Garth Brooks launches concert run in Kansas City
The two-hour show covered hits from throughout his career, according to the Kansas City Star.
The set list was:
1) Fever
2) Good Ride Cowboy
3) Rodeo
4) Two of a Kind
5) Thunder Rolls
6) Beaches of Cheyenne
7) The River
8) We Shall Be Free
9) To Make You Feel My Love
10) Unanswered Prayers
11) Two Pina Coladas
12) That Summer
13) Much Too Young
14) Papa Loved Mama
15) Callin' Baton Rouge
16) More Than A Memory
17) Friends In Low Places
18) The Dance
The encore consisted of:
19) Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)
20) Going Around One More Time
21) Sing Me Back Home (Merle Haggard)
22) Night Moves (Bob Seger song)
23) Unwound
24) Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) (Don McLean song)
25) American Pie (Don McLean song)
Brooks also was reported to have sun part of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain."
Trisha Yearwood, Brooks's wife, opened with a 30-inute set.
The final performance on Nov. 14 will be broadcast live in movie theatres around the U.S.
More news for Garth Brooks
- 10/04/24: Brooks accused of sexual assault; he denies it
- 12/04/23: McCreery invited to join Opry
- 11/02/23: Brooks becomes the "Rodeo Man"
- 10/25/23: Brooks becomes a "Time Traveler"
- 06/15/23: Brooks launches The BIG 615 radio
- 03/29/23: Brooks, Parton to cohost ACMs
- 11/14/22: Brooks returns to Vegas
- 06/29/22: Brooks honored with Kristofferson award
CD reviews for Garth Brooks
If naming your release "Gunslinger," you'd better let it rip and go for a harder country sound, especially if donning a black cowboy hat on the cover. The reality does not exactly match that sentiment for Garth Brooks, but at times he comes mighty close.
The high points for Brooks are the three most traditional country songs - a couple of honky tonkers ("Honky-Tonk Somewhere" and "Cowboys and Friends") and a ballad ("Whiskey to Wine"). ...
After releasing his debut album in 1989, Garth Brooks released music almost every year until he announced his retirement in 2000. Since then, he has released repackaged hit collections, new music on "Scarecrow" and "The Lost Sessions" and last year's cover song collection "Blame it All on My Roots." Over the years, there have been live recordings, concert and music video collections. The country songwriter became a pop culture icon, transcending genre to become ...
Garth Brooks is back with his first release of "new" material since 2001's "Scarecrow." (Truth in advertising, his "The Ultimate Hits," which actually is part of the new box set, included four new songs back in 2007). And it's quite an undertaking - four CDs of covers - Country Classics, Classic Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul and Melting Pot, an amalgam of country, rock, soul and folk; the two-CD set, "The Ultimate Set" and a DVD of his live performance in Vegas. ...
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