Garth Brooks issues specific seventeen word update over Pearse Stadium concerts
Garth Brooks has released a statement over the official Galway GAA page
Garth Brooks has issued a short and specific update ahead of his planned Pearse Stadium gigs for next summer.
The legendary American singer has announced a major Irish tour for May and June 2027 which will see him make a return to Ireland for the first time since his record-breaking Croke Park concerts four years ago.
And he only had to use seventeen words to get west of Ireland fans excited ahead of the tickets going on sale using the official Galway GAA social media accounts to send this message: “Hey Galway, this time I’m coming to you. Cannot wait, tickets go on sale this Thursday 8am.”
Garth Brooks will be playing 10 gigs in Ireland – two nights apiece in Belfast, Galway, Limerick, Cork and Kilkenny.
It will be Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30 when he rocks out in Galway.
The Oklahoma-born performer is one of the biggest-selling music artists in American history, with more than 200 million albums sold in the United States.
Huge demand is anticipated, with thousands of country music fans expected to try to secure tickets for the singer's long-awaited return.
Fans are advised to have their Ticketmaster accounts ready ahead of the sale.
Known for hits including Friends in Low Places, The Dance, If Tomorrow Never Comes and The Thunder Rolls, Brooks has enjoyed a career spanning more than three decades.
His upcoming Irish tour is expected to be one of the biggest live music events of summer 2027.
It is not the first time Pearse Stadium has hosted a music concert, with Ed Sheeran playing back-to-back sell out nights on the pitch in May 2018.
Black Eyed Peas played in 2022 and people of a certain age will remember the wonderful washout Westlife concert in 2008.
James Gavin of event management company Grooveyard managed to persuade the Black Eyed Peas – the US group behind ‘I Gotta Feeling’, which spent twelve weeks at Number 1 in Ireland – to play their only Irish gig after eleven years in Pearse Stadium.
Back in 2019, County Galway GAA Treasurer at the time Michael Burke said after the Ed Sheeran gig that there would be no concert in Pearse “unless there is a good payday for the GAA”.
In all, Galway GAA received a modest €119,085 return from the two Ed Sheeran concerts in May – although a portion of this included the installation of a new CCTV system, which was understood to be a requirement for the Ed Sheeran gigs.
By contrast, Cork County Board reportedly received in the region of €1 million from the Sheeran concerts in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
American country superstar Zach Bryan played Páirc Uí Chaoimh last summer while Bruce Springsteen entertained Nowlan Park in 2024 also.