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Country music star Garth Brooks has said he it will be the “greatest privilege and greatest joy” to play to audiences in Ireland.
Brooks appeared in Dublin on Monday morning to announce details of the two concerts he will play at Croke Park in September next year.
The dates on September 9th and 10th will be the only ones in Europe next year.
It was his first appearance in Ireland since he arrived in Croke Park in 2013 to announce two shows which quickly expanded to five to meet demand, but never went ahead because of objections.
Brooks said he was back to fulfil a promise to his Irish fans that someday he would return to Ireland to play.
Referring to the cancelled dates he said he hoped there would be a “blessing in that curse and now hopefully we have a chance to play Ireland”.
Brooks said he felt like Ireland was a “home” to him and his music and he praised promoter Peter Aiken for bringing him to the country.
“I am a fan of the Aiken family. I don’t know if any of you speak cowboy, but you hang with the mob you run with. I stand with the Aiken family and I will stand with the Aiken family as long as they want me,” he said.
When asked would he like to do five shows again, he responded: “I’d like to, but I’d also like to be six foot five and have abs.
“You had 400,000 tickets in one city and one show. There’s no way we are going to do those numbers again. Would I like it? Yes. Is it going to happen? I think it would be impossible.”
Brooks said he was aware of the controversy over what happened in 2014. “It was like a death in the family to us and it hurt, hurt, hurt. It’s still very fresh for me. It was going to be one of those things that was hard to understand,” he said.
“I don’t know how personal it was for you. If it was personal for you, you know how it felt on our side.”
He said there was no place like Ireland to play. “Getting this news to play Ireland – my it makes me happy.”