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Garth Brooks’ fans pack Protective Stadium for Birmingham concert
Country fans were out in force on Saturday, watching Garth Brooks perform the first concert at Protective Stadium in Birmingham.
More than 45,000 people gathered at the new stadium downtown, many of them wearing boots, cowboy hats or Garth T-shirts in homage to the star on stage. The 7 p.m. show, with opening act Mitch Rossell, was part of a stadium tour designed to delight Brooks aficionados with high-energy performances and lots of radio hits.
“I’ll put our crowd up against anybody — loud-wise, listening-wise, sincerity,” Brooks said on Friday during an interview with reporters at the stadium. “Our goal is to have them leave the stadium loving each other more than when they came in.”
Mission accomplished, it seemed, audience members cheered, waved lighted cell phones and sang along to “The Dance,” “Friends in Low Places,” “Two Pina Coladas,” “Callin’ Baton Rouge,” “Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House” and more. Brooks performed for about two-and-a-half hours with his band, displaying ample sweat equity on stage.
The concert, which lasted until about 10:45 p.m., was recorded as fodder for a live album, Brooks said.
“My favorite time in Alabama has been right now, tonight!” Brooks said, prompting massive applause from ticketholders.
Brooks, 60, is a favorite in Birmingham, with a history of performances that stretches back to 1992, during a tour for his “Ropin’ the Wind” album. He’s played here several times over the years, most recently doing multiple dates in 2015 at the Legacy Arena at the BJCC.
The stadium crowd on Saturday was the largest ever for Brooks in Birmingham – in one place, at one time.
See photos from the concert in the gallery at the top of this post and look for a full recap of Brooks’ stadium show on Sunday at AL.com.
Garth Brooks cancels tour dates due to COVID surge
Country star Garth Brooks performs in Washington on March 4, 2020. Brooks is canceling his tour dates in five cities, citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases. He will cancel his planned next shows in Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts and Tennessee. (Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Garth Brooks is canceling his remaining stadium tour dates in five cities due to rising COVID-19 cases.
Brooks had said weeks ago that he would be reassessing the tour in light of the surge in cases. Tickets will be refunded for shows scheduled in Cincinnati; Charlotte, North Carolina; Baltimore; Foxborough, Massachusetts, and Nashville, Tennessee. He had also planned to play in Seattle but declined to put tickets on sale.
“In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling behind us,” Brooks said in a statement on Wednesday. “Now, watching this new wave, I realize we are still in the fight and I must do my part.”
Brooks, one of the biggest selling entertainers in music, restarted touring in July and regularly performs in front of 60,000-70,000 people per stadium. Many of his shows sell out well in advance.
Brooks said he is hopeful that he can resume touring before the end of the year and reschedule those tour dates.
Brooks performed in Salt Lake City on July 17 to a sold-out crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium. According to a June press release, the concert sold out in 30 minutes. Brooks said at that concert that because tickets sold so fast, he would like return to the stadium for another show before the tour ended.
Now it may be too late.
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Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood announce coronvairus test results
Country legends Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have shared a health update after being tested for coronavirus.
In a press release, a rep for Brooks, 59, confirmed that he had tested negative while Yearwood, 56, tested positive.
According to the release, the pair were already quarantining “at home on the heels of a recent positive Covid test by a member of their team.”
“The Queen and I have now tested twice,” said Brooks. “Officially, she’s diagnosed as ‘on her way out of the tunnel’ now, though, which I’m extremely thankful for.”
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The delay in testing — which came about a week after they were exposed — was due to the “severe winter weather in Tennessee.”
Country star Trisha Yearwood (left) has tested positive for coronavirus while her husband, Garth Brooks (right) tested negative. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/WireImage)
“Anyone who knows me knows my world begins and ends with Miss Yearwood, so she and I will ride through this together,” the star shared, adding that he would not be participating in his Inside Studio G series on Facebook for a time.
“And anyone who knows [Yearwood] knows she’s a fighter and she’s been doing everything right, so I know we’ll walk out the other side of this thing together,” Brooks said.
Yearwood is “dealing with symptoms,” said the release, but is “doing okay.”
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“She’s tough. She’s stronger than me,” Garth assured fans, welcoming prayers and positive thoughts.
He concluded: “Living with her, I sometimes take it for granted she’s one of the greatest voices in all of music, so the possible long-term effects on her concern me as her husband and as a fan. We’re very lucky she is currently under the greatest care in the best city for treating and healing singers.”
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood were exposed to coronavirus earlier this month and weren’t able to get tested right away because of the winter weather. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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Reps for Yearwood did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
Brooks’ team announced that he and his wife were exposed to COVID-19 on Facebook on Feb. 11.
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“Due to someone on their team testing positive for Covid-19 and out of an abundance of caution, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are canceling everything and testing and quarantining for two weeks,” they said at the time.
Garth Brooks says Trisha Yearwood’s tested positive for COVID-19
Trisha Yearwood has tested positive for COVID-19. Garth Brooks issued a statement on Tuesday and said he “will ride through this” in quarantine with his wife of more than 15 years.
The country superstars revealed on Feb. 11 they were isolating at home and canceling scheduled events after a member of their team contracted the virus. According to a spokesperson for Brooks, Yearwood, 59, tested positive in recent days while he remains negative.
“The Queen and I have now tested twice,” Brooks, 59, tells Yahoo Entertainment in a statement. “Officially, she’s diagnosed as ‘on her way out of the tunnel’ now, though, which I’m extremely thankful for.”
According to the statement, severe weather in Tennessee prevented the couple from getting tested until almost a week after their initial exposure.
“Anyone who knows me knows my world begins and ends with Miss Yearwood, so she and I will ride through this together,” Brooks notes, adding projects like his weekly Inside Studio G conversation on Facebook will be paused. “And anyone who knows her knows she’s a fighter and she’s been doing everything right, so I know we’ll walk out the other side of this thing together.”
Yearwood is dealing with symptoms, but is doing OK, per Brooks’s rep.
“She’s tough. She’s stronger than me,” Brooks says, noting they welcome any prayers and good thoughts. “If anyone asks, that’s what you can do for her. That’s what I’m doing.”
Brooks admitted he’s still worried about his wife and potential long-term effects from contracting the virus.
“Living with her, I sometimes take it for granted she’s one of the greatest voices in all of music, so the possible long-term effects on her concern me as her husband and as a fan,” he concludes. “We’re very lucky she is currently under the greatest care in the best city for treating and healing singers.”
Yearwood and Brooks have had to quarantine before due to COVID-19 exposure. One of Brooks’s three children from his previous marriage, 24-year-old daughter Allie, had a mild case of the virus.
“As a parent, nobody knows what COVID is going to do in the future so you just watch over them,” Brooks said in July, noting his daughter just had a sore throat. “You pray a lot and hopefully she will come out of this thing with just that.”
Brooks added during the interview over the summer that recent months have “probably been the most we’ve ever gone through as a couple.”
“What’s on the other side is so great, especially when you are with the right one,” he declared.
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