All five Garth Brooks comeback gigs in Dublin cancelled

2014/07/08 19:54:26 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

All five mammoth comeback concerts by country music superstar Garth Brooks, planned to take place in Dublin later this month, were scrapped on Tuesday following a licensing dispute. Last week local authorities granted a licence for only three of the five planned gigs at Dublin & #039;s Croke Park stadium, leading Br ooks to issue an & quot;all or nothing & quot; ultimatum. Some 400,000 tickets for the concerts, billed as a & quot;Comeback Special Event & quot; before a promised world tour by the US singer later this year, had sold out in record time as Brooks-mania swept Ireland earlier this year. After flying to the US to meet Brooks face-to-face on Tuesday, the promoter Peter Aiken issued a statement saying & quot;no concerts will take place & quot;.
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