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Garth Brooks Will Extend Dive Bar Tour Into 2020

Garth Brooks wrapped his 2019 Dive Bar tour in Philly last night (12/2). After starting with a rousing “All Day Long” and “Rodeo,” he rolled through such favorites as “Standing…

Garth Brooks Will Extend Dive Bar Tour Into 2020
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Garth Brooks wrapped his 2019 Dive Bar tour in Philly last night (12/2).

After starting with a rousing “All Day Long” and “Rodeo,” he rolled through such favorites as “Standing Outside the Fire” and “Friends in Low Places" and covered idols like George Strait and Billy Joel, before closing with “The Dance.” After the show. Garth jumped on Facebook to talk about the experience and announce that the Dive Bar tour will extend to 2020.

He said, “Boston got rescheduled. We don’t have a rescheduled date yet. We might make them…’cause we’re about to announce that the ‘Dive Bar’ Tour – we’re not gonna bring it to an end! We’ve had too much fun. So, we’ll probably announce soon that we’re gonna announce the ‘Dive Bar’ Tour for next year; Boston will be the first one on it, I think, ‘cause that way everybody can just get home for Christmas and everybody be safe. So, we’ll either catch up before Christmas or right after. We’ll figure it out, though.”

Meanwhile, the 2nd part of Garth's A&E Biography "The Road I'm On..." special airs tonight. He offered, “It’s kind of a cry-fest. My apologies. When you cover everything big in your life from your kids to Miss Yearwood to the tour and hangin’ out with these guys. And these guys – some of these guys are in it, as well…just talking about the early days and today, as well.”

Brooks does have one problem with tonight's TV viewing. He said, “Here’s the problem – Part 2 is tomorrow night…but also, The Queen’s Christmas special is tomorrow night, too," referring to the CMA Christmas Special on ABC that his wife Trisha Yearwood hosts.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.