More than 55k tickets sold for weekend of shows
Johnny Morris will celebrate Bass Pro’s 50th anniversary with three shows from Garth Brooks at the newly expanded Thunder Ridge Nature Arena at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge in the Ozarks of Missouri.
What was supposed to be one night quickly turned into three due to an overwhelming turnout to celebrate one of the most iconic business stories in America’s history.
Over 55,000 tickets went out for the weekend of October 1st. The concerts will be September 30th, October 1st, and October 2nd. All three shows are now sold out.
“This was for Ben Farrell. He was with us this morning,” Brooks shares. “I couldn’t be happier for Johnny Morris. His story is truly the American tale. I love him.”
Farell, who was Brooks’ concert promoter for over 30 years, passed away earlier this month at the age of 76.
The newly expanded Thunder Ridge Nature Arena is a natural amphitheater that overlooks Table Rock Lake and the Boston Mountains of Arkansas, allowing guests to embrace the beauty and grandeur of the great outdoors. Located on nearly 1,200 acres, the venue can host approximately 50,000 patrons, more than doubling the previous seating capacity without sacrificing the venue’s stunning nature-based charm.
Next month, Brooks wraps his three year stadium tour with five sold out shows in Dublin, Ireland. Four hundred thousand tickets sold out within four hours, marking a new milestone for the country star who hasn’t performed in the city in 25 years. Brooks last played Dublin in May 1997, three months before the Central Park show.
Since the tour began in March 2019, The Stadium Tour has broken at least two dozen attendance records and has sold an average of 95,000 tickets in each city. His largest single show so far on this trek is Baton Rouge with a sell out of 102,000 ticket sellout in two hours which registered as a small earthquake during “Callin’ Baton Rouge.”
The country superstar is prepping to release The Anthology, Part II: The Next Five Years on November 15th. Brooks picks up where he left off in The Anthology, Part I: The First Five Years in 2017, telling his story in his own words and offering fascinating insights to his career and personal life from 1996-2001. Completing the Anthology, Part II is a six disc set of musical highlights from albums released during that time — all of which will be heard in a new way after reading about the inspiration for the song and how the magic was created in the studio — plus two previously unreleased recordings — a studio recording of “Tearin’ It Up (And Burnin’ It Down)” and a duet version of “To Make You Feel My Love” with wife Trisha Yearwood.
Brooks is also expected to open his forthcoming Friends In Low Place entertainment complex at 411 Broadway in Nashville later this year. It was announced earlier this week that he is fitting the bill for a Nashville Metro police substation in the adjacent alley to the downtown complex.
