Garth BrooksGarth Brooks is returning to arena stages this year, and it’s happening sooner than you think.
Following some teasing, the country music icon announced this week (7 July) that he has a tour starting soon. His upcoming Blame It On My Roots: The Arena Tour launches in August. Yep, next month, not 2027.
In a press release, Brooks revealed that the first stop of the tour will actually comprise back-to-back nights at the Indianapolis-based Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday, 21 and Saturday, 22 August.
No other dates have been announced yet, but in a recent Instagram video, Brooks remarked that “Indianapolis is the perfect city to start the world tour.” There’s no pre-sale, only a general sale, which opens next Friday, 17 July, at 10 am ET via Ticketmaster.
All tickets are priced at $154 plus applicable taxes, and in an effort to showcase transparency, Brooks’ team revealed that it’s actually a $140 ticket price, a $4 facility fee, and a $10 service charge behind the overall price.
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Brooks teased the tour on social media with a video of himself walking towards the drum pod that redefined Brooks’ touring. He asked, “How long has it been, old girl? Thirty years?”
The video then shows footage of Brooks’ epic World Tour of 1996 to 1998, with the singer jumping onto the drum pod. He added that the drum pod looked “a little dusty” and said, “You know what? Maybe it’s time, maybe it’s time we put you back to work.”
After that little teaser, the video flashed to the words Garth Brooks fans have been waiting for: “The arena tour is coming.”
Discussing the tour in a press release, Brooks shared, “Going back into the arenas is about putting the stadium show in a box. The excitement gets multiplied by the intimacy. Every seat is a great seat. This is personal.”
The shows feature both end-stage and in-the-round seating. On his aforementioned World Tour three decades ago, Brooks unveiled the Double Live album, the best-selling live album in the history of recorded music.
Now, thirty years later, Brooks returns with the drum pod and a “retro arena” tour. The Blame It On My Roots Tour is set to lay the foundation for Killer Live, a new approach to live albums that captures the singer’s history in real time.
The shows will see him “bringing every hit he has ever made back to the rooms where it all started.” Stay tuned for more venue announcements.
Two weeks ago, Brooks performed at BST Hyde Park in London, England, marking his first shows in the country in 32 years. Joined by Zac Brown Band, Ashley McBryde, and others, Brooks performed to a sold-out crowd of 69,999 fans, setting the single-day attendance record for the venue.
“I’m not sure what the future is, but you can bet your ass I’m coming back here,” Brooks told fans at the event, hinting at more international events.
The gig was Brooks’ first time performing outside of North America since a run of Irish dates in 2022. Notably, Brooks has rarely performed outside of his home continent over the years, with the mid-’90s being his most adventurous period.
