BROOK YOUR TICKETS FOLKS; EXCLUSIVE Country icon Garth to stage up to FIVE gigs for Irish fans.Byline: By PAUL MARTIN Ireland's No1 showbiz writer COUNTRY king Garth Brooks is plotting to break out of retirement after 10 years with a series of massive Irish concerts. The 45-year-old star is locked in talks with music industry bigwigs in Dublin and could perform up to five outdoor gigs with an 80,000 capacity per concert. Father-of-three Brooks is considering hitting the road after his hugely successful performance at benefit concerts last weekend for victims of the California fires. Last night a source close to the If Tomorrow Never Comes singer revealed: "He hasn't been on tour in nearly a decade but he's hungry to do more live shows. "He always puts his children first so he wants to think about how this would affect them. "But there's every chance we could see him in Ireland sooner rather than later." Brooks changed the face of country music with a 1996 tour packed with special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and acrobatics acrobatics Art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing. The art is of ancient origin; acrobats performed leaps, somersaults, and vaults at Egyptian and Greek events. Acrobatic feats were featured in the commedia dell'arte theatre in Europe and in jingxi (“Peking but quit at the height of his stardom. He said he would not return to work until his youngest child Allie, now eight, turned 18. He has two other daughters Taylor, 12, and 10-year-old August. Brooks was the first star to stage a show at Croke Park Croke Park (Irish: Páirc an Chrócaigh) in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports stadium in Ireland and the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Ireland's biggest sporting organisation. back in 1997 when he sold out three nights. showbiz@irishmirror.ie CAPTION(S): RETURN: Garth Brooks |
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