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Garth Brooks Announces ‘Fun’ Album Release Date

After many months of fans wondering when Garth Brooks will release his new album Fun, Garth has finally announced that the new album will be out on November 20. According…

Garth Brooks Announces Fun Album Release Date
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After many months of fans wondering when Garth Brooks will release his new album Fun, Garth has finally announced that the new album will be out on November 20.

According to a press release, Fun will include 14 songs, including "Dive Bar," Brooks' recent duet with Blake Shelton, and a cover of "Shallow," featuring Trisha Yearwood, "All Day Long," a Top 20 single from 2018, and "Stronger Than Me," which Brooks performed at the 2018 CMA Awards and dedicated to Yearwood.

Other songs include "The Road I'm On," "Courage of Love," "Party Gras (The Mardi Gras Song)" and "That's What Cowboys Do."

Garth said, "The title of the album was sparked because making it has been such a fun process to go through. Being able to go in and out of the studio while being on the tour, working with the same guys, it’s been amazing."

He posted to Instagram, "FUN is dropping 11/20! Join me for a LIVE preview of the new album this Wednesday at 7pm ET on @talkshoplive!! We ALL need some #FUN!!!! love, g"

Also on November 20, Brooks will release a deluxe edition of his Triple Live album. The three-CD live album features recordings from his 2014-2017 World Tour; the deluxe version will also include tracks from his Stadium Tour, which began in 2019.

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.