The Garth Brooks World Tour was a concert tour by American country music artist Garth Brooks from 1993 to 1994. Spanning ten countries in less than two years, it was Brooks' most travelled tour to date, and his third concert tour. It launched in support of his 1993 album, In Pieces, and visited many cities throughout North America, Europe, Oceania, and South America.
Show synopsis Each concert began with Brooks rising from behind the drum kit, performing "Standing Outside the Fire" with fire pyrotechnics engulfing the stage. Many other special effects were used in the concert, including thunder and rain during "The Thunder Rolls", not common to more traditional country concerts. The encore performance of "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)", featuring Brooks flying about the venue on a specially modified trapeze mechanism, has become a staple of Brooks' live performances.
Recordings The tour's September 24, 1993 concert at Texas Stadium in Dallas was recorded and broadcast on NBC, titled This is Garth Brooks, Too! (a follow-up to Brooks' 1992 televised concert). It was later included in Brooks' The Entertainer DVD collection, released in 2006.
Set list The typical set for this tour was as follows (this does not represent all concerts for the duration of the series):
"Standing Outside the Fire" "Rodeo" "Papa Loved Mama" "That Summer" "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" "The River" "We Shall Be Free" "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" "What She's Doing Now" "Unanswered Prayers" "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" "The Thunder Rolls" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "Shameless" "Friends in Low Places" "The Dance" Encore: "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"
Tour dates Concert dates were announced at random, a tradition later popularized by Brooks on his other world tours. Because of this factor, no detailed list remains intact of each concert performed on Brooks' 1993–94 tour.
+ List of concerts, showing date, number of shows, city, country, and venueDateCityCountryVenue North America Leg 1January 29, 1993InglewoodUnited StatesGreat Western ForumFebruary 22, 1993HoustonAstrodomeJuly 30, 1993CheyenneCheyenne Frontier Days ArenaJuly 31, 1993August 3, 1993TacomaTacoma DomeAugust 7, 1993PullmanBeasley ColiseumAugust 12, 1993SacramentoARCO ArenaAugust 13, 1993August 14, 1993August 15, 1993August 16, 1993Las VegasThomas & Mack CenterAugust 17, 1993August 18, 1993August 19, 1993Salt Lake CityDelta CenterAugust 20, 1993 North America Leg 2September 23, 1993IrvingUnited StatesTexas StadiumSeptember 25, 1993October 1, 1993CharlotteCharlotte ColiseumOctober 2, 1993October 6, 1993RosemontRosemont HorizonOctober 7, 1993October 8, 1993October 9, 1993October 23, 1993FargoFargodomeOctober 24, 1993October 27, 1993HamptonHampton ColiseumOctober 28, 1993October 29, 1993November 5, 1993LexingtonRupp ArenaNovember 6, 1993November 10, 1993UniondaleNassau ColiseumNovember 11, 1993November 13, 1993OttawaCanadaOttawa Civic CentreNovember 19, 1993OrlandoUnited StatesOrlando ArenaNovember 20, 1993November 21, 1993December 3, 1993MemphisPyramid ArenaDecember 4, 1993December 9, 1993Baton RougePete Maravich Assembly CenterDecember 10, 1993December 11, 1993 North America Leg 3February 3, 1994EvansvilleUnited StatesRoberts Municipal StadiumFebruary 4, 1994February 5, 1994February 12, 1994South BendJoyce CenterFebruary 13, 1994February 17, 1994ProvidenceProvidence Civic CenterFebruary 18, 1994New HavenNew Haven ColiseumFebruary 23, 1994MinneapolisTarget CenterFebruary 25, 1994February 26, 1994March 2, 1994MurfreesboroMurphy CenterMarch 3, 1994March 4, 1994March 5, 1994March 11, 1994TallahasseeLeon County Civic CenterMarch 12, 1994March 18, 1994BuffaloBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumMarch 19, 1994March 24, 1994Iowa CityCarver–Hawkeye ArenaMarch 25, 1994March 26, 1994Europe Leg 1March 30, 1994DublinIrelandPoint TheatreMarch 31, 1994April 2, 1994April 3, 1994April 5, 1994April 6, 1994April 7, 1994April 9, 1994April 10, 1994BirminghamEnglandNEC ArenaApril 11, 1994LondonWembley ArenaApril 14, 1994ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadionApril 15, 1994FrankfurtGermanyFesthalleApril 17, 1994RotterdamNetherlandsSportpaleis van AhoyApril 19, 1994FrankfurtGermanyFesthalleApril 22, 1994OsloNorwayOslo SpektrumApril 23, 1994StockholmSwedenHovet Arena North America Leg 4July 14, 1994Los AngelesUnited StatesHollywood BowlOceaniaAugust 7, 1994AucklandNew ZealandEricsson StadiumAugust 25, 1994BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment CentreAugust 26, 1994August 28, 1994NewcastleNewcastle Entertainment CentreAugust 29, 1994August 30, 1994SydneySydney Entertainment CentreAugust 31, 1994September 2, 1994MelbourneNational Tennis CentreSeptember 3, 1994AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment ArenaSeptember 5, 1994PerthPerth Entertainment Centre Europe Leg 2September 22, 1994 BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant JordiSeptember 26, 1994MunichGermanyOlympiahalleSeptember 27, 1994StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-HalleSeptember 29, 1994DortmundWestfalenhalleSeptember 30, 1994HamburgSporthalleOctober 1, 1994October 3, 1994CopenhagenDenmarkValby HallenOctober 5, 1994BerlinGermanyDeutschlandhalleOctober 8, 1994AberdeenScotlandAECC ArenaOctober 11, 1994SheffieldEnglandSheffield Arena
Personnel Garth Brooks – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on "Callin' Baton Rouge", tenor saxophone on "One Night a Day" Ty England – acoustic guitar, backing vocals David Gant – fiddle, piano, synthesizers James Garver – electric guitar, electric banjo on "Callin' Baton Rouge", percussion, backing vocals Mark Greenwood – bass guitar, backing vocals Steve McClure – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, dobro on "Callin' Baton Rouge" Debbie Nims – acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion, backing vocals Mike Palmer – drums, percussion Betsy Smittle – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
See also List of Garth Brooks concert tours
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