Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood
| Tour by Garth Brooks | |
Promotional image for the tour.
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| Associated album | Man Against Machine |
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| Start date | September 4, 2014 |
| Legs | 7 |
| No. of shows | 357 in North America |
| Garth Brooks concert chronology | |
The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood is a current concert tour by American country music artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Beginning on September 4, 2014, in Rosemont, Illinois, the tour is Brooks' first in thirteen years after coming out of retirement. It launched in support of his 2014 studio album, Man Against Machine.
As of March 2017, the tour is on its seventh leg, having covered cities throughout the United States and Canada. The North American portion of the tour is expected to last through 2017, and shows in Europe, Australia, South America, and more have been reported to follow in the coming years.
High demand has prompted multiple concerts to be added in each city, with Brooks performing two shows per night in some cases. Despite only being in its fourth leg, the total number of past and announced shows for the tour has already broken the record for the most all-time concerts in a tour (Brooks also held the previous record from his 1996–98 world tour) which was estimated at around 220 concerts from a single worldwide tour. Statistically, the tour is on track to generate attendance and revenue well above the highest-grossing concert tours.
Garth Brooks' first and second world tours, 1993–94 and 1996–98 respectfully, were both successful. After his multi-year residency at Wynn Las Vegas, yet not embarking on a multi-city tour for thirteen years, Brooks announced plans for a world tour during an interview on Good Morning America in December 2013. He later confirmed his tour and plans for an upcoming album during a press conference on July 11, 2014. On July 15, Brooks stated on his website that each city on the tour will be individually released, and the first concert will take place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Days later, Brooks announced ten additional shows, all at the same arena. Brooks has continued the pattern of announcing the next city every few weeks, both in an effort to generate excitement and urgency, as well as an attempt to combat ticket resale. Since its official announcement in July 2014, the tour has been in extremely high demand. Typically, two or three shows are announced in one market at a time, with more shows added based on real-time statistics of demand.
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