Garth Brooks Kicks Off Stadium Tour In St. Louis

WASHINGTON – JANUARY 18: Musician Garth Brooks performs at “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial” January 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. The event includes a diverse array of talent featuring both musical performances and historical readings and an appearance by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Garth Brooks opened his 2019 Stadium Tour in St. Louis on Saturday night.

Before the show began, he shared with fans on Facebook, “You’re not going to believe what you see when you walk in there. My breath went away and I know it! I was in on the drawings of it!”

The show kicked off “The Road I’m On” and “All Day Long” from his forthcoming album FUN!, and before her left the building he played over 30 songs. He told the crowd, “Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…for my life. For my children’s life. Thank you for this band and crew’s life. We get to travel around the world playing music. And people show up to take care of us! They show up, they pay, they travel to take care of us. That’s a pretty sweet position to be in.”

Brooks' wife Trisha Yearwood was there as well and joined him on stage, but her Trisha’s Tailgate event prior to the show had to be cancelled due to inclement and threatening weather.

Trisha shared on Instagram on Sunday, "About last night ..." #GARTHinSTLOUIS

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Garth will now set his sights on those next shows – Glendale, Arizona in a couple of weeks, Gainesville, Florida in April and a two-night stand in Minneapolis in May, followed by a visit to Pittsburgh.

-Nancy Brooks

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Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media GroupEditor

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.