The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour

Stadium Tour

North American tour by Garth Brooks
Location	North America
Start date	March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09)
End date	September 17, 2022 (2022-09-17)
Legs	2
No. of shows	42 (announced)
Garth Brooks concert chronology

The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour was a concert tour by American singer Garth Brooks. It began on October 20, 2018, in Notre Dame, Indiana, at Notre Dame Stadium and concluded with 5 sold-out shows at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland ending on September 17, 2022.

Background

After wrapping up his World Tour in 2017, Brooks announced a new tour in October 2018. The Stadium Tour, which began in spring 2019, will visit 30 North American stadiums, showcasing Brooks in a football-centric environment.^[1][2][3] Brooks "unofficially" kicked the tour off with a concert at Notre Dame Stadium on October 15, which was filmed as a two-hour television special for CBS. During this show, Brooks also mentioned his intent to close the tour by returning to Notre Dame.^[4]

Special performances and broadcasts

During the first concert of the tour in St. Louis, Missouri on March 9, 2019, Brooks announced portions of the show would be recorded for a future documentary to air on A&E.^[5] The documentary, titled Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On, chronicles Brooks' career and aired in December 2019.^[6]

Also during the St. Louis concert, Brooks introduced his wife, Trisha Yearwood, to perform a selection of her songs. Yearwood, who performed with Brooks on his entire World Tour from 2014 to 2017, previously stated she would not perform on the Stadium Tour. However, due to inclement weather canceling her scheduled pre-show event outside the stadium, Yearwood joined Brooks for a special performance.^[5] Yearwood also joined Brooks for the show in Gainesville, Florida on April 20, 2019, to perform a tribute to Tom Petty.^[7]

On July 19, 2019, during the first of two shows in Boise, Idaho, Blake Shelton joined Brooks to perform their song, "Dive Bar". Footage from the concert was later released as a music video.^[8]

After its stop in Detroit in February 2020, the tour was halted indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All remaining shows were rescheduled for 2021, with the tour resuming in Las Vegas on July 10, 2021.^[9][10][11] A planned show at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee on July 31 was postponed due to inclement weather.^[12]

On August 18, 2021, all remaining stops on the tour were cancelled indefinitely due to SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. All tickets were refunded, and Brooks stated that they planned to pursue rescheduling the dates in 2022.^[12]

During the July 30, 2022 show held at AT&T Stadium, Garth Brooks revealed this show was being recorded as the live album for the Stadium Tour.^[13]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance of March 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the series.

Main set

1. "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"
2. "Rodeo"
3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"
4. "The Beaches of Cheyenne"
5. "Two Piña Coladas"
6. "The River"
7. "Fishin' in the Dark" (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band cover)
8. "The Thunder Rolls"
9. "Unanswered Prayers"
10. "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
11. "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"
12. "Ask Me How I Know"
13. "That Summer"
14. "Callin' Baton Rouge"
15. "Shameless" (Billy Joel cover)
16. "Piano Man" (Billy Joel cover)
17. "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" (Steve Goodman cover)
18. "American Pie" (Don McLean cover)
19. "Papa Loved Mama"
20. "Friends in Low Places"
21. "The Dance"

"Housekeeping" fan-request set

22. "Every Now and Then"
23. "Amie" (Pure Prairie League cover)
24. "A Friend to Me"
25. "Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan cover)
26. "All-American Kid"
27. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (Pete Seeger cover)
28. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Marvin Gaye cover)
29. "The Red Strokes"

Encore

30. "Shallow" (duet with Trisha Yearwood)
31. "Walkaway Joe" (Trisha Yearwood cover) (duet with Trisha Yearwood)
32. "Standing Outside the Fire"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
North America
March 9, 2019	St. Louis	United States	The Dome at America's Center	—	75,000 / 75,000	$6,277,500
March 23, 2019	Glendale		State Farm Stadium	Easton Corbin	77,653 / 77,653	$6,499,556
April 20, 2019	Gainesville		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	Chris Young	80,000 / 80,000	$6,696,000
May 3, 2019	Minneapolis		U.S. Bank Stadium	King Calaway	140,000 / 140,000	$11,718,000
May 4, 2019				Darius Rucker
May 18, 2019	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field	Midland	75,000 / 75,000	$6,277,500
June 8, 2019	Denver		Broncos Stadium at Mile High	Joe Nichols	83,915 / 83,915	$6,774,510
June 29, 2019	Eugene		Autzen Stadium	Brooke Eden	60,000 / 60,000	$5,022,000
July 19, 2019	Boise		Albertsons Stadium	Granger Smith	86,000 / 86,000	$7,198,200
July 20, 2019				Dylan Scott
August 9, 2019	Regina	Canada	Mosaic Stadium	Brett Kissel	79,000 / 79,000	$4,764,252
August 10, 2019				Jesse Labelle
November 16, 2019	Knoxville	United States	Neyland Stadium	Jon Pardi	84,000 / 84,000	$7,030,800
February 22, 2020	Detroit		Ford Field	Chase Rice	70,000 / 70,000	$6,193,800
July 10, 2021	Las Vegas		Allegiant Stadium	—	68,000 / 68,000	$5,440,500
July 17, 2021	Salt Lake City		Rice-Eccles Stadium		50,000 / 50,000	$4,185,000
August 7, 2021	Kansas City		GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	Martina McBride	74,500 / 74,500	$6,235,650
August 14, 2021	Lincoln		Memorial Stadium	—	91,000 / 91,000	$7,198,200
March 5, 2022	San Diego		Petco Park		50,000 / 50,000	$4,235,000
March 26, 2022	Orlando		Camping World Stadium		69,494 / 69,494	$5,886,142
April 15, 2022	Nashville		Nissan Stadium		149,052 / 149,052	$12,914,756
April 16, 2022				Grand Ole Opry
April 23, 2022	Fayetteville		Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium	Bobby Bones Mitch Rossell	73,000 / 73,000	$6,183,100
April 30, 2022	Baton Rouge		Tiger Stadium	Mitch Rossell	103,000 / 103,000	$8,724,100
May 7, 2022	Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium		70,000 / 70,000	$5,929,000
May 13, 2022	Cincinnati		Paul Brown Stadium		80,000 / 80,000	$6,776,000
May 14, 2022[a]				Ghost Hounds
May 20, 2022	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium	Mitch Rossell	75,000 / 75,000	$6,352,500
May 21, 2022[b]
June 4, 2022	Birmingham		Protective Stadium	—	50,000 / 50,000	$4,235,000
June 17, 2022	Salt Lake City		Rice-Eccles Stadium		110,000 / 110,000	$9,317,000
June 18, 2022
June 24, 2022	Edmonton	Canada	Commonwealth Stadium	Mitch Rossell	130,000 / 130,000	$9,387,811
June 25, 2022
July 15, 2022	Charlotte	United States	Bank of America Stadium	—	84,000 / 84,000	$7,114,800
July 16, 2022[c]
July 23, 2022	Orchard Park		Highmark Stadium		58,000 / 58,000	$4,912,600
July 30, 2022	Arlington		AT&T Stadium	Matt Rossi Trisha Yearwood	80,000 / 80,000	$6,776,000
August 6, 2022	Houston		NRG Stadium	Mitch Rossell Ghost Hounds	67,000 / 67,000	$5,674,900
Europe[14][15]
September 9, 2022	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park	—	401,000 / 401,000	$28,621,080
September 10, 2022
September 11, 2022
September 16, 2022
September 17, 2022
Total					2,836,637 / 2,836,637	$230,551,257

Cancelled shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
July 31, 2021	Nashville	United States	Nissan Stadium	Severe weather[16]
September 4, 2021	Seattle		Lumen Field	COVID-19 pandemic
October 2, 2021	Baltimore		M&T Bank Stadium

Notes

1. The concert on May 14, 2022, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati was originally scheduled to take place on September 18, 2021, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and later rescheduled for May 14, 2022.
2. The concert on May 21, 2022, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough was originally scheduled to take place on October 9, 2021, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and later rescheduled for May 21, 2022.
3. The concert on July 16, 2022, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte was originally scheduled to take place in September 2021, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and later rescheduled for July 16, 2022.

Personnel

Below is the personnel from the concert in St. Louis, Missouri. It may not reflect the personnel from each concert on the tour.^[5]

• Robert Bailey – backing vocals
• Garth Brooks – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Ty England – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• David Gant – keyboards
• Mark Greenwood – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
• Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Blair Masters – keyboards, accordion
• Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, acoustic guitar
• Steve McClure – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar
• Mike Palmer – drums, percussion
• Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar, backing vocals

References

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3. "Pittsburgh". G.Com, LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
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5. Johnson, Kevin C. (11 March 2019). "Garth Brooks calls stadium tour kickoff at the Dome 'the best night of my life'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
6. Betts, Stephen L. (2 December 2019). "'Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On' Documentary: 12 Things We Learned". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
7. "Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood pay tribute to Tom Petty with massive set". 103.7 The Q. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
8. McDonnell, Brandy (21 February 2020). "Garth Brooks and Blake Shelton give a rollicking performance with 'Dive Bar' live music video". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
9. "GARTH BROOKS RESCHEDULES ALLEGIANT STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS WAS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 22. NOW WILL BE FEBRUARY 27, 2021 ALL TICKETS WILL BE HONORED". garthbrooks.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
10. Olvera, Kaitlyn (29 July 2020). "Garth Brooks reschedules Allegiant Stadium concert". KLAS. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
11. Gray, Mark (11 July 2021). "Garth Brooks Tells Touring Musicians to 'Get Back in the Game' in First Stadium Concert Since Pandemic". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
12. Gonzalez, Sandra (18 August 2021). "Garth Brooks cancels tour dates due to Delta variant". CNN. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
13. Stevenson, Stefan (July 31, 2022). "Garth Brooks adds another historic concert to his North Texas legacy at AT&T Stadium". www.star-telegram.com. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
14. "Aiken Promotions: The Stadium Tour, Croke Park, Dublin - 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 September 2022". Aiken Promotions. 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
15. Wilson, James. "'A missed opportunity' - Garth Brooks won't play with an Irish support act". Newstalk. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
16. "Garth Brooks concert at Nissan Stadium postponed due to storms". WKRN News 2. 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-19.