{"id":1305520,"date":"2019-03-14T09:46:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803885"},"modified":"2019-03-14T09:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:46:23","slug":"this-is-why-garth-brooks-is-a-stadium-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/this-is-why-garth-brooks-is-a-stadium-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why Garth Brooks Is a Stadium Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 5m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not big on sports and\/or sports references, but this? This I understand.<\/p>\n

Before Garth Brooks<\/a> took the stage in St. Louis at the Dome at America\u2019s Center on March 9 \u2014 the first night of his stadium tour \u2014 he sat down with CMT\u2019s Hot 20<\/em> to talk about what he\u2019s doing to make this tour such a winner.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the outtakes from that conversation:

CMT: Is this like kicking off a season?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garth Brooks<\/a>: \u201cHell yeah it is, man! It\u2019s going to be full contact, I can tell you right now. Cause the guys are so scared and the only way to get that scare out is to go out and pop somebody. That\u2019s just how sports are. So I can\u2019t wait for that first exchange. (Fans) are gonna get it on the first song, they\u2019re going to get their test on the first song and you\u2019ll know at that moment, what kind of night it\u2019s going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve scheduled more space between tour stops. Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRemember that Chicago was 11 nights, Minneapolis was 11 nights. Now you see that many people on one night or in two nights. So it makes the tour itself shrink down to about 40 cities, but it makes each city show its own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooks also explained his philosophy on what defines a tour, and how that makes each tour a new experience for his fans. Each one over the years has had something all its own. This year, it\u2019s what he\u2019s done with the poles that are a necessary evil in stadiums.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s those four poles that everybody hates,\u201d Brooks said of the structures that make for the dreaded Obstructed View seats. \u201cI hate them, everybody hates them. But wait until you see these: totally dressed in videos, they\u2019re just going to become part of the set. They\u2019ll look like they\u2019re moving, it\u2019s gorgeous. It\u2019s just going to be fun, it\u2019s going to be something that you\u2019ve never seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>, Brooks broke the attendance record at the Dome thanks to the roughly 75,000 fans who showed up.<\/p>\n

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St. Louis THANK YOU for giving me the BEST night that I\u2019ve had in a long, long time! love, g #GarthInStLouis<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/E1cBXxc9FN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) March 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For the rest of the Hot 20<\/em> interview with Brooks, tune in to an all-new episode airing Saturday and Sunday (March 16-17) at 9 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Brooks\u2019 tour continues with dates<\/a> throughout the country for the next few months.<\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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