Garth Brooks Announces 10 Irish Stadium Shows for 2027, Starting in Belfast
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Country star Garth Brooks will return to Ireland in 2027 for ten stadium concerts in five cities, starting with two nights in Belfast on May 21 and 22. Tickets for all shows go on sale at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, through Ticketmaster.ie, according to XS Noize, the Irish Mirror and The Irish News.
The Irish Tour 2027 will also stop in Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Cork. It will be Brooks' first Irish appearance since September 2022, when he played five sold-out concerts at Dublin's Croke Park, The Irish News reported.
Where and when Brooks will play
Each city gets two nights, according to the tour listings in all three outlets:
- Belfast, Boucher Road: May 21 and 22
- Galway, Pearse Stadium: May 29 and 30
- Kilkenny, UPMC Nowlan Park: June 4 and 5
- Limerick, TUS Gaelic Grounds: June 11 and 12
- Cork, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh: June 18 and 19
The Irish News identified the Belfast venue as Boucher Road Playing Fields. The Irish Mirror said the shows fall on Fridays and Saturdays, apart from the Galway dates, which are a Saturday and a Sunday.
Brooks on coming back
The Irish Mirror quoted Brooks as saying the tour has been a dream of his since he first played Ireland. He added that after experiencing how the Irish love music, “you can't play there enough.”
The 2022 run and the road to it
The Irish Mirror said Brooks' five Croke Park concerts in 2022 drew more than 400,000 fans. It described the run as record-breaking. The outlet noted that those shows followed the controversy surrounding his planned concerts at the same Dublin venue in 2014. None of the three outlets gave further detail on that dispute.
Brooks' career figures
The outlets cited the same career milestones for the singer:
- More than 200 million albums sold worldwide, which the Irish Mirror and The Irish News described as the best-selling total of any solo artist in U.S. history.
- Ten RIAA Diamond Awards for albums certified at more than 10 million copies, which the outlets describe as a first for any artist.
- 20 Billboard No. 1 singles.
- Two Grammy Awards and seven CMA Entertainer of the Year honors.
XS Noize also listed 17 American Music Awards and 12 People's Choice Awards. The Irish News added that he received the Kennedy Center Honors and the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
What this means for fans
For fans in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and for travelers planning a trip, the announcement sets a fixed schedule: ten concerts over four weekends, from late May to mid-June 2027. Because the tour spans five cities, the shows are spread across different parts of the island, with Belfast opening the run and Cork closing it.
All ticket sales run through a single outlet, Ticketmaster.ie, and open at the same time, 8 a.m. on Nov. 12. The sources did not disclose ticket prices or any presale arrangements.
What happens next
The next step is the on-sale date. Tickets for all five cities become available on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 8 a.m. The tour then begins in Belfast on May 21, 2027.
Around Prague, based on reporting by XS Noize, Irish Mirror, The Irish News
