One of the qualities I most appreciate in a musician is their understanding of how important live concerts are. Not only is a chance for fans to see their favorite musician showcase their talent front and center minus all of the bells and whistles of a recording studio, but also it’s an opportunity to enjoy being in the midst of an excited frenzied crowd.

That being said, there is nothing more disappointing to a true fan than a show that is abruptly canceled, which is what fans of country superstar Kenny Chesney had to endure earlier this month.

The mid-show commotion happened in Frisco, Texas on May 2. Fans had gathered to see Chesney, along with phenomenal opening acts Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum, for the first stop on Kenny Chesney’s Sun City Carnival Tour.

Pizza Hut Park was packed deep with more than 25,000 fans when the thunder suddenly began to roar --- literally. As rain pelted the crowd, they were so psyched to see Chesney, they endured strong rain, crazy wind and a few strikes of lightening --- without making a break for cover.

Through the two opening acts and the first portion of Chesney’s set, fans were still in the moment, cheering and roaring every step of the way.

"It was more of a unique connection with an audience than I've ever had, since I hit the road in 1993," Chesney told the Dallas Morning News. "You could just feel the stadium rise up when I walked out there. It was dangerous, yeah, but for a short while in that rain, it was almost a religious experience."

Yeah, I don’t know about standing through an authentic Texas thunderstorm, I don’t care how much I paid for the tickets. Nevertheless, this crowd was clearly full of die-hard fans who didn’t give two flips about some rain.

The female component of the crowd was probably content to watch him slosh around in the rain, t-shirt sticking to his super hot bod.

In fact, Chesney told the Dallas Morning News that staying for as long as possible almost became a dare between himself and the audience, "Well, if he's gonna stay up there singing, I'm staying,” he said. “[I thought] "Well, if they're gonna put up with this kind of rain, I'm staying."

Chesney and his crew finally called off the show after an hour, citing the risks to himself, his crew and the crowd.

Nonetheless, Chesney said he felt so “incomplete” that he held a free makeup concert to give his fans a chance to enjoy his super sexy brand of entertainment – sans the rain and lightening. The best part for fans was that the make up show was all Chesney and no opening acts.

Squeezing the free concert in was quite a feat given the jam packed 40-city tour which currently offers Philadelphia Kenny Chesney tour tickets, Seattle Kenny Chesney tour tickets, Chicago Kenny Chesney tour tickets and more.

Even Canadian fans will get a chance to rock out with the country crooner with the Toronto Kenny Chesney Sun City Carnival Tour stop as well as the option of Calgary Kenny Chesney tickets.

The Sun City Carnival Tour comes on the heels of Chesney’s latest release, Greatest Hits Vol. 2, which celebrates Chesney’s diverse catalog of hits logged during his 15-year career.

While he is known for his sappy ballads, Chesney said this tour will be different in that it will be high energy and full of upbeat songs and less slow numbers.

"When I first started out, the record labels really thought you couldn't sell unless you had a bunch of ballads, so that's what I was doing," he told the Dallas Morning News. "But I always wanted to put on more of a rockin' show. ... I remember saying a couple of years ago that I wished we could do a whole show without a single ballad. In this tour, there's not a ballad until 47 minutes into the show. I do two then, and then not another one till the encore."