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Garth Brooks' Radio Ventures To End

Mary Varvaris

"We couldn’t be happier with the three years we have spent with them and wish them well on their future endeavours," Brooks said.

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Garth Brooks has shared a statement about his radio ventures, revealing that his three-year partnership with TuneIn is coming to a close.

The three-year radio venture saw the country music icon and TuneIn provide live, free radio stations to millions of listeners across the globe, including The BIG 615, Tailgate Radio, and The Garth Channel.

The conclusion of the Sevens Network and TuneIn venture follows Stingray Group Inc’s recent acquisition of TuneIn.

As a result, The Garth Channel and Tailgate Radio are leaving the air from this week – 22 September – while The BIG 615 will continue broadcasting through to the end of the year on TuneIn. However, the show will no longer be affiliated with Garth Brooks or The Sevens Network.

More details surrounding Brooks’ multimedia and radio broadcast initiatives will be announced soon.

In a statement, Brooks said of the changes, “The Stingray family has been fantastic in the transition along with TuneIn’s people. We couldn’t be happier with the three years we have spent with them and wish them well on their future endeavours and hope we cross paths in the future.”

Brooks is currently embarking on his Blame It on My Roots Tour, which finds him returning to traditional indoor arenas for the first time since his 2014–2017 World Tour.

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The tour began with a four-night opening run at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis last month and has continued with dates in Denver and Rosemont (four shows apiece), as well as Washington, D.C. and Orlando, for two nights each. The run concludes at Florida’s Kia Centre on 27 September.

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.”

On his World Tour three decades ago, Brooks unveiled the Double Live album, the best-selling live album in recorded music history. Now, thirty years later, 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.