Garth Brooks Will Open Nashville Bar With A Live Show

Garth Brooks will play a live bar show to open his new Nashville venue, "Friends In Low Places Bar and Honky-Tonk," the day after Thanksgiving (November 24).

Garth said on Studio G, "I gotta tell you – when people go, 'What's your favorite thing – stadiums, arenas, whatever?' Dive Bars. Dive bars are stupid fun. And this one is going to be nuts!"

He added, "How do you open a Friends in Low Places bar? With a Garth concert! This is going to be off the chain. Black Friday, brand new bar, in the home of country music...Hollywood couldn't write a better script. I can NOT wait!"

When he announced plans for a bar in downtown Nashville in April, he said, "We feel very lucky to have the chance to be part of Lower Broadway, which is arguably THE hottest spot in the country. The goal is a classic honky-tonk that welcomes all and encourages love and kindness while playing the greatest music in the world in the home of Country Music!"

Brooks revealed plans to release new music sometime in the fall, sharing the news that a new boxed set will be available later this year and confirming it'll include a new studio album he's been working on.

Garth is teaming up with the folks at Bass Pro Shops, who will be the only retail outlet where fans can purchase his latest Limited Series box set. The seven-disc set is the third package in Garth's career.

In his Studio G not long ago, Brooks said, "The first Limited Series came out in the late '90s. And what it was was a chance for everyone to get all the music at a really cool low price. Everyone gets to 'catch up,' which I thought was cool. We did the same thing in the second Limited Series," noting the 2005 release that continued to chronicle his music.

He added, "Now the third – and I'm going to tell you right now, I guarantee that that'll be the last Limited Series that we'll do."

Garth Brooks is a country superstar that can command a stadium full of people in any city he plays, even though his last stadium tour is one that he says was his last. Now with his sites set on a Las Vegas "Garth Brooks / Plus One" at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace residency for the foreseeable future, Garth is celebrating his 61st birthday today (2/7).

Brooks chatted with fans on his weekly Studio G recently (1/9). He said, "I'll tell you right now, this will be the busiest year of our career." It's a big statement coming from a guy who's filled many years of his life on the road and in the studio. He added, "There are going to be so many things happening this year."

Later in the year, he and Trisha Yearwood are committed to a Habitat for Humanity building project on behalf of former President and First Lady Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. But what else does he have on tap? He does have his new downtown Nashville entertainment venue, Friends in Low Places. Brooks laughs, "This year, we get to open up, I hope."

Garth is also expecting to return to the recording studio this year. He offered, "The studio is going to be wide open this year. We're going to go in and just do a lot of things that probably never will see the light of day. But, to be honest with you, those are my favorite sessions." He added, "This'll probably be one of the heaviest years we've ever had 'cause everything's just coming around to an end or a beginning, which is cool."

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