The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour was a concert tour by American country music singer Garth Brooks. The tour began informally on October 20, 2018, at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, and concluded on September 17, 2022, with a five night stand at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland. Designed as Brooks' first all-stadium production, the tour visited North American college and professional football venues, alongside international stadium dates.
Conceived following the conclusion of his 2014–2017 World Tour, the production was staged entirely in-the-round on an open air central stage placed over field centers. The tour was notable for breaking all-time attendance and ticket-sales records at numerous venues across North America, including Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, U.S. Bank Stadium, GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, and Empower Field at Mile High. To maintain low consumer entry points, Brooks implemented a flat rate ticket pricing model without dynamic markup across all primary market tiers.
Originally scheduled to run continuously through 2021, the tour experienced significant disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple date postponements and a complete suspension of performances from March 2020 to July 2021. Despite these delays, the tour ultimately encompassed 42 dates and drew over 3 million attendees before concluding in Europe.
Background After wrapping up his World Tour in 2017, Brooks announced a new tour in October 2018. The Stadium Tour, which began in spring 2019, visited North American stadiums, showcasing Brooks in a football-centric environment. Brooks "unofficially" kicked the tour off with a concert at Notre Dame Stadium on October 15, which was filmed as a two-hour television special for CBS. During this show, Brooks also mentioned his intent to close the tour by returning to Notre Dame.
Special performances and broadcasts During the first concert of the tour in St. Louis, Missouri on March 9, 2019, Brooks announced portions of the show would be recorded for a future documentary to air on A&E. The documentary, titled Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On, chronicles Brooks' career and aired in December 2019.
Also during the St. Louis concert, Brooks introduced his wife, Trisha Yearwood, to perform a selection of her songs. Yearwood, who performed with Brooks on his entire World Tour from 2014 to 2017, previously stated she would not perform on the Stadium Tour. However, due to inclement weather canceling her scheduled pre-show event outside the stadium, Yearwood joined Brooks for a special performance. Yearwood also joined Brooks for the show in Gainesville, Florida on April 20, 2019, to perform a tribute to Tom Petty.
On July 19, 2019, during the first of two shows in Boise, Idaho, Blake Shelton joined Brooks to perform their song, "Dive Bar". Footage from the concert was later released as a music video.
After its stop in Detroit in February 2020, the tour was halted indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All remaining shows were rescheduled for 2021, with the tour resuming in Las Vegas on July 10, 2021. A planned show at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee on July 31 was postponed due to inclement weather.
On August 18, 2021, all remaining stops on the tour were cancelled indefinitely due to SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. All tickets were refunded, and Brooks stated that they planned to pursue rescheduling the dates in 2022.
During the July 30, 2022 show held at AT&T Stadium, Garth Brooks revealed this show was being recorded as the live album for the Stadium Tour.
Critical reception Reception for the tour was largely positive, with commentators praising Brooks' ability to translate his signature arena intimacy into massive venues. Reviewing the Denver performance, 303 Magazine commended Brooks' physical stamina and audience engagement, observing that his continuous movement across the 360-degree central stage made the venue's 84,000 attendees feel like active participants. Billboard's Melinda Newman highlighted the tour's scale and economic draw, pointing to broken attendance records across professional football venues nationwide. Some initial dates faced technical criticism regarding weather delays and audio dispersion inherent to unroofed stadium environments.
Set list This set list is representative of the performance of March 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the series.Main set "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" "Rodeo" "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" "The Beaches of Cheyenne" "Two Piña Coladas" "The River" "Fishin' in the Dark" (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band cover) "The Thunder Rolls" "Unanswered Prayers" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" "Ask Me How I Know" "That Summer" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "Shameless" (Billy Joel cover) "Piano Man" (Billy Joel cover) "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" (Steve Goodman cover) "American Pie" (Don McLean cover) "Papa Loved Mama" "Friends in Low Places" "The Dance" "Housekeeping" fan-request set "Every Now and Then" "Amie" (Pure Prairie League cover) "A Friend to Me" "Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan cover) "All-American Kid" "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (Pete Seeger cover) "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Marvin Gaye cover) "The Red Strokes" Encore "Shallow" (duet with Trisha Yearwood) "Walkaway Joe" (Trisha Yearwood cover) (duet with Trisha Yearwood) "Standing Outside the Fire"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueDateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)AttendanceRevenueNorth AmericaMarch 9, 2019St. LouisUnited StatesThe Dome at America's Center75,000 / 75,000$6,277,500March 23, 2019GlendaleState Farm StadiumEaston Corbin77,653 / 77,653$6,499,556April 20, 2019GainesvilleBen Hill Griffin StadiumChris Young80,000 / 80,000$6,696,000May 3, 2019MinneapolisU.S. Bank StadiumKing Calaway140,000 / 140,000$11,718,000May 4, 2019Darius RuckerMay 18, 2019PittsburghHeinz FieldMidland75,000 / 75,000$6,277,500June 8, 2019DenverBroncos Stadium at Mile HighJoe Nichols83,915 / 83,915$6,774,510June 29, 2019EugeneAutzen StadiumBrooke Eden60,000 / 60,000$5,022,000July 19, 2019BoiseAlbertsons StadiumGranger Smith86,000 / 86,000$7,198,200July 20, 2019Dylan ScottAugust 9, 2019ReginaCanadaMosaic StadiumBrett Kissel79,000 / 79,000$4,764,252August 10, 2019Jesse LabelleNovember 16, 2019KnoxvilleUnited StatesNeyland StadiumJon Pardi84,000 / 84,000$7,030,800February 22, 2020DetroitFord FieldChase Rice70,000 / 70,000$6,193,800July 10, 2021Las VegasAllegiant Stadiumrowspan=2 68,000 / 68,000$5,440,500July 17, 2021Salt Lake CityRice–Eccles Stadium50,000 / 50,000$4,185,000August 7, 2021Kansas CityGEHA Field at Arrowhead StadiumMartina McBride74,500 / 74,500$6,235,650August 14, 2021LincolnMemorial Stadiumrowspan="4" 91,000 / 91,000$7,198,200March 5, 2022San DiegoPetco Park 50,000 / 50,000 $4,235,000March 26, 2022OrlandoCamping World Stadium 69,494 / 69,494 $5,886,142April 15, 2022NashvilleNissan Stadium 149,052 / 149,052$12,914,756April 16, 2022Grand Ole OpryApril 23, 2022FayettevilleDonald W. Reynolds Razorback StadiumBobby BonesMitch Rossell73,000 / 73,000$6,183,100April 30, 2022Baton RougeTiger StadiumMitch Rossell103,000 / 103,000 $8,724,100May 7, 2022Notre DameNotre Dame Stadium 70,000 / 70,000 $5,929,000May 13, 2022CincinnatiPaul Brown Stadium 80,000 / 80,000$6,776,000May 14, 2022Ghost HoundsMay 20, 2022FoxboroughGillette Stadium Mitch Rossell 75,000 / 75,000 $6,352,500May 21, 2022June 4, 2022BirminghamProtective Stadium rowspan="3" 50,000 / 50,000 $4,235,000June 17, 2022Salt Lake CityRice–Eccles Stadium 110,000 / 110,000 $9,317,000June 18, 2022June 24, 2022EdmontonCanadaCommonwealth Stadium Mitch Rossell 130,000 / 130,000$9,387,811June 25, 2022July 15, 2022CharlotteUnited StatesBank of America Stadium rowspan="3" 84,000 / 84,000$7,114,800July 16, 2022July 23, 2022Orchard ParkHighmark Stadium58,000 / 58,000$4,912,600July 30, 2022ArlingtonAT&T Stadium Matt RossiTrisha Yearwood80,000 / 80,000$6,776,000 August 6, 2022 Houston NRG Stadium Mitch RossellGhost Hounds67,000 / 67,000$5,674,900EuropeSeptember 9, 2022DublinIrelandCroke Park rowspan=5 401,000 / 401,000 $28,621,080September 10, 2022September 11, 2022September 16, 2022September 17, 2022Total2,836,637 / 2,836,637$230,551,257
Cancelled shows + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue Reason July 31, 2021 Nashville United StatesNissan StadiumSevere weatherSeptember 4, 2021SeattleLumen FieldCOVID-19 pandemicOctober 2, 2021BaltimoreM&T Bank Stadium
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Personnel Below is the personnel from the concert in St. Louis, Missouri. It may not reflect the personnel from each concert on the tour.
Robert Bailey – backing vocals Garth Brooks – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Ty England – acoustic guitar, backing vocals David Gant – keyboards Mark Greenwood – bass guitar, backing vocals Vicki Hampton – backing vocals Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar Blair Masters – keyboards, accordion Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, acoustic guitar Steve McClure – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar Mike Palmer – drums, percussion Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
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