Thirty years ago, Garth Brooks launched what would become the largest concert tour on the planet. Now, he is bringing it all back.
Fresh off a history-making, sold-out performance at London’s Hyde Park, Garth Brooks today announces the Blame It All On My Roots Tour — a full-scale return to the arenas that made him a legend, headlined by the comeback of the iconic Drum Pod that changed live music forever. The tour kicks off with back-to-back nights in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 21 and 22 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
In 1996, the Drum Pod tour redefined what a live show could be, and what it could leave behind. The recording captured from those nights became Double Live, now certified 25 million by the RIAA and the biggest-selling live album in the history of recorded music. That same groundbreaking tour delivered back-to-back CMA Entertainer of the Year Awards and two Artist of the Decade honors. Thirty years later, the Drum Pod returns, and with it, the retro arena era begins again.
“Going back into the arenas is about putting the stadium show in a box,” says Brooks. “The excitement gets multiplied by the intimacy. Every seat is a great seat. This is personal.”
Garth is not just performing; he is recording. The Blame It All On My Roots Tour will serve as the foundation for Killer Live, a groundbreaking new approach to live recording that continues Brooks’s tradition of capturing history in real time. 1990s country is having its moment, and no one defined that era more completely than Garth Brooks. Now, he is bringing every hit he has ever made back to the rooms where it all started.
General on-sale begins Friday, July 17 at 10 am ET at www.ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks or through the Ticketmaster App. All tickets are priced at $154.00 ($140 ticket price + $4.00 Facility Fee + $10.00 Service Charge) plus applicable taxes — every seat in the house, one fair price.
The show features both end-stage and in-the-round seating, with all seats reserved. There are no pre-sales or advance box office sales. All tickets go on sale simultaneously. There is an eight-ticket limit per purchase. Sign in to your Ticketmaster account (or create one) ahead of the on-sale to be ready when tickets go live.
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ABOUT GARTH BROOKS:
Garth Brooks is synonymous with groundbreaking, history-making, and barrier-shattering. Throughout his career, he has constantly challenged preconceptions and limitations while bringing his music to a worldwide audience.
He is the biggest selling artist in U.S. history as the first and only artist to pass 200M albums sold. Brooks is also the first and only artist to receive ten RIAA Diamond Awards for ten albums certified at over 10 million. According to the RIAA, Double Live is the biggest-selling live album and the top-selling country album in the U.S. Double Live, No Fences, Ropin’ the Wind, and Triple Live are four of the top five best-selling country albums of all time. Brooks has 20 Billboard #1 singles to his credit and was the first artist to garner top-5 singles at country radio in five consecutive decades–the ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s, and ’20s.
On the concert stage, everywhere from dive bars and county fairs to arenas, stadiums, and Vegas theaters, Brooks has shattered attendance records since his first tour. On August 7, 1997, Brooks drew the largest crowd ever to attend a concert in New York’s Central Park.
Brooks has been awarded virtually every accolade an entertainer can receive, including the Kennedy Center Honors and the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He is the only seven-time recipient of the CMA Entertainer of the Year award. He was named ACM Artist of the Decade for the 1990s and Pollstar’s Country Touring Artist of the Decade in 2021. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, the Pollstar LIVE Hall of Fame, and the Grand Ole Opry. He has received 2 GRAMMY® Awards, 17 American Music Awards, and 12 People’s Choice Awards.