After a mishap on the hydraulic lift being used for the entrance of Kenny Chesney's 2008 Poets & Pirates Tour's stadium shows, where his boot was lodged between the lift and the stage for nearly 40 seconds as the lift motor kept trying to push the platform up, Chesney has been given a green light - with conditions - to play his scheduled concert stops this weekend in Texas, his doctor said today.

"Dr. Elrod got that the last thing I want to do is cancel shows, but also that I don't want any kind of lasting damage because being able to hit that stage and really rock the fans is important to me," Chesney said. "He told me it's going to hurt and they can give me something to deaden the pain when I get out there."

Chesney will be required to have a doctor at the ready and will tape up his foot before going on stage. He received two shots of morphine in his foot after his show on Saturday.

"Hearing that crowd in Columbia this weekend, they reminded me about the power people's passion for music has," Chesney said about why he didn't stop the show. "You know, the way people respond to songs, that response is every bit as powerful sometimes as the songs themselves."

Chesney played his entire 100-minute set after the accident.

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