Garth Brooks Returns to Ireland for 2027 Tour as Tickets Sell Fast

Country music icon Garth Brooks will return to Ireland in May and June 2027 for a ten-date tour across five cities. He last played Dublin’s Croke Park in September 2022.

Ten-Date Tour Across Five Irish Cities

Promoted by Aiken Promotions, the summer 2027 tour covers Belfast, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, and Cork. The opening night is scheduled for 21 May 2027 at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast. It is the singer’s first performance in Northern Ireland since his King’s Hall gig in November 1998.

“This has been a dream of mine since the first time we played Ireland,” Brooks said in a statement. “Once you get a taste of how the Irish love music, you can’t play there enough!”

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The routing spans outdoor venues and sports grounds across the island. The complete schedule includes:

21 and 22 May 2027: Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast, United Kingdom
29 and 30 May 2027: Pearse Stadium, Galway, Ireland
4 and 5 June 2027: UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland
11 and 12 June 2027: TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, Ireland
18 and 19 June 2027: SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, Ireland

Tickets Go on Sale November 12

Tickets for the Garth Brooks Irish Tour go on sale November 12 at 8 a.m. via Ticketmaster, and demand is massive. Over 300,000 tickets are already snapped up.

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The first two Belfast concerts, the opening night in Galway, and the second night in Kilkenny sold out instantly. Promoters responded by adding a third show in Belfast. Aiken Promotions manager Peter Aiken told RTÉ that the new Belfast date is “red hot,” saying that there could even be a fourth show added.

IRELAND!!!!! 300,000 tickets already AND an extra night in Belfast!?! What an INCREDIBLE thing to wake up to!!! You never cease to amaze me! The love you’ve shown us is beyond ANYTHING I could have imagined. Ireland, this is going to be CRAZY!!! I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU!!!!

Garth Brooks, via The Music Universe

Decades of History With Irish Audiences

The deep bond between the American country artist and Irish crowds stretches back decades. Brooks first performed in Ireland in 1994 with an eight-night residency at Dublin’s Point Depot, now known as the 3Arena. He headlined Dublin’s Gaelic Athletic Association stadium, Croke Park, in 1997, drawing between 120,000 and 150,000 fans across consecutive nights. Those 1997 concerts were captured for an NBC television special titled Garth Brooks Ireland and Back.

Plans for a five-night Croke Park comeback drew 400,000 ticket-holders in July 2014. Because tickets were sold before Dublin City Council granted municipal permits, and following protests from local resident associations over five back-to-back stadium events, the council limited approval to just three nights.

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Refusing to choose which 160,000 fans would lose their seats, Brooks issued an “all five or none” ultimatum. Negotiations involving promoter Peter Aiken, the GAA, and the government failed, resulting in the cancellation of all five shows.

The rift healed eight years later when Brooks secured approval to stage his five-night residency at Croke Park in September 2022, drawing more than 400,000 fans across two weekends.

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Why Irish Fans Connect With Garth Brooks

Stephen Butler, a Newtownabbey resident who performs in the tribute band Thunder Rolls, said fans identify deeply with hits like “Friends in Low Places” and “Callin’ Baton Rouge,” as well as reflective ballads such as “Tomorrow Never Comes” and “Unanswered Prayers.”

And in amongst Thunder Rolls and the big hits that Garth has, he sings big rocky country rock and ballads, so it’s exciting and it’s sad – it’s an emotional roller coaster. And he’s such a down-to-earth, genuine, caring person, he seems to be a good soul and I think people identify with his personality. It’s a big working-class country and they love someone that’s genuine and that talks from the heart.

Stephen Butler, Tribute Artist via Yahoo

Cathy O’Reilly, a Belfast resident originally from County Monaghan, secured tickets for the opening 21 May 2027 show at Boucher Road Playing Fields. “He gives us energy and we’re giving it back ten-fold nearly, and we’re just so welcoming so he really enjoys coming here,” she said.

Buy tickets on November 12 at 8 a.m. via Ticketmaster.