Garth Brooks’ First Dive Bar Show: Joe’s In Chicago

Garth Brooks has picked the location for his first “Dive Bar” show on his recently announced “Dive Bar Tour” and it’s at Joe’s Bar on Weed Street in Chicago on…

Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Updated Jul 9, 2019 9:58 AM EDT

Garth Brooks' First Dive Bar Show: Joe's In Chicago

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Garth Brooks has picked the location for his first "Dive Bar" show on his recently announced "Dive Bar Tour" and it's at Joe's Bar on Weed Street in Chicago on Monday night (7/15).

Joe’s Bar on Weed Street is in the Lincoln Park section of the Windy City.

Garth says, “When you think about ‘Friends In Low Places’…when you think about 'Blame it all on my roots’ – that’s (as) honky-tonk as it gets. So, the honky-tonks work fine with me. I mean, c’mon – can you imagine in those little honky-tonk walls hearing that... ‘Turn that bottle up and drink it…crank that jukebox up and Hank it – bartender, pour another round….”

Brooks announced the series of seven shows on Sunday (7/7) on National Dive Bar Day.

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Garth’s “Dive Bar” Tour takes its name from his new duet with Blake Shelton.

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Garth Brooks. Blake Shelton

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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.