Garth Brooks Reassessing Stadium Tour Because Of COVID Surge

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country prima Garth Brooks said helium volition beryllium reassessing whether to proceed his stadium circuit due to the fact that of the rising fig of COVID-19 cases.

Brooks is scheduled to play astatine M&T Bank Stadium connected October 2 astatine 7 p.m. It would beryllium his archetypal amusement successful the metropolis successful six years.

In a connection issued connected Tuesday, Brooks said helium is inactive scheduled to play the adjacent 2 shows scheduled successful Kansas City and Lincoln, Nebraska, but volition not enactment tickets connected merchantability for the adjacent planned stop, Seattle successful September.

Brooks was already scheduled to instrumentality a three-week interruption aft the Aug. 14 amusement successful Nebraska and volition instrumentality that clip to measure what to bash astir the remainder of the dates successful 2021. He is besides scheduled to play Cincinnati; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Boston.

“It breaks my bosom to spot metropolis aft metropolis spell connected merchantability and past person to inquire those saccharine radical and the venues to reschedule,” Brooks said successful a statement. “We person a 3 week model coming up wherever we, arsenic a group, volition measure the remainder of the stadium circuit this year. It’s humbling to spot radical enactment this overmuch religion successful you arsenic an artist, and it kills maine to deliberation I americium letting them down.”

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Brooks, 1 of the biggest selling entertainers successful music, restarted touring successful July and regularly performs successful beforehand of 60,000-70,000 radical per stadium. Many of his shows merchantability retired good successful advance.