starting November 20. At least 7,000 tickets in each city will be available at $25 apiece.

Kenny Chesney 2011 Tour (Stadium Dates Only – co-headline with Zac Brown Band) 
Sat Mar 19 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium (on sale Sat Dec 11)
Sat Apr 16 – Dallas, TX – Cowboys Stadium (on sale Sat Dec 4)
Sat Jun 4 – Washington, DC – FedEx Field – (on sale Fri Dec 3)
Sat Jun 11 – Green Bay, WI – Lambeau Field (on sale Sat Dec 11)
Sat Jun 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field (on sale Sat Nov 20)
Sat Jul 2 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field (on sale Sat Dec 4)

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Sat Jul 30 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium (on sale Sat Dec 4)
Sat Aug 20 – Detroit, MI – Venue TBA
Sat Aug 27- Foxboro, MA – Gillette Stadium (on sale Sat Nov 20)

Summertime

New Jersey Seafood Festival 2010

Seafood festival attracts tens of thousands

The annual New Jersey Seafood Festival, taking place Friday through Sunday, June 13, in Belmar.

From lobster and crab cakes to conch fritters and alligator sausage, the offerings at the 24th event are designed to please exotic palates and Shore-fare purists alike.

As they have in the past, tens of thousands of hungry seafood lovers from all over the state and beyond will descend on this small Monmouth County town’s Silver Lake Park, Ocean Avenue, where chefs from 45 restaurants will serve up fish, shellfish and more.

The festival’s expansion to Friday is new, as is the addition of wine experts, who will be available to chat about pairings and vintages under Long Branch catering company Branches’ tent.

Throughout the long weekend, Jersey rock, R&B, jazz and blues bands will provide free entertainment, and craft and commercial vendors and kids’ activities will mean fun for all.

Admission is free,
Festival hours are 4-7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Prosecutor names driver whose car killed New Jersey Trooper Marc Castellano

Prosecutor names driver whose car killed New Jersey Trooper Marc Castellano
Published: Tuesday, June 08, 2010

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By Staff & Wire

FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office late yesterday identified the driver of the car that struck and killed New Jersey State Trooper Marc Castellano on Sunday as a 20-year-old Jackson man, Robert R. Swan.

The vehicle, a Volkswagen Jetta, struck the 29-year-old Castellano just before 10 a.m. as numerous state police troopers searched for fugitives in a vehicle abandoned on I-195 westbound at the Howell Township exit.

No charges have been filed against Swan. Prosecutor’s spokesman Pete Warshaw wouldn’t detail how the crash happened.

“It’s all part of the investigation right now,” he said. Nor would he comment on what the fugitive vehicle was wanted for on the State Police BOLO (Be On the Lookout) list.

One of the fugitives, Diana Hoffman, 30, of Blackwood, was spotted hiding behind a tree and arrested near the scene. Troopers searched for hours for a man she said was riding in that car with her before suspending the hunt at 6 p.m. Sunday, and revealing they “are also investigating the validity of Hoffman’s claim ....”

The six-year veteran trooper and father of two young children lost his legs there and died hours later at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

Nothing more could be learned about Swan last night. Plenty, however, came out about Diana Hoffman at a hearing in Superior Court yesterday where her bail was raised from $350,000 to $500,000 by Judge Thomas F. Scully.

In arguing for higher bail, Assistant Prosecutor Rick Incremona told Judge Scully that Hoffman was part of another recent state police pursuit in Tuckerton, a chase that was curtailed to protect the public.

It was also revealed that early Sunday morning, State Trooper Shaun Murray signalled Hoffman to pull over in Wall, triggering this high-speed chase. After her car was found abandoned on I-195, they went looking for her.

Incremona also said Hoffman has two prior Superior Court convictions and allegedly failed to appear in court three times in the last five years.

He said prosecutors expect to charge her today with first-degree false public alarm — setting in motion the chain of events that led to Castellano’s death. She could get a 10- to 20-year sentence.

She faced a raft of charges on which she appeared in court yesterday: eluding by taking a state police officer on a high-speed pursuit (second degree), hindering her own apprehension by providing false identification (third degree), resting arrest (third degree) and cocaine and heroin possession (third degree).

The judge said Hoffman told the court she has been unemployed for 2½ months and is the single mother of four children who live with their father. She said she is a three-year former employee for Berlin Coil in Berlin.