Photo gallery: Garth Brooks’ big week
Country music star Garth Brooks appears at a news conference in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Brooks announced that he’s coming out of retirement. He retired in 2000 to spend more time with his three children, and since then has appeared occasionally at special events, awards shows, and charity events. (Associated Press photo)
Oklahoma superstar Garth Brooks experienced a busy and happy few days last week.
On Thursday, he announced in a Nashville press conference that he was coming out of retirement after nine years of staying mostly off the road and out of the recording studio.
Later that day, he traveled to Las Vegas, where he and casino owner Steve Wynn announced in another press conference that Brooks is becoming the resident performer at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, starting in December.
On Saturday, Brooks, along with football great Barry Sanders and baseball star Robin Ventura, was inducted to the Oklahoma State University Alumni Hall of Fame during OSU’s homecoming festivities.
Here are some memorable moments from Garth’s big week:
Garth Brooks mimics a fiddle player as he answers questions at a news conference in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. (AP photo)
Garth Brooks appears at a news conference on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. (AP photo)
Garth Brooks and his wife, fellow country star Trisha Yearwood, leave the Grand Ole Opry House after Brooks held a news conference in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. (AP photo)
Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn, right, and country music star Garth Brooks speak during a news conference in Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. (AP photo)
Garth Brooks smiles as he fields questions about his new Vegas gig during a news conference in Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. (AP photo)
OSU Alumni Hall of Fame 2009 inductees Barry Sanders, Robin Ventura and Garth Brooks wave to the crowd during the walk to the stadium before the college football game between Oklahoma State Universityand the University of Missouri at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. (Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman)
Robin Ventura and Garth Brooks get gifts from fans as they ride to a press conference following their “walk” with the football team OSU-MU game. (Photo by Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman)
Garth Brooks holds up a few of the gifts he received from fans during the homecoming festivities. (Photo by Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman)
Barry Sanders, Garth Brooks and Robin Ventura speak at a press conference before the college football game between Oklahoma State University and the University of Missouri at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. (Photo by Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman)
Garth Brooks hoists the Alumni Hall of Fame Plaque during the OSU-MU game at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. (Photo by Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman)
Barry Sanders, left, Robin Ventura, center, and Garth Brooks, right, walk off the field after being introduced to the crowd during the OSU-MU game in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. (AP photo)
-BAM
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