Fans will be glad to know that the country singing phenomenon, Mr. Garth Brooks, is back in the saddle and ready to break some more records. Even through his retirement he sold millions of albums and who knows what is going to happen with his latest plans and tour.
Since 1989 people have been singing along to Garth’s first hit singles, namely The Dance, Much Too Young and If Tomorrow Never Comes. From there he moved from strength to strength and placed his name among legends like Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Garth has released 19 albums during his career and 6 of them have seen diamond status. From 1991 until now he has been the best album selling artist in the USA and he still holds the record. Garth has a way of inspiring his fans and the magnitude just seems to keep growing.
Even though he hinted for several years that he would be retiring, he never really took that step. He always came back with another tour until finally he announced in 2000 that it was time to focus on family. He wanted to wait till his youngest daughter was at least 18 until stepping onto the stage again and so he left the fans with his last record Scarecrow, which was released in November 2001. Given that he only appeared for selected promotional performances, it was expected that the album wouldn’t do as good as the rest. However, he still participated in the charity foundation “Teammates for Kids” he started in 1999 along with numerous other causes.
Since 2005 he slowly started to make his way back into the music business and before announcing that his band will be taking part in a comeback tour, he has been playing at the Encore Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. His performances at the hotel were acoustic and solo, while most of the songs he played came from musicians he looked up to. This was a 5 year contract he signed in 2009 and it allowed him to spend time with his family during the week and only perform on weekends. As it stands the contract has ended and on 10 July 2014 he signed a contract with Sony Music Nashville. He also made it loud and clear that a new album will be coming and that a comeback tour is in the works.
The fans anticipation was overwhelming, because when tickets for the first show in Rosemont, Illinois went on sale Ticketmaster couldn’t handle the traffic. At least 160 000 people were in line to buy tickets, but the system simply couldn’t handle it. Only one show was planned and because Garth loves his fans so much, he added a new show every 30 minutes just to accommodate them. He finally had to stop at 10 shows for Chicago and he broke his personal record for ticket sales in this area.
If this is how the tour started then Mr. Brooks should get ready to add more dates to the other venues as well, because his fans have been waiting a long time to see him again. Get ready to enjoy the Garth Brooks Comeback tour.
