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Garth Brooks Unretires

Don't expect a new tour or album anytime soon

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2009 2:23 PM CDT

(Newser) – Garth Brooks is officially out of retirement—whatever that means. The 47-year-old singer announced his return to great fanfare at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry today. “It’s a proud day for me and my family,” Brooks declared. But coming out of retirement doesn’t mean Brooks will be recording a new album, or even touring. Brooks said it would be at least 5 years before either of those things happens.

Country music star Garth Brooks mimics a fiddle player as he answers questions at a news conference in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.
Country music star Garth Brooks mimics a fiddle player as he answers questions at a news conference in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Garth Brooks presents George Strait with the Artist of the Decade award at the ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert on Monday, April 6, 2009, in Las Vegas.
Garth Brooks presents George Strait with the Artist of the Decade award at the ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert on Monday, April 6, 2009, in Las Vegas.   (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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bewilderbeast
Oct 16, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
Great! And I got a title for a new song for him: "You ever have one of those days when you and your dad get wasted, decide to burglarize a house, he leaves you passed out under a bed and you end up getting identified by the neighbor - who just happens to be your grandfather?" See: http://www.denverpost.com/wate...
NxBigmouthery
Oct 16, 2009 4:46 AM CDT
Oh...and Iron & Wine.
NxBigmouthery
Oct 16, 2009 4:46 AM CDT
That's great for Garth an' all, but I have to say that the current crop of alleged country music stars have nothing on the low-key, lo-fi musicians in that category known as 'alt-country'. They are far more true to the sound and spirit of original country players. M Ward, Will Oldham, even older My Morning Jacket and some Band of Horses. If you like real country, without the bombast or the ipecac slickness, check 'em out. Speshly M Ward. Music's in his goddamn bones.

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