“If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I’d like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.” –Garth Brooks
The fastest selling solo artist in music history, Garth Brooks has sold in excess of 100 million albums in just 10 years, now topping 117 million. His body of work propelled country music as a genre to the front pages of newspapers worldwide and the covers of magazines, to the point where Forbes declared on its cover, “Country Conquers Rock.” and featured Garth in a major music piece. And, he accomplished it without ever releasing a song to pop radio. The key to his record-setting success lies within the personality and talent of Garth Brooks. It has been said that through the 1990s, Garth’s only real competition was himself. He brought daring individualism and a love of music, ranging from working class blues and honky tonk to bluegrass and arena rock, to the musical table. And he had the talent to serve it up with class. His easy-going, approachable charisma was matched only by his fearless willingness to take chances and step outside the lines. He has had an unprecedented run so far, and opened the doors for many more country artists to follow.
After the release of Scarecrow
Retirement for Brooks seems to just mean “take it at a normal star’s pace”. He spends more time with family now, but still managed to get involved in screenwriting, new album releases, and televised concert specials. In 2009 Garth resurfaced in the limelight to play a limited residency at the fabulous Wynn hotel in Las Vegas, to high critical acclaim.
Every once in a while rumors of a full Garth Brooks tour resurface, and boy does he have fans waiting with baited breath for the official announcement! The latest word around the campfire is that Garth will be launching a world tour in 2014 with his wife Trisha Yearwood, although we have yet to hear any confirmation from his camp. The last few years has found Garth working weekends at a residency in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel and Casino, however in November hotel developer Steve Wynn let it slip in an interview recently that Brooks has some big plans for 2014. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Brooks will perform his first world tour in 16 years that year. News of the upcoming gig came out when Wynn mentioned publicly that Brooks is “itching to get started on a world tour.”
We have confirmed that Garth is currently shopping songs for a new “comeback” album.
“You talk about songwriters, the great ones can birth a career, but the greatest ones can bring life back into one,” Brooks notes. “So we’ll be looking hard for songs just to see what the future might hold for us.”
In the meantime you can catch Garth at the Wynn, or at George Jones farewell concert in November at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
CBS will air a live portion from Garth Brooks‘ one-man show at the Wynn in Las Vegas on November 29th, and we anticipate this broadcast to bring us the first big tour confirmation for 2014