Kenny Chesney Reveals That Country Music Objectifies Women And Talks About His Upcoming Big Revival Tour

Kenny Chesney has been in the country music business for 20 years and he isn't afraid to tell it like it is. The "American Kids" singer opened up about the music industry and revealed that women are objectified within the country music genre. Plus, he revealed who will be joining him on his upcoming Big Revival tour.

In a recent interview with Billboard, Kenny explained that sexism is present in country music and it is not OK. "Over the last several years, it seems like anytime anybody sings about a woman, she's in cutoff jeans, drinking and on a tailgate — they objectify the hell out of them," Kenny told Billboard.

"Twenty years ago, I might have written a song like that — I probably did. But I'm at a point where I want to say something different about women."

The "Don't Blink" singer's newest album The Big Revival debuted at No. 1 last month and he admitted that it is different than anything else he has done. "Although the island-inflected country music made him a country superstar, he decided around 2010 it wasn't 'OK just to be the guy on the beach,'" Billboard explained. Kenny revealed he was "feeling like I had been making music on a conveyor belt," in the past.

Beginning last month and continuing into early this month, Kenny announced the man-filled tour he is putting together. The Big Revival tour will feature some of country's greatest singers.

Eric Church will be joining Kenny in 2015 on tour for five different city stops including Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit. "Some of the most fun I've ever had on tour was last summer with Kenny," Eric shares in a press statement via Rolling Stone. "He's an artist that isn't afraid to let you come full blast and do what you do. It's rare you get to tour with someone you respect and you are friends with. I can't wait to do it again."

When talking about his upcoming tour, Kenny told Rolling Stone in October, "We're going to be mixing up the lineup, too: different markets will have different acts playing with us. A few will be on all the stadium shows, some doing pieces — but I promise everybody who's coming out rocks hard, and understands turning a crowd on."

More of the Big Revival guests include Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Chase Rice and Jake Owen. The "Burnin' It Down" singer will join Kenny for 10 different shows beginning in May 2015. Jason will play stadiums in San Francisco, Dallas and Pasadena, to name a few.

"We have a real friendship. Don' get me wrong ... that doesn't mean I'm going to make it easy to follow me every night ... he's gonna have to work for it harder than he ever has before!" Jason told Rolling Stone.