Get the cowboy boots out: Garth Brooks is coming back to Ireland.
Aiken Promotions confirmed on Thursday morning that the country superstar is set for a return to Irish shores for a number of gigs in 2027.
They will be his first Irish concerts since his record-breaking five nights at Croke Park in 2022, when around 400,000 fans saw him over two weekends.
The announcement came after days of teasers. Aiken shared a video of a ‘special delivery’ travelling to a series of stadiums, with the reveal set for 8am on Thursday, November 5.
Cork, Galway, Kilkenny and Limerick all featured in the clip. Country music site Holler pointed out that Aiken has run summer concert series at GAA grounds in all four places.
It was then officially confirmed that the gigs are:
BELFAST, Boucher Road
Friday 21 May & Saturday 22 May 2027
GALWAY, Pearse Stadium
Saturday 29 May & Sunday 30 May 2027
KILKENNY, UPMC Nowlan Park
Friday 4 June & Saturday 5 June 2027
LIMERICK, TUS Gaelic Grounds
Friday 11 June & Saturday 12 June 2027
CORK, Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Friday 18 June & Saturday 19 June 2027
Brooks has never hidden his affection for Irish fans. Reflecting on more than 30 years of support from Ireland in January, he said: ‘I’ve never understood what it is about Ireland. But their love for Garth music stuns me every time.’
That bond has been tested. In 2014, Brooks sold 400,000 tickets for five comeback concerts at Croke Park. Dublin City Council then licensed only three of the shows after objections from local residents.
Rather than play a partial run, Brooks cancelled all five, and fans were refunded. He later said the collapse of the Irish shows felt like ‘a death in the family’.
It took eight years for him to make it right. In September 2022 he finally played his five nights at GAA headquarters, the final dates of his stadium tour.
In his book series The Anthology, Brooks describes Ireland as ‘family’. In Part VI: The Comeback, The Next Five Years, he reflects on what those shows meant to him.
‘If I never played music again after Ireland, would it have been enough for me? Yes,’ he said.
The 64-year-old is currently touring the US on his Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour, which runs until mid-November. He is also one of the headliners at California’s Stagecoach Festival next year.
