When country superstar Garth Brooks puts on a show, it typically sells out. Seats almost always sell in the secondary market for thousands. Last night, the singer learned that vilifying your own fan base and calling them a-holes is a costly endeavor.<\/p>\n
In his first live appearance since the speech that lost him millions of supporters, Brooks filled The Geico Memorial Arena in Jostenberg, Illinois to just over 50 percent capacity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was embarrassing,\u201d said tour manager Joe Barron, \u201cPoor Garth was waving people from the nosebleed seats to come down front. None of the floor seats sold. It was sad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooks has another show at the Haremfeather Norfolk Amphitheater in East Chicago next week that he\u2019s considering canceling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure if I just don\u2019t show up things will be alright,\u201d Brooks reportedly told his good friend Art Tubolls of the Chicago Bulls, \u201cconsidering there\u2019s a good chance that town doesn\u2019t exist, will they miss me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooks was laughing from inside his new bar in Nashville, \u201cFriends In Low Places,\u201d while drinking a Bud Light. \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure they\u2019ll buy anything so long as it punishes ol\u2019 Garth,\u201d he chuckled.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true that if the venues are fictional that the stories could be, too, but does he really need to shove it in America\u2019s face by drinking a Bud Light? For shame, Mr. Brooks. For shame. God Bless America.<\/p>\n
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