Country music has always been about reaching the people. Singer/songwriters dance like jesters on lower Broadway or find their demo cd’s being used as coasters for years and never give up because they have an inexorable need to be heard. To use their God given talents in showing the day to day working man that his struggles and accomplishments are shared. Country stations are where people have turned their radios for decades to find some truth in this crazy world. In our genre fans and artists are like one big family, well, if your family charged for dinner.
For a paltry $69.23 you can go see your ol’ uncle Garth in Knoxville, TN. And, he’s bringing aunt Trisha too. Yep, on May 29 and 30 you can check out Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood playing the Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville for the first time in 18 years.
You may be asking, “with a capacity of over 21,000 people, how will they make any money at only $70 a ticket? I mean, that’s a mere $1.5 million x2 shows.” Hey, you are getting two headliners, right? Not to mention, have you seen the price of rhinestones lately, sheesh! Worry not, they made sure you will get a spot by limiting the number of tickets to 8 per party.
Ok, I am sorry. Garth Brooks admittedly is an incredible artist as well as an inextricable part of country music history. I just can not help to have a bad taste in my mouth whenever uttering his name, and not because of why you might guess. The whole creating pop-country thing? Nah, I love Garth’s music. What bothers me is that he refused to sell his latest album on digital media.
That shows me he is an old man who does not see the future of a business he helped create. I would love to go see a Garth Brooks concert, and with the money he would have made from online sales a ticket could be affordable.
But hey, if you have an extra $140 laying around for you and your date, visit www.KnoxvilleTickets.com/Garth
