Garth Brooks has opened up about his excitement ahead of his Irish tour next year.

The American country superstar will perform two shows each in Belfast, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, and Cork next May and June, with tickets going on sale on Thursday, 12 November.

Speaking to the Louise Duffy Show on RTÉ Radio 1, he said that ‘a hundred gigs in Ireland wouldn’t be enough’ for him as he looks forward to his shows next summer.

‘There’s just something about it,’ Brooks said of playing in Ireland.

‘I think you guys are just too close to it. You live it. But that’s where musicians go and artists go for heaven right there.

‘It’s just wonderful. Just the way the people sing, they’re all on pitch, they all breathe with you.

‘It’s so easy to just be yourself, and that’s the sweetest gift you can give somebody is let them be themselves and be ok. You guys have always just let me be myself, so we are very excited.

‘All I can tell you is I’m not coming there for you: I’m coming there for me! And anybody that I love and everyone that I love – the band, the crew – they’re so excited.

‘We’re running what we call ‘an outdoor run’, where the stage, kind of like if anybody went to Hyde Park [in London in June 2026], it’ll be that kind of a production.

‘So, we don’t need everybody that’s on the tour to go with us, but everybody wants to come. We’re trying to figure out who we’re bringing and who we’re not bringing.

‘Everybody wants to be there, and that’s because you guys got it down, man. You got the love thing down right. You’ve got how to exist with each other right, how to move through traffic right. You’ve got it down right and it’s just a joy to be there.’

As he signed off ahead of his Irish shows going on sale, Garth added: ‘I’m nervous, I’m excited, I’m scared, all the good things.’