Garth Brooks has set a new record with today’s ticket sales for his four shows at the State Farm Center in Champaign, IL.
This morning (3/16) tickets for a total of four Garth Brooks “World Tour” concerts with special guest Trisha Yearwood went on sale. Those four shows have already sold over 50,000 tickets to set the new record!
According to the press release (posted below) Garth’s previous record was set for his run of shows March 7th-9th, 1997 when he sold 48,633 tickets at the venue. Previous to that record the high mark was set when Elvis Presley sold 17,200 tickets for his concert in 1976.
As of the writing of this blog, there were still tickets available for all four Garth Brooks shows at the State Farm Center. However, it is expected that the shows will be sold out by mid-afternoon today (3/16). Get the link and phone number to purchase tickets in the press release below.
For those of you that have already scored your Garth Brooks tickets, CONGRATS!
For those of you still trying, Good Luck!
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By: Buck Stevens
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
GARTH BROOKS HAS BROKEN
HIS CHAMPAIGN, IL TICKET SALES RECORD
WITH OVER 50,000 TICKETS SOLD
AND TICKETS ARE STILL SELLING
LOS ANGELES- March 16th, 2017- Garth Brooks has broken his Champaign, IL ticket sales record. His previous record was set, March 7th – 9th, 1997, with 48,633 tickets sold at the University of Illinois Assembly Center. The previous record holder at that arena was Elvis Presley with 17,200 tickets sold in 1976. Today Garth has sold over 50,000 for University of Illinois State Farm Center and tickets are still selling.
The tour is presented by Amazon Music Unlimited. This is the last stop on the tour for Illinois.
The concerts will be:
Friday, April 28th, 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 29th , 3:00 PM
Saturday, April 29th, 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 30th , 7:30 PM
There is an eight ticket limit per purchase. The ONLY way to buy tickets is through www.StateFarmCenter.com/Garth or 1-844-442-7842.
Tickets will cost $65.98 plus a $3.50 facility fee and a $5.50 service charge for a total of $74.98. All seats sold are best available.
About Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks recently won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards for a fifth time, a first for any artist. He is also the first artist in history to receive 7 Diamond awards for the now seven albums certified by the RIAA at over 10 million album sales each and remains the #1-selling solo artist in U.S. history certified by the RIAA with over 149 million album sales. He has received every accolade the recording industry can bestow on an artist. Garth has been inducted into the International Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame and most recently, the Musicians Hall of Fame.
Garth is currently on the three year Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood. The tour began with 11 sold out shows at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. The tour is smashing records previously held by such acts as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and even Garth Brooks. In just over two years the tour has sold over 5 MILLION tickets, making it the biggest tour in the world.
Garth has also launched Inside Studio G, a weekly Facebook Live series. It airs every Monday on Garth’s Facebook page at 7:00 PM EST.
You can follow him at:
https://www.facebook.com/GarthBrooks
https://twitter.com/garthbrooks
http://instagram.com/garthbrooks
For more information please visit www.garthbrooks.com
