Garth Brooks Falls on Stage In Chicago
“And the thunder rolls…”
We’ve all been wondering how rusty Garth Brooks would be after 13 years of retirement, and if he would try to emulate the young pups once he was back on the stage. Well Garth Brooks looked a little shaky when he took a spill over the weekend during one of his many comeback shows in Chicago, doing his best Luke Bryan rendition of losing his footing while bounding off a riser, going into a Garth Brooks chub roll that he tried to make look like a football drill or commando maneuver before stopping himself mere inches from falling off the ledge. Garth may have not gone over, but his black cowboy hat did. It was later recovered by a fan, who must have really had to contemplate the eBay value of the concert score before willingly submitting it back to the country superstar.
The fall happened on Friday, September 5th as the 52-year old plays a series of shows in Chicago stretching out all the way to September 14th as part of his “Garth Experience” World Tour. Of course Garth was too cool to acknowledge the fall, and instead brushed himself off and kept right on with the concert. Garth may have to get used to the new reality of playing concerts with 50,000 video cameras holstered to the belt of his fans. He’ll be fine, but we’ll have to see how well the aging Garth holds up as time goes on. Many of his Chicago dates include two shows a night—a tall order for a freshly unretired performer who’s AARP eligible.
Luke Bryan has seen his own series of stage falls in 2014.
September 8, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
last weak when luke brian feel down I was the 1st won to say it happens to the best of us. and I was rite. If luke brian lil Dale and garth Brookes have all fallen down on stage it can happen to any body. so Im glad to axept a apologie from every body that made fun off me.
and this dosent change garths status as the god farther of country music.
September 8, 2014 @ 12:23 pm
Lil, Dale, I see great career ahead of you as the Ben Colder of this generation, lol!
And your comment about Garth as the “god farther” of country music made me think of something probably quite different than you meant, such as, the Sicilian kind, who kills things ;D
September 8, 2014 @ 1:05 pm
garth is that kind of god father to. he killed chris gaines and no won evan asks about em any more cos they know better then to ask the god father.
September 8, 2014 @ 12:23 pm
Ewe are kined two bee sew magnan-a-miss Lil Dayle
September 8, 2014 @ 12:34 pm
Really Lil Dale? Unless English is your second language, I am not sure I can take anything you say serious.
September 8, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
“Lil Dale” spells words wrong on purpose. Check out a reponse he made to Clint on the latest David Allan Coe article. Almost every word is spelled correctly. He broke character on that one.
September 8, 2014 @ 1:21 pm
some body helped me with that won jack. come down off yer hi horse some time. sorry I did not go to belmont like u probly did.
September 8, 2014 @ 9:48 pm
It’s his schtick and cover. Gotta admire how hard he works at it. 😛
September 8, 2014 @ 12:35 pm
Lil Dale, is English your first language? If not, I can understand the way you write. I DO like Garth Brooks, I like his voice and he has stage presence and can truly entertain. However, he definitely isn’t the ‘god father of country music.” He is fun and quite talented though. When he started flying in stadiums, he lost some of his “country” charm.
September 8, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
hell yeah I speak english, I was born n rased in pine bluff ark USA. sorry I didnt go to some fansy college to lurn how to type. and as far as garth not being the god father of country music you obveusly dont know any thing bout country music do you?
September 8, 2014 @ 1:21 pm
Sorry, Lil Dale, no offense meant. I didn’t learn how to type or spell at a fancy college either. I learned in high school. Guess I have been laboring under the idea that people like Hank Williams Sr. were the godfathers of country music. I think Garth helped to popularize country with his more pop country sound in the big stadiums that appealed to a wider audience.
September 8, 2014 @ 1:27 pm
may be yer rite. garth may not be the god father but hes sure as hell the wild and crazy unckle.
September 8, 2014 @ 1:03 pm
Lil Dale, I think you may be a Lil Slow!
September 8, 2014 @ 1:16 pm
is that ware you want to be when jesus comes back? makin fun of some body on the inter nets? all rite. if you want to blame some body for my spelling u can blame that bum bill Clinton. gov my ass.
September 8, 2014 @ 2:20 pm
I’m sorry but lil Dale is becoming, ‘lil intertayning’
September 8, 2014 @ 3:00 pm
Everybody,
This is a warning. After years of general pleasantness in the comments, all of a sudden we’re back to where they are a source of drama. I strongly encourage everyone to share their thoughts and insights and dissent here and to do so unflinchingly. But it also has to be 1) On topic. 2) With a general level of respect towards everyone. I don’t mind the little bits like “Lil Dale,” as long as they are in moderation. Quality, not quantity people. And I am going to start deleting/editing comments, and moderating users until we can back to the healthy balance, which invariably evokes more complaints about censorship, but tough shit. The point of these comments sections is to stimulate the sharing of ideas, and anyone who gets in the way of that is subject to my big fat ugly eraser. Bitch all you want, but I’m tired of playing referee in the comments.
As you were.
September 9, 2014 @ 6:23 am
If “Lil Dale” also comes from Shooter’s IP address, I just regained a ton of respect for Shooter.
September 8, 2014 @ 1:05 pm
was positive this was “fake news” until I saw the video…
September 8, 2014 @ 1:35 pm
Looks like Garth needs to bring back the flying harness and cables. That way he can’t fall down, only up.
September 8, 2014 @ 2:13 pm
I’m getting tired of this fuckin’ shit. Quit flooding these boards with your stupid shit. Contribute in a useful way of fuck off.
September 8, 2014 @ 2:42 pm
who died an made u the king? may be the rest of us think yer comments are stupid. Im won of the all time clasic contributers to the coments of saving country music. every time I rite a comment 4 or 5 jerks like you rite back. wich gets the site more clicks. I know how the inter net works all rite. so u should be thankin me for helpin the site.
an thanks trigger for not havin my back when the other comenters gang up on me. I guess saving country music is ok with bulying.
an 86. this is the last time Im gonna rite so if you ever want to leeve yer dan and shay cover band an lurn how to rock just leeve a mesage in the coments.
September 8, 2014 @ 2:58 pm
You know I wonder how often artists feel before the age of “everyone will know”. It’s only because everyone is recording everything that we even know most of this stuff happens. Not to say it’s good or bad just to say maybe this isn’t as pronounced as one thinks and at least he isn’t falling because he’s blind drunk or to methed out to perform.
I’m a done with arena shows (to costly for to little) so I am not dying to see Garth but I do hope he gets the ball rolling away from what country has become, and at least brings it back more the focus on music and storytelling.
September 8, 2014 @ 3:07 pm
I’m deciding not to read too much into this; as I believe this pales greatly in comparison to having not released “Tacoma” as the lead single from his forthcoming album of new material and instead rolling with a well-intentioned but dispassionate lead release “People Loving People”.
Still, Brooks should know as well as anyone that, with the way our culture is dominated by visual stimuli more than ever before from YouTube to an intensified cable news television circuit, that a lackluster first impression can prove fairly costly. I think this fall will have a negligible impact, but from here on out I think the secondary single will be highly decisive in terms of fanbase morale, as well as how well he is able to maintain that populist steak or not.
September 8, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
Taking 14 years off is difficult on every level. A fifty year old is not as resilient as a 30 year old. I hate to see anybody fall down or off the stage.
His fierce comeback has been fraught with stops, starts and challenges.
September 9, 2014 @ 12:04 am
“And the thunder rolls…”, doing his best Luke Bryan rendition of losing his footing…”
Trigger, you consistently manage to make my day with that wit.
September 9, 2014 @ 6:05 am
This whole comeback is starting to be just sad.
September 9, 2014 @ 6:30 am
Why is it sad? Everybody that I know who have been to the shows said its like he’s never left. BTW, he’s tripped and fallen in the past too, because he’s human! There just wasn’t 18,000 phones recording him every night!
September 9, 2014 @ 7:24 am
Hey trigger, I was just wondering if you’ve read the story about Scott B. Telling taylor swift to give him at least 3 country songs after she turned in her album? I’d love to read your thoughts on that one. (Sorry for randomly putting this on a Garth Brooks thread)
September 9, 2014 @ 8:25 am
Yes, something coming up very soon.
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September 9, 2014 @ 12:16 pm
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September 9, 2014 @ 2:41 pm
Trigger, when you turn 50 I hope they start putting nails in your coffin and informing you that you’re no longer sharp enough to write good reviews. There are plenty of 50-somethings that could run circles around 20-40-something year olds.
September 9, 2014 @ 2:56 pm
Did I miss something? Where the fuck did that come from?
September 10, 2014 @ 12:02 pm
Apparently something else making a comeback is the oversensitivity of the die-hard Garth fans who get butthurt over anything that could possibly be perceived as a slight against the object of their affection.
I’ve missed the 1989-1994 version of Garth Brooks for 20 years now. I haven’t missed the post-1994 version or his rabid fans in the least.