The Garth Brooks World Tour (1996–98)
| Tour by Garth Brooks | |
| Location | Europe, North America, South America |
|---|---|
| Associated album | Fresh Horses, Sevens |
| Start date | March 12, 1996 |
| End date | November 22, 1998 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 220 worldwide |
| Box office | US$105,000,000 |
| Garth Brooks concert chronology | |
The Garth Brooks World Tour(1996–98) was a concert tour by American country pop artist Garth Brooks. Launching in support of Brooks' albums, Fresh Horses, and later Sevens, the tour followed Brooks' 1993–94 tour and also featured appearances by Trisha Yearwood. Even though this was Brooks' final concert tour before his retirement in 2001, it drew record-breaking crowds in North America, 2 places in Ireland, and one place in South America, becoming the third-most attended concert tour of all time, as well as one of the decade's highest-grossing concert tours.
After his first successful world tour, Brooks embarked on his second, covering many cities at random throughout the United States and Canada, with appearances in Ireland and Brazil. Initially launching to support Brooks' 1995 album, Fresh Horses, it also began to feature songs from Sevens, released in 1997. The concerts' outline evolved as the set lists changed throughout the tour. Each show began with smoke-filled entrance by Brooks, appearing via hydraulic lift through a piano as the opening notes of "The Old Stuff" were played. Wearing a wireless microphone headset, Brooks proceeded to dance about the stage, performing a series of old and new songs. The high energy and pyrotechnics garnered comparison to hard rock performances by bands including Kiss, while still achieving a country atmosphere. Following the release of Brooks' album, Sevens, Trisha Yearwood began making periodic appearances to perform duets, such as "In Another's Eyes".
Brooks' 1996–98 world tour continued the tradition established by his first tour, selling each ticket for the same price ($20), regardless of location in the venue. Because of this, demand was extremely high breaking many records worldwide, including arena ticket sales and attendance records. Concerts began selling out in minutes, resulting in such high demand that multiple shows were added for many cities. Many of these ticket sales and attendance records were broken by Brooks once again on his 2014 tour.
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