L.A. Times - Entertainment — Garth Brooks, long a holdout from allowing his music to be sold on iTunes, lifted the lid Thursday on his alternative, GhostTunes, a new download and streaming service that the newly unretired country superstar said “allows artists to sell music an... more info

Stereogum — Throughout the pitiful prepubescence that was fourth and fifth grades, country music was my bizarre musical way station between contemporary Christian pop and the MTV of Pauly Shore and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” Thanks to the influence of my... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Garth Brooks took to ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday to announce a new … announcement. more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Some 400,000 Garth Brooks fans may still be licking their wounds over his aborted concerts in Ireland, which were originally scheduled for this past weekend. But Irish musician Van Morrison gave about 400 of his most devoted followers something worth... more info

Mercury News, California — Garth Brooks has retired from retirement. What songs should join him on the comeback trail? more info

The Independent — Country legend Garth Brooks will open his comeback tour in Chicago after being forced to cancel shows in Ireland. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Garth Brooks, moving quickly beyond the fiasco of the cancellation of his five “Comeback Special” concerts in Dublin, Ireland, has announced details of the opening salvo on his formal world tour, which will start Sept. 4 in Chicago. No other tour... more info

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