Garth Brooks: The Ultimate Source for Concert Tickets and Album Info

These freshly-announced Garth Brooks Vegas concerts are a reality - the country music superstar is really going to hit Vegas with his guitar and make it happen all over again! The famous Encore Wynn Las Vegas will be treated to a rousing country music run, and nowhere will be more suited than the city that has been the subject of numerous country songs and movies. Garth Brooks tickets won't be gathering dust, that's for sure, so be fast and grab yours. Book a weekend at the world's biggest oasis and take in a fantastic Garth Brooks concert!

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When Garth Brooks retired in 2001, many lamented the passing of country music's greatest era. Now, with the big news that Garth Brooks tickets are once more on sale - and for a residency in Sin City Las Vegas, no less! - country music fans are able to revisit that special time when their favorite tunes were suddenly all the rage. In the past year or two we've seen Garth Brooks surpass Elvis Presley as the best-selling artist of all time. This is a distinction that speaks volumes about the popularity of Brooks, and indeed the rate at which Garth Brooks tickets will sell for this upcoming run of weekend concerts at the famous Wynnn Las Vegas. We advise you to be quick about it when you buy Garth Brooks concert tickets. Vegas waits for no man, and Garth Brooks live is going to be a seriously in-demand ticket.

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Born February 7, 1962 the youngest of six children, Garth Brooks spent the first years of his life in Yukon, Oklahoma. His was a draughtsman for an oil company, and his mother was a country music singer good enough to be signed to Capitol Records during the 1950s. Garth's mother was also a regular on the Red Foley Show. Garth's unquenchable curiosity about music was tempered only by his interest in athletics. He played football and baseball in high school, and was a good runner. In fact, it was a track scholarship through which he entered college, and he graduated in 1984 with a degree in advertising.

The Garth Brooks machine is preparing to send a new volley of songs into the public ear, and not before time! Garth's Wal-Mart adventure has come to an end after some fantastic years breaking every record imaginable, and things are changing once again. Wal-Mart won't be the only ones able to distribute this latest release. In fact, people are talking about Garth doing the distribution himself! For the past two years, Garth embarked on his special relationship with the big box giant, but now things have altered in the Brooks philosophy, and the exciting new release will be available to all retailers. To date, Garth has sold over 115 million albums in the U.S. alone. Only Elvis Presley beats him in album sales by a solo artist.

Garth Brooks is coming back to the big stage. You can't keep a good man down, and Garth is definitely no exception. The country superstar is on the brink of releasing a two-disc compilation on Big Machine Records, the independent label that recently signed his wife Trisha Yearwood. This is exciting news for fans of the country icon, and a breath of fresh air to see one of country's "old hands" come back and show the young whippersnappers how to rock out, country style!

To support the CD, Garth is going to be playing live, and anyone who knows their country music will want to be there when the Garth Brooks tickets are being handed out.