Garth Brooks coming out of retirement
Garth Brooks (Associated Press photo)
The speculation turned out to be true: Oklahoma music superstar Garth Brooks announced today that he is coming out of retirement.
Brooks, 47, made the announcement at a press conference today in Nashville, Tenn.
“We’re going to take the retirement roof off over our head, and I already feel taller,” Brooks said Thursday.
According to the Associated Press, Brooks said he has no immediate plans and will see how things go in the coming years.
But at www.GarthBrooks.com, visitors are invited to watch the Wynn/Encore live press conference at 2 p.m. Pacific/4 p.m. Central. Rumors have been swirling around the music industry that the Oklahoma native will headline a series of concerts next year at the Encore/Wynn Casino and Resort in Las Vegas.
Brooks, who was born in Tulsa and grew up in Yukon, announced his retirement in 2000. He said then and has often repeated that he didn’t plan to record or tour again until the youngest of his three daughters, Allie, then 4, went off to college.
He and second wife Trisha Yearwood, whom he married in 2005, live in Owasso near his three daughters and ex-wife, Sandy Mahl.
In the past decade, Brooks has occasionally put in special appearances at awards shows and charity events. He inducted fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood into the Grand Ole Opry last year, and he performed at President Obama’s inauguration earlier this year.
Brooks’ last studio album, “Scarecrow,” was released in 2001. His three-disc compilation “The Ultimate Hits” finished 10th on Billboard’s 2008 list of albums, proving he still has the fan appeal he did in the 1990s.
It will be interesting to see what Brooks has to say about his date with Sin City later today.
-BAM
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