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Why so much love between Ireland and Garth Brooks?
Country music superstar Garth Brooks will perform a multi-city tour of Ireland in 2027
Fans of Garth Brooks will be brushing off their Stetsons and polishing their cowboy boots after the country music superstar announced he will be performing in multiple cities across Ireland in 2027.
The tour includes Belfast, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Cork and will be the first time he has played in Northern Ireland since his King's Hall gig in November 1998.
The singer has said in the past that Ireland is his favourite place in the world to sing, and the love appears to be mutual as his first two Belfast concerts sold out, with an extra date already added.
So why has an American country music star remained so popular with Irish fans for so many years?
Cathy O'Reilly previously saw Garth Brooks live at two of his Dublin concerts in 2022
Cathy O'Reilly, who is originally from County Monaghan but lives in Belfast, managed to get her tickets for the very first show of Garth Brooks' tour on 21 May 2027 at Boucher Road Playing Fields.
She has already seen Brooks perform live before - twice during his run of concerts in Dublin in 2022 and her love of his music was passed on from her parents and uncles.
"It's growing up listening to him it brings me back to my childhood. My uncle gave me his cd, he didn't even buy me one - just gave me his because I loved him so much."
She believes the Irish link to the US and the fact that fans on the island give the best welcome to performers, are the reasons for Garth Brooks' popularity in Ireland.