Kenny Chesney to Kick Off TODAY's Fall Concert Series; Full Line-Up Announced!

By: Sep. 19, 2014
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The weather may be cooling off but NBC's TODAY will be heating up Rockefeller Plaza with a special fall concert series. Country music superstar Kenny Chesney will kick off the "Toyota Concert Series on TODAY" Tuesday, September 23. Chesney's long-awaited new album "The Big Revival" debuts that day.

As previously announced, global pop sensation One Direction will celebrate the release of their new album, FOUR with a special TODAY performance live from Universal Orlando Resort Monday, November 17.

And the "Rumours" are true - all five members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Fleetwood Mac will perform a special concert on the plaza Thursday, October 9. Other hot headliners include multi-platinum powerhouse trio Lady Antebellum, British rock sensation Bastille, and Ylvis, the duo behind the viral hit "What Does the FOX Say?" The dates of the live TODAY concerts are listed below.

Fans are encouraged to visit the plaza outside TODAY's Studio 1A for the live performances. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis. Entrance is located at 48th Street and Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.

TODAY Fall Concert Line-Up:

Tuesday, Sept. 23 KENNY CHESNEY (#KennyChesneyTODAY)

Tuesday, Sept. 30 LADY ANTEBELLUM (#LadyAntebellumTODAY)

Monday, Oct. 6 BASTILLE (#BastilleTODAY)

Thursday, Oct. 9 FLEETWOOD MAC (#FleetwoodMacTODAY)

Thursday, Oct. 16 YLVIS (#YlvisTODAY)

Monday, Oct. 20 NEIL DIAMOND (#NeilDiamondTODAY)

TODAY.com will bring viewers closer to the action with highlights from the backstage scene, photos from fans on the plaza, hashtags for each concert and much more. Visit TODAY.com/concerts and http://on.today.com/1v0A8Sw.

Toyota had partnered with NBC's TODAY for the twelfth consecutive year. Toyota, the world's top automaker and creator of the Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through its Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, the company has built more than 25 million cars and trucks in North America, where Toyota operates 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ nearly 40,000 people (more than 37,000 in the U.S.). The company's 1,800 North American dealerships sold more than 2.5 million cars and trucks in 2013 - and about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road today. (NYSE:TM) For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.

NBC's TODAY is the news program that informs, entertains, inspires and sets the agenda each morning for Americans. Airing live from 7 am to 11 am ET, TODAY reaches more than 5 million people every day through its broadcast, and millions more through TODAY.com, the TODAY app, and social media platforms. Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Willie Geist, Tamron Hall, Carson Daly, Hoda Kotb, and Kathie Lee Gifford are the anchors and hosts, Jamie Horowitz is the SVP and general manager and Don Nash is the executive producer.


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