Chesney concert interrupted by better song

By Outsports Archives | July 23, 2008, 11:35 pm PDT

Kenny Chesney's "Poets and Pirates" tour reached Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night. Appropriately, the country singer's concert was interrupted for a rendition of the Eagles' Fight Song:

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=NdQmcl76Yow]

"Fly Eagles Fly" — what would Chesney's friend Peyton Manning think? — Joe Guckin

Kenny Chesney's "Poets and Pirates" tour reached Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night. Appropriately, the country singer's concert was interrupted for a rendition of the Eagles' Fight Song:

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=NdQmcl76Yow]

"Fly Eagles Fly" — what would Chesney's friend Peyton Manning think? — Joe Guckin

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