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Garth Brooks stadium tour coming for one Southern California performance

Garth Brooks says fans may see a little 'rust' after time off due to the pandemic, but be ready for lots of live music fun.

LOS ANGELES -- Country music superstar Garth Brooks is about to hit the road again. He's heading here to Southern California to re-start a tour that's been sidelined twice because of the pandemic.

"This is our first time back in probably five or six months so you're going to see the rust. But what's great is our people have always allowed us just to be us, flaws and all, and still make us feel like they love us," said Brooks.

The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour is back in business. It was the best-selling country music tour of 2019, but then it got put on hold two times because of COVID-19.

Garth will return to the stage March 5 at San Diego's Petco Park... the home of The Padres. This is Garth's only West Coast stop on his stadium tour. Back in 1999, Garth did a little spring training with The Padres in Arizona. Now he'll be playing where The Padres play. He'll just be playing music instead.

"And I'm guaranteed, hopefully, if history repeats itself, I'm guaranteed some hits in that stadium. This is going to be fun," said Brooks. "So this is going to go way too late, we'll play way too loud and hopefully it'll just be way too much fun."

When it comes to COVID, Brooks says we're all moving at our own speed through this crisis...and respect is key.

"I'm not going to try to get people vaccinated. I'm going to tell you what I am. I'm vaccinated. I finally got my last child vaccinated. We're all vaccinated. And me and the last child are the only ones who haven't had the booster yet. So I'm waiting. So her time, whenever her time comes up, we're going to go in together. And the way I got her to do the booster? She's going to give me mine!" said Brooks. "So, this--you bargain. You do whatever you can to take care of your babies. When it comes to masks, I don't understand why too safe is not OK. Let's just be too safe right now, man."

Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 14. All seats are $95.

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Garth Brooks, full name Troyal Garth Brooks, is an American country singer and songwriter born in Tulsa in the state of Oklahoma, USA.

Brooks was born on 7 February 1962. His mother was a successful country singer and Brooks was musical from a young age, playing a number of instruments as a child. Today, he is an enormously successful country singer. His popularity was particularly big during the 90s, when he broke record figures for numbers of sales and for concert attendance. To date, his album sales exceed 68 million. He has become a legend in his own right, alongside the likes of musical icons such as Elvis Presley and the Beatles. For instance, according to RIAA he is the second best-selling solo albums artist in the USA of all time behind Elvis Presley (and overall holds third place behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley). Overall, he has sold over 190 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time.

Brooks has released six albums that have achieved diamond status in the United States: ‘Garth Brooks’ , ‘No Fences’ , ‘Ropin' the Wind’, ‘The Hits’ , ‘Sevens’ and ‘Double Live’ which was his most successful, going platinum an incredible 21 times. Some of his most famous songs include the timeless hit ‘To Make You Feel My Love’ , ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’, ‘Friends in Low Places’ and ‘The River’.

Brooks has also won an incredible amount of highly prestigious awards during his time, from his two Grammy Awards to his 17 American Music Awards. On 21 October, 2012, Brooks was awarded the incredible honour of being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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My daughter is pretty opened minded about music. She really has no choice with me as her father. That didn’t stop her from informing me that she finds country music to be boring though. There was a part of me that wanted to convince her otherwise, but then I remembered how I felt about country music when I was a little kid. I found it to be boring as well. My grandfather was a cowboy and I just didn’t get his music. My dad listened to everything on the radio, but whenever he put the country station on, I would tune out. Country music just isn’t for kids. How could it be? Good country music is about life experiences — the kind of experiences that the average American kid shouldn’t know anything about. It wasn’t until my teenage years that I began to relate to the stories those old cowboys were telling. I didn’t appreciate the art of country until I was able to listen to a song like “The Dance” and realize it wasn’t about dancing at all.

The loss of innocence can be a sad thing, but gaining real-world knowledge and maturity is also something to celebrate. My country music awakening coincided with the rise of Garth Brooks. My parents had just gotten a divorce and I was living with my dad. He played a lot of Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks during that time. I got sucked in. It was perfect timing too, because all of a sudden country music was cool. Everyone I knew had the No Fences CD – even those who were only listening to rap or metal a few months earlier. My love of mainstream country didn’t last very long, and I know a lot of those artists are to blame for the faux country that followed in their footsteps, but there will always be a place in my life for those songs of the early nineties.

“A melody can bring back a memory

Take you to another place in time

Completely change your state of mind”

Clint Black wrote those lyrics. I can still hear him singing them even though I haven’t listened to that song in two decades. That simple chorus sums up why I love music so much. Those three simple lines explain it all. It’s those melodies and memories that drove me to buy Garth Brooks tickets so many years after his importance in my life had faded. It’s those melodies and memories that kept him alive in the hearts and minds of so many fans while he stepped away from the limelight to focus on his family for an extended period of time. And it’s those melodies and memories that allowed him to sell out a record-breaking nine shows at the Pepsi Center over the past week.

There are times when I am a music snob. There are times when I miss sharing that collective love for a song like “Shameless”, or an album like Ropin’ the Wind. That’s why the experience at the Pepsi Center was so uplifting. The arena was filled with real people. There were those who were living the American Dream. There were those who were still struggling to achieve it. And there were those who didn’t even believe in it anymore. “If Tomorrow Never Comes” and “The River” are songs that transcend money and class and (even though it was a predominately white crowd) race. Garth could have performed a couple stadium shows and charged hundreds of dollars for each ticket, making it an ‘elite-only’ type of show, but he wasn’t afraid of working a little harder to make his money if it meant that ALL of his fans were able to attend. I sat next to people who have expense accounts and go to ton of events every year. I sat next to a mother and daughter who don’t go to many shows at all. I sat next to a boy who just got back from Iraq and I sat in front of four generations of women who sang along with every song. Every one of those people were just as important to the full experience as any of the musicians on the stage were.

When performing nine shows over six nights, there has to be structure. So it was that each night followed a script, with just enough improvisation to keep things interesting for those who attended more than one show. Each night started out with a countdown, a silhouette of the man himself, and a big entrance to “Man Against Machine”. After that industrial title track from the new album, it was nothing but hits. “Rodeo”, “Two of a Kind”, “The (sing-along with lighters and phones in the air) River”, “The Beaches of (everyone from Wyoming go crazy) Cheyenne”, “Two Piña Coladas”, “Papa Loved Mama”, “Ain’t Goin’ Down”, “Unanswered Prayers” and the version of “The Thunder Rolls” where she kills him in the end. The stage banter during that part of the show revolved around ‘playing the old stuff’, ‘being too old and needing the audience to help’, and the orchestration of the crowd into his own instrument. It was a run of songs that transported everyone back to a time long gone.

The second new track came in the form of “People Loving People”, which was prefaced by a speech about how depressing the news is today. Then he brought his wife out for a duet. They sang “In Another’s Eyes” to each other as they crossed the stage and then Garth took a well-deserved break while Trisha Yearwood took her spot in the light. “XXXs and OOOs” soundtracked clips from her cooking show before “How Do I Live” covered the sounds of people sobbing. “PrizeFighter” was dedicated to breast cancer awareness most nights, but after getting sick a few days in, she augmented that song with “Georgia Rain”, and on one special occasion, an acoustic rendition of “Walkway Joe” with her husband on guitar. She always ended her set with “She’s in Love With the Boy” though, while people all over the arena kissed each other on the big screen.

The next mini-set held its own against the beginning of the show. This included Garth’s favorite song to perform, “Callin’ Baton Rouge”, and his favorite song overall, “The Dance”, as well as “Shameless” and the kiss-my-ass version of “Friends in Low Places”. You really couldn’t ask for a better closing. This was one part of the show that was just too perfect to edit, so it was the same every night. The first encore was always “The Fever” as well. The elaborate, egg-shaped drum cage began to rise and morph, members of the band were lifted into the air, and Garth continued to ran around like a maniac…pulling energy from the crowd in order to keep everything fresh and full of life for every show.

The second encore is where Garth got a little creative with the setlist. Each night ended with “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” and “Standing Outside the Fire”, but he also liked to pepper the performance with other selections to make each night unique. I really enjoyed his covers of “Night Moves” and “Amarillo By Morning”, but when he sang “Mom” directly to a mother and daughter who were sitting behind the stage, it was hard not to get emotional. The daughter was holding a sign pointing at her mom that said “The Last Time We Were All Here, I Was In Her Tummy –>”. The fact that he took the time to ask their names, and sing that particular song, just goes to show what a good guy (and aware performer) Garth Brooks really is. One night he thanked the audience and God for allowing him to take time off to take care for his own babies, but then be able to come back. Maybe it’s all an act, but the guy seems seriously humbled by his fans and their love for his songs. I don’t have much invested in that song “Mom” and I don’t know if it will ever invoke strong emotions in me, but I know it will for Stacie and Jessica. That mother and daughter will never forgot that moment or that song. That melody will always bring back that memory for them.

There were around 18,000 of us in the arena for each performance. We were all there together and it was amazing. But once the songs started, only our collective voices were present. We all went different places as we sang along with each other…

“And now I’m glad I didn’t know

The way it all would end, the way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I’d have had to miss the dance”

As we danced in the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, our minds converted those melodies to memories, and those memories took us back to a time and place where things were good…and bad…and beautiful…and ugly…and sad…and different. They took us back to a place we wouldn’t change if we could, because it led us to the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado — with our wives, our husbands, our mothers and our fathers, our children and their children, our friends and their friends…and our memories…and Garth Brooks…and his melodies.

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there are 3 artists that i wanted my kids to see they loved Prince and liked Michael and Garth. had tickets to Prince concert it was 3 weeks after he died my kids had gotten them for my bday which was weekend he passed. I was lucky as hell back when MTV was real music tv and ewas cool not the piece crap it is now when they had contests and shit. I lived in Gillette wyoming and was dating a girl who was friends with this chick from Sheridan and was lucky as hell won contest to have Prince come to her town for the release of Purple Rain and i got to go with the chick i was sleeping with. (i was totally fixing blow her off the day i heard on tv and she called and told me i was going with her) went to sheridan and met him he wasnt as reclusive then as in later years and he was there meet people but he didnt talk to many when Jesse Johnson introduced us he told Prince I was totally a brother somehow trapped in white mans body. he spent atleast 20 minutes there with us and Morris jopined us. I told Prince he was my Idol clear back then and he was interested in how in redneck country i heard his earlier albums told him my brother was black and gaved me all his albums. we had little clique there of 6 guys we called ourseklves the time and had our own names and told him and Morris and they were like maybe everyone in wyoming were hicks. so i totally wanted my kids see him and i never got to see Michael so wanted us go together but Garth believe it or not with No Fences he was his first tour with the Judds and my band Steelwheel had released our album 8 months before Garth and we were Opening for Judds on a 24 date cebtral and northwestern U.S. leg of their tour and Garth opened for us and watching him which i did more every concert so much so few times i had to get help setting up and tuning my set. he was so freaking awesome even back then i told him after 2 nd week that he wouldnt be opening for anyone very long he would be the main artists on his next tour and he was so humble he was like i dont think it be that soon maybe 4th album and i told him he was the first performer i had seen in longtime (told him my goddfather Alice Cooper only one i knew put on a show and thatr he was giving him competiton)tghat cared about the fans and did his best to make everyone feel like they had seen a show and that he did with a much smaller space than shoulda been possible. and he said thanks and that if he did make it big that i would always have tickets to his show and that i just needed to tell whoever was at door that hoss was here with message from his (mom but had to tell them her middle name which i wont say he outa respect but i seen him 4 times after first was his first headling concert and true to his word he had Betty come get me and i was backstage at the 4 concerts and twice in vegas. and my son is a Beatles and hip hop fan but Garth one his favorites and daughter is AC/DC and metal fan but same with Garth and they both loved Prince and we missed Michael and have tickets to the concert Prince was going to do 3 weeks after he died in Minneappolis but i have not gotten them to the Last True Pwerformer of Modern age Garth and i will do whatever it takes to make sure they see him before anything happens to any of us. told them there was Michael , Prince. George, Johnny Merle and Waylon and Garth that were true artists and were Heaven sent to make us happy and of all my heroes Garth last one alive and i will get my kids to see his show cause he puts on a show that even Alice has to take second to and theres never been anyone or never will there be again like him . He and Prince were and are i swear on all i believe are true angels from heaven and God missed Prince and sooner or later hesgonna want his other angel back.

Not a fan of country music but love the awesome, wild and completely entertaining energy of a live concert? Then Garth Brooks is for you! I've been to many concerts in my day and continue to enjoy concerts from specific artists (Jake Bugg, Billy, Joel, Elton John, and Lady Gaga to name a few), but I must admit the most energetic, over-the-top entertaining and awesomely fun concerts I ever had the opportunity to attend were Garth Brooks extravaganzas! To call anything Garth Brooks and his team do anything less than an extravaganza or lifetime adventure simply dose not do it justice. In the early 1990's throughout the 2000's, Garth Brooks and his music were on fire. Garth sold CDs like candy and kept his music and concerts reasonably priced so the masses could enjoy him without filing for bankruptcy. To this day, I relive many of Garth's live events through DVDs (my all time favorite music video is Garth's first "body surf" in Dublin while singing The River)! In 2012, Garth Brooks and his wife Trish Yearwood set up a special and very unique event in Las Vegas. It was a more personal experience with basically just a charismatic, gifted man on the stage and his guitar. The show, in my opinion, was equivalent to a live version of "Garth Unplugged" that air on many of today's music channels. In summary, you must see Garth in concert to believe and feel what I'm attempting to put into words. His energy is contagious, his music is exciting and he always manages to surprise us all with his genius level talent. You can't blame it all on my roots because I'm a city boy at heart but when it comes to country, Garth Brooks is 220 (second to none)!

Definition of EPIC: "telling a story about a hero, exciting events or adventure."

Seeing Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood in concert definitely fits the word 'EPIC'!

The concert opened with Brett Kissel playing some songs on his' guitar and he is one class act! This was followed by the talented singer/songwriter Karyn Rochelle. Both Brett and Karyn helped get the eager crowd warmed up, that is for sure!

When Garth came on stage the crowd exploded! He played so many of our old favourites and all ages cheered and sang along-even those younger than some of his' songs!

Trisha Yearwood came on partway through Garth's set and was fabulous! The emotion when she sang "Broken" was felt by everyone!

I was so fortunate to be able to meet Garth and Trisha before the show and they were so down to earth. They sat,chatted with us and made us feel like meeting us was just as important to them.

The concert was amazing from beginning to end and I think Canada gave Garth and Trisha an enthusiastically 'Canadian, eh' welcome!

Attending A Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood concert was truly an EPIC moment in my life I will never forget!!

Garth Brooks is for sure one of the most incredible Music Artists ever! His drive and love to entertain and care for his fans is beyond anything I have ever experienced. Last night's 2nd show was nothing less than Amazing and by the end of the show, at about 2:30 in the morning, we were all still left wanting more. Garth's love and chemistry for his wife and fellow entertainer, Trisha Yearwood, added a family fun experience that really completed the evening for us all. With their combined band members that have been with one or the other of them for at least 19 years to 24 years, the Valley View Casino Center was transformed into a Rockin' Country Music Emporium. I can wish they do another tour in another year. I have never Enjoyed a concert more! It was completely excellent!!!

Garth Brooks was amazing! I elected to attend the second show of the night which was delayed about an hour due to the delay of the people attending the first show exiting the venue. The concert was 2.5 hours long. Garth and his band's energy is incredible especially when they do two shows a night. Trisha Yearwood's appearance was special. She has such an amazing voice and just is fun to watch. She interacts very well with the audience. Garth and Trisha are a dynamo duo. If you have never seen Garth in concert, you owe it to yourself to attend. This concert was my first Garth Brooks' concert and I now understand what everyone talks about when talking about Garth's shows. He is a true entertainer.

This is not necessarily a review of Garth’s performance as much as it is a review of the venue. The sound quality inside U.S. Bank Stadium was not the best. I think an outdoor venue, or at least a venue with an open roof, would have been a better choice. I am fully aware that the venue was not made for concerts, but if concert planners are going to start using football stadiums as concert venues, then the sound quality should be considered before booking events, in my opinion. Garth himself was wonderful!

Anticipation ran high in Canada’s Capital since it was announced that the best selling solo artist in US history, Garth Brooks, would be making his return to the city for the first time in 19 years this past January. The wait came to an end on Friday as thousands of fans descended on the Canadian Tire Centre for the first of 4 shows.

My full review of Garth Brooks opening night in Ottawa: http://www.soundcheckentertainment.ca/fans-eager-welcome-garth-brooks-back-ottawa-19-year-absence/

I’ve seen Garth twice before the HLSR show last night. Once when he was an opening act and second just after Friends in Low Places came out. Both of those shows were great, but last nights show was different. Garth seemed like a little kid enjoying every moment. I was working the show for CSC and watching our guest face and reactions were priceless. All I can say is WELCOME BACK GARTH. Oh one more thing, wanna know where was Ty England? I missed him last night.

The concert was totally Awesome! Only a very few artist and their music can relate to all ages. And Garth Brooks in my opinion is the best. I noticed at the concert, young and old, black and white all enjoyed the most energectic, diverse, where old and new were appreciated by all.

In my opinion Garth Brooks has always had the best concerts. It us important to him that people get their monies worth.

If you have not seen one of his concerts, it is must.

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Garth brooks set for four shows in los angeles.

Posted by Buddy Iahn | May 19, 2017

Garth Brooks is set for four shows in Los Angeles, CA at the Forum Presented by CHASE and tickets are still selling! Good selections are still available for Friday, July 21st at 7 pm, Saturday, July 22nd at 7:30 pm and Friday, July 28th at 7 pm.

The tour is presented by Amazon Music Unlimited. It is the first time Brooks has played the Forum in 21 years. This is the last show on the world tour for California, Nevada and Arizona.

The four concerts will be:

Friday, July 21st 7 pm Saturday, July 22nd 7:30 pm Friday, July 28th 7 pm Saturday, July 29th 7:30 pm

There is an eight ticket limit per purchase. Tickets can only be purchased at ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks  or either Ticketmaster Express 1-866-448-7849 or 1-800-745-3000.

Tickets cost $62.84 plus a $.89 tax, a $5 facility fee and a $6.25 service charge for a total of $74.98. All seats sold are best available.

Brooks is nearing the end of the North American leg of his world tour with Trisha Yearwood. Last week Brooks announced a single show for Los Angeles for July 29th with the caption, “Countdown to the END of the North American tour begins!” on social media. Brooks has previously stated that LA, along with Kansas City (which Brooks just wrapped a series of shows two weeks ago), Oklahoma City and Nashville, would be among the last North American cities on the tour. These were the cities he performed charities shows during his retirement before the tour started in 2014.

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Garth Brooks On Performing At Notre Dame Stadium: 'One Of The Best Nights Of My Life'

November 29, 2018 / 7:00 AM PST / KCAL News

History was made on Saturday, October 20th inside Notre Dame's iconic Notre Dame Stadium when Garth Brooks performed the first ever live stand alone concert in the venue's storied history. This Sunday, December 2nd, CBS will broadcast that show at 8:00 PM ET/PT for fans from all over the country to enjoy!

CBS Local's Matt Weiss spoke to Brooks earlier this week to discuss his experience at Notre Dame, country music fans and his part in helping the Fighting Irish complete a perfect regular season.

MW- Hi Garth, how are you today?

GB- I'm doing well Matt, how about you?

MW- All's good here my man! I want to start by saying congratulations on being the first ever concert inside Notre Dame Stadium. What does that mean to you that you'll always be the first?

GB- I tell you what, to get the call to be the first concert ever in iconic Notre Dame Stadium was a blessing and a cure. First of all I was flattered and humbled and I couldn't say yes fast enough. Then I was just so scared. Scared nobody was going to show up, scared of if they did show up because this is THE place. It was fun, Notre Dame made me feel at home as much as they could but the truth is when the rubber meets the road I just totally forgot about everything but the music. The crowd really responded, they were fantastic and it was one of the best nights of my life.

MW- What a year to be at Notre Dame as well with the football team going undefeated in the regular season.

GB- Matt, I'm taking credit for that [laughs]!

MW- Maybe they should make this a yearly thing, bring you back every season!

GB- You know what, I'm not going to push my luck on that [laughs]. I'm going to get out while the gettings good. They're such good people there. You can joke about this stuff all day long but they're such nice people and something magical is happening inside those walls. I say it about the Ryman in Nashville and I'll say it about Notre Dame Stadium - when you walk out there there's something underneath your feet. There's something going on there and it works well for a concert.

MW- You mentioned the Ryman and Nashville which speaks to a bigger point that you as a country artist were the first to perform at Notre Dame. What does that say about the genre as a whole that country music was the first to be played live within those walls?

GB- This isn't a statement of humbleness, it's a statement of honesty - I think the reason why they picked Garth Brooks to be the first artist to play there was because of the crowds that come see us. We're blessed to have the coolest crowds on the planet. The crowds are genuine, they're sincere, they're very loving and Notre Dame knows that they're full of respect.

Notre Dame knew that their stadium was going to be in as good, if not better shape, as when the people came in. I truly think that's why we got the call because of the people who come see us and I couldn't agree more with that idea.

MW- I'm a big country music fan myself and it is such a unique environment. The vast majority of people going to a show are in a good mood and just want to be happy and have a good time.

GB- Amen! That's what country music is. We do a handshake before every show and usually the speech is talking something about the fact that the people who come to see us work their butts off, they take their kids to school, they work hard for their money. We owe it to them to give them three hours where they don't have to think about anything. I can just sing and they can escape anything that they came there to escape. That's the fun part of getting to play for a country music audience.

MW- Another bonus for this show is not only do you have the audience in attendance but the show will also be aired December 2nd on CBS. A whole bunch of folks across the country are going to be able to tune in and experience the fun. How did this partnership with CBS come about and what was that process like?

GB- Well the concert was already at Notre Dame, that's enough pressure right there, and then CBS calls and asks if I wanted to film this thing and show it to the world. That really doubled the pressure. The truth is I went and handed it out to the people. I got on stage and told the crowd there was 85,000 people there that night and there was going to be millions of people watching it, how are you going to represent? And man, did they show up! It was phenomenal.

You're going to see a lot of my face on the special but what's going to steal your heart are those people in the crowd.

MW- I can't wait to see it all on December 2nd and I'm definitely going to make it out to see you in person one of these days. Thanks for talking to me today Garth and all the best to you!

GB- I would like that, Matt. Thank you and happy holidays to you!

Catch Garth: Live At Notre Dame! this Sunday at 8:00 PM ET/PT, only on CBS. Check your local listings more information.

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Concert Review: Garth Brooks Charms Forum Crowd With L.A. Traffic Jokes, Onstage Baby Christening

By Craig Modderno

Craig Modderno

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Garth Brooks  had a mission when he took the stage at the Forum on Friday night, his first of four concerts to be held at the venue: to prove Los Angeles was a country music friendly town.

Already the biggest-selling solo artist of all-time, and currently completing the third year of his tour with wife Trisha Yearwood, it had been 21 years since he last played the iconic arena — not counting a television special he taped there during the nineties — and he wanted to make this memory last. Not just for himself, but for the thousands in attendance happily crossing off “Garth at the Forum” from their bucket list.

After a short, spirited opening set by singer-songwriter Mitch Rossell, followed by a well-received, more energetic performance by Karyn Rochelle, Brooks arose from a stage sphere surrounding drummer Mike Palmer and immediately took charge. His rousing version of “Baby Let’s Lay Down And Dance” flowed into “Rodeo” then “Two Of A Kind,Working On A Full House.” By the time Brooks next introduced his self-described first old cowboy song, “The Beaches  Of Cheyanne,” it was clear the L.A. welcome was genuine. To wit: at no time during his and Yearwood’s performance did either have to ask the enthusiastic crowd to sing along.

Brooks looked bemused during “The River,”not to be confused with the Bruce Springsteen or Joni Mitchell song, as the room filled with the lights of cell phones. He also appeared surprised that more women were wearing cowboy hats than men. But like the musical manipulator he is, Brooks segued seamlessly into his bar anthem, “Two Pina Coladas,”and the audience raised their drinks in salute. If ever there was a mash-up that needed to made, it would be Brooks crossed with Jimmy Buffett.

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Two  upbeat songs later, Brooks sang his first ballad,  the poignant “Unanswered Prayers,” and the moment became heavy with emotion, intensified by a chorus of stellar background vocalists (Robert Bailey, Vicki Hampton and opener Rochelle) along with his excellent longtime band.

What’s special about Brooks’ music in part is how it’s not traditional country. There’s no twang or a romantic pity party theme in his songs. If anything, performances of “That Summer” and the anthemic “Friends In Low Places” showed Brooks’ sensibility to be that rare hybrid of pop and traditional country influences. (When the extremely affable entertainer was growing up in rural Oklahoma, his favorite musicians were Kiss and James Taylor.)

Brooks appeared to challenge himself when he introduced his biggest hit, “The Thunder Rolls” as, “The song I don’t want to mess up because a lot of you went through a lot of slow traffic just to hear this one song.” What followed was a a visual spectacular and one of Brooks’ strongest vocals. Brooks stalked the stage like Mick Jagger and played the guitar with the intensity of Keith Richards as if both were trading licks on “Midnight Rambler.” (The ten-disc Garth Brooks Collection, which includes his new album “Gunslinger,” has one disc devoted to covers of pop classics written by Billy Joel, Bob Seger and Elton John, among others.)

Then, in a perfectly paced moment, Yearwood debuted on stage, while her husband retreated for five songs. Yearwood’s winning personality, considerable vocal skills and evident joy at being there resulted in the crowd instantly embracing her. When Brooks returned for a duet with Yearwood, the ballad “In Another’s Eyes,” their chemistry was electric. (Before the end of the show, both performers would comment — without rancor — on L.A. being perceived as anti-country.)

The moment when Brooks’ charm hit its apex came when he saw a young couple holding up a handmade sign and brought them to the side of the stage. The pregnant woman handed him a sealed envelope containing the sex of her future child, then explained that, regardless of its gender, Brooks would be its name. Brooks, himself a father of three girls, opened the envelope and the audience applauded at the future arrival of a baby girl. Brooks said if he was still alive when the baby entered college he would pay for her education. As many members of the audience were stunned, perhaps thinking of their own outstanding student loans, Brooks cracked that, at his age of 84 (he’s actually 55), the child better grow up fast to get her reward.

For the encore portion of what clocked in as a 135-minute, 30-song show — Brooks again invited the audience to participate. As fans in the crowd held up signs bearing various song titles, he played snippets of the request on acoustic guitar, including Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried,” and the popular “The Change” and “Ireland.” He closed out the night with a solid rocker, “Standing Outside The Fire” — and not the kind you sit in at the age of 84.

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Garth Brooks Adds Los Angeles Show to Tour

Garth Brooks is headed for Los Angeles for a concert in July.

The country megastar and wife Trisha Yearwood are set to perform at the Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 29, as part of their massive ongoing world tour. The L.A. gig will be the final show of the tour for California, Nevada and Arizona, according to a press release issued Wednesday (April 10).

Tickets for the Garth Brooks show in Los Angeles will go on sale on May 19 at 10AM PDT, with an eight-ticket limit per purchase. Seats will be available exclusively via Ticketmaster online or by calling Ticketmaster Express at 1-866-448-7849 or 1-800-745-3000. There will be no ticket sales at the venue box office or Ticketmaster outlets on May 19. All seats will cost a total of $74.98.

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Brooks and Yearwood are nearing the end of the three-year tour, which kicked off at the end of 2014 in conjunction with the release of Man Against Machine , Brooks' first studio album in a decade. The tour launch marked his return to the road after a long period of semi-retirement while he raised his kids, and it has been extremely successful, often selling out multiple nights in each city.

He and Yearwood plan to take the tour overseas after wrapping up the North American leg in 2017 with a final show in Nashville. The date and details for that concert are to be announced.

Brooks released his latest studio album, Gunslinger , in November of 2016. The first single from the album, “ Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance ,” reached No. 15 on Billboard ‘s U.S. Country Airplay Chart. Brooks' latest single is “ Ask Me How I Know ."

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Bullying over weight drove Jelly Roll offline, wife Bunnie XO says: ‘It hurts him’

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“It hurts him.”

That’s what Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, says in a promo clip for this week’s episode of “Dumb Blonde.” In text overlaid on the clip, she promised: “This week I go off on the podcast.. def going to ruffle some feathers & I didn’t stutter.”

She’s about to “go off” about bullying, apparently.

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“My husband got off the internet because he was so tired of being bullied about his f— weight,” she said. “And, like, that makes me want to cry, because he is the sweetest angel baby.”

She noted that “the internet” can say whatever it wants about a person and then say, “Well, you’re a celebrity, you’re supposed to be able to handle it. Well no the f— we’re not.”

“I’m sorry, I’m gonna stand up for all the underdogs,” Bunnie said. “You’re never gonna bully me. You’re never gonna lie about me or my family. I will fight to the end.”

Jelly Roll, a self-proclaimed “extrovert by nature” who was the Country Music Assn.’s new artist of the year in 2023, is the man behind hits including “Need a Favor” and “Save Me.” The performer born Jason DeFord has been with Alyssa DeFord, a.k.a. Bunnie XO, since they met at one of his shows in 2015. The couple married in 2016.

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“My husband doesn’t show it to you guys, but I’m gonna have a very vulnerable moment here,” she said in the clip. “It hurts him.”

Jelly Roll had mentioned his weight and hinted at the sting of comments about it in a 2023 interview with The Times, where he talked about the reasons Nashville insiders initially said no to him when he was trying to break into the country music scene.

“They said there’s no way that country radio would play an artist with face tattoos. They said I should go by Jason DeFord, as though the town needs another Jason. Somebody told me I was too fat to be relatable. They said it a little nicer. Not much — I mean, it’s hard to say that nice.”

That said, the 39-year-old told People earlier this month that he was working on fitness, was down about “70-something pounds” already and planned to lose an additional 100 pounds or more.

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“I’m doing two to three miles a day, four to six days a week,” he said about training for an upcoming 5K. “I’m doing 20 to 30 minutes in the sauna, six minutes in a cold plunge every day. I’m eating healthy right now.”

He added, “If I feel this good down this weight, man, I can only imagine what I’m going to feel like by the time I go on tour.”

Jelly Roll’s Beautifully Broken Tour of the United States starts Wednesday in Detroit with Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay opening. He’s scheduled to play Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sept. 6 and the Honda Center in Anaheim on Sept. 7.

In the meantime, the new episode of “Dumb Blonde” comes out Wednesday via various podcast platforms.

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Christie D’Zurilla is an assistant editor for entertainment news on the Fast Break team. A graduate of USC, she joined the Los Angeles Times in 2003 as a copy editor, started writing about celebrities in 2009 and has more than 34 years of journalism experience in Southern California.

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Garth Brooks is Set For Houston NRG Stadium Saturday, August 6, 7 p.m. - Last Stadium Tour Date in North America - On Sale Friday, June 24, 10 a.m. CT

First tour stop in houston in over 7 years and the first time the tour has played nrg stadium.

LOS ANGELES- June 15, 2022-  Garth Brooks is set for Houston, Texas, and it will be the last stadium tour date in North America. The concert will be Saturday, August 6, at 7 p.m. at NRG Stadium. This will be Garth's first Houston tour stop in over seven years and the first time the tour has played NRG Stadium. Tickets will be on sale Friday, June 24, at 10 a.m. CT. The concert will feature in-the-round seating. There will be an eight-ticket limit per purchase.  There are only three ways to purchase tickets: at ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks ; on the Garth Brooks line at Ticketmaster, 1-877-654-2784; or through the Ticketmaster app on your mobile phone. Please note there will be no ticket sales at the venue box office on Friday, June 24. Tickets will cost $98.95, all inclusive. The tour abides by all state and venue Covid rules. *PURCHASER ASSUMES COVID RISK

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