Garth Brooks is headed back on the road this year! The Country Music Hall of Famer announced on Tuesday morning (July 7) that his upcoming Blame It All On My Roots: The Arena Tour will launch in August.
Brooks revealed the initial stop on the tour will be a two-night stand at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Aug. 21-22.
In an Instagram video, Brooks is heard saying, “Indianapolis is the perfect city to start the world tour,” though no other tour dates have been announced yet. Tickets for the Indiana shows go on sale via Ticketmaster on July 17 at 10 a.m. ET.
On Instagram, Brooks teased the tour with a video that shows the two-time Grammy winner walking up to the iconic drum pod that redefined Brooks’ touring. “How long has it been, old girl? Thirty years?” he’s heard asking, as the video shifts to footage of Brooks during his 1996-1998 The Garth Brooks World Tour, with Brooks running and jumping onto that same drum pod.
“A little dusty,” he continues. “You know what? Maybe it’s time, maybe it’s time we put you back to work.”
As Brooks laughs, the video pans out to show Brooks’ “g” logo written in the dust of the drum pod. From there, the video spells out his intentions with the words, “The arena tour is coming.” In a statement, Brooks said, “Going back into the arenas is about putting the stadium show in a box. The excitement gets multiplied by the intimacy. Every seat is a great seat. This is personal.”
The Garth Brooks World Tour, which ran from March 12, 1996 to Nov. 2, 1998, featured over 300 shows across the United States, Canada and Ireland, and was one of the decade’s highest-grossing concert tours. The trek supported Brooks’ 1995 album Fresh Horses and his 1997 LP Sevens. The tour also spurred the release of his Double Live album in November 1998. Double Live featured over 100 minutes of music, including songs such as “Standing Outside The Fire,” “The River” and “Papa Loved Mama,” that were recorded during his 1996-1998 World Tour; the set debuted at the top of the all-genre Billboard 200 and stayed at the chart’s pinnacle for five weeks.
That 1996-1998 tour also marked Brooks’ final tour before he announced his retirement in 2000, though Brooks came out of retirement in 2009 for a series of shows at the Wynn Las Vegas. He returned to the road for The Garth Brooks World Tour from 2014-2017 and The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour from 2018-2022, and returned to Vegas for the Garth Brooks/ Plus ONE residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace from 2023-2025.
