Garth Brooks’ Stage In Ireland Is A ‘Massive Structure’
Now that Garth Brooks has wrapped up his stadium tour in the U.S., he has set his sights on his shows in Ireland. He’s playing five dates — September 9,…
Now that Garth Brooks has wrapped up his stadium tour in the U.S., he has set his sights on his shows in Ireland. He's playing five dates -- September 9, 10, 11, 16, and 17 -- at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland.
Garth said on his weekly Studio G that the stage is already going up, "It's a tradition that [production manager] Brian Petree send me a picture of load-in. I got it this morning. You can just pretty much see the pitch and the first leg goin' up of this massive structure."
He added, "Anybody that's seen a Garth show will not have seen this. I haven't even seen it yet!"
Setting the stage for the tour's finale – which Garth and his team plan to capture on film and record – is no small task, given that it'll take place in one of the three largest stadiums in all of Europe. Brooks said, "How did it get over there? Half of it was by boat. But try to remember that we were hauling a lot of this stuff out of Houston [the tour's final U.S. stop earlier this month]. And then they got some special stuff specially created for it. So a lot of it's being flown over there."
He offered, "It's extremely expensive, but I can tell you this: what does 'Shoeless Joe' says in Field of Dreams? 'I'd have played this game for lunch money.'"
More than 400 thousand people will see Garth over the course of Ireland's five-concert run.
Brooks recently told fans that his stadium headlining days are over at the end of this tour. He said in late July, "I can tell you this – no more Stadium Tours. There won't be a Garth Brooks Stadium Tour again. We might play a stadium on a date or something somewhere to do something with somebody, but I can't imagine there ever being a full-blown tour."
Country music is very much a family affair to fans, and many superstars refer to their fans as "friends," so when a friend is hurting and going through a tough breakup, it's a big deal to the fans.
Being in the music business is not easy on a marriage, and sometimes when a country star and their significant other break up, it is a shock, like this week when Kelsea Ballerini announced that she and husband Morgan Evans were divorcing after nearly five years together as man and wife.
Here, we look at ten of the most shocking country music breakups and divorces in recent years.
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert - Divorced in 2015
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesThis one hit fans hard and was quite the shock when it was announced. It seemed both superstars were doing so well in their lives as their careers skyrocketed. Today both superstars seem very happily married to others.
Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock - Divorced in 2015
Andrew Goodman/Getty ImagesThese two had been married for 26 years when they announced their divorce. Narvel was Reba's manager for years, and he maintained that role for a few months after their split. The rumor mill said from many sources that they split because Narvel was having an affair with one of his wife's friends.
Kelsea Ballerini and Morgan Evans - To divorce in 2022
Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesThese two lovebirds seemed so happy together and so loving when they posed on red carpets. But you never really know what's going on in people's lives.
Carly Pearce and Michael Ray - Divorced in 2020
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThese two were married for only a handful of months before they split. While we don't know what really happened, Carly left many clues in her '29' album, which sings of heartache and a man doing her wrong. Her song "What he Didn't Do" starts with the lines, "Everybody's asking what the hell happened / Wondering why it all went wrong / Mama always said, 'if you can't say something nice /Then don't say anything at all.'"
Shania Twain and Mutt Lange - Divorced in 2010
Robert Mora/Getty ImagesEveryone knows what happened in this divorce because Shania told the media just what occurred. Mutt had an affair with a close friend of hers, and that was the end. In a twist, Twain ended up marrying the husband of her friend, Frédéric Thiébaud, and they married in 2011 and are still together.
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock - Divorced in 2020
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesNo one knows precisely what happened to these two, but it was contentious as Clarkson and Blackstock battled in the courts for property. The couple both reside part-time in Montana, separately, but close enough so the kids can see both parents. At least that's what Kelly told GMA recently after returning from taking the summer off to be with the kids in Montana.
Garth Brooks and Sandy Mahl - Divorced in 2001
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesAlthough Garth and Trisha Yearwood were destined to be together, fans were still shocked when he divorced his first wife and mother of his three daughters. Brooks and Yearwood just recently celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary.
Kenny Chesney and Renee Zellweger - Marriage annulled in 2005
Frederick Brown, Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesThese two stars were married just for a few months before they called it quits. No one really knows why.
