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Garth Brooks Next ‘Dive Bar’ Will Be In Ohio

Garth Brooks has announced that Ohio is the state in which his next “Dive Bar” location will be. Garth said, “If you know the first part of our career, we…

Garth Brooks Next 'Dive Bar' Will Be In Ohio
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Garth Brooks has announced that Ohio is the state in which his next "Dive Bar" location will be.

Garth said, “If you know the first part of our career, we spent a lot of time in this state. It was our number-one fan club state. It was always a guaranteed good time for us, Ohio’s kind of where it all began.”

The exact date and location of Garth’s Buckeye State “Dive Bar” show will be announced this afternoon (10/15). Brooks will be onstage barely 24 hours after that announcement is made…playing show Number-4 on the “Dive Bar” Tour – or, in this case, “Dive Barn” Tour – in the Sunshine State.

He said, “We’ll be goin’ down to The Barn in Sanford, Florida…where we’ll be doing the song ‘Dive Barn.' Can’t wait to get down there and kinda complete the circle.”

The Barn is a honky-tonk mentioned in Garth’s song “The Old Stuff” (from Fresh Horses) is a place he played early in his career.

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.