GARTH BROOKS CELEBRATES MUSIC HISTORY WITH CENTRAL PARK CONCERT RETRO T-SHIRT, AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 4

The next vintage t-shirt Garth Brooks will release from the vault celebrates his history-making Central Park concert in 1997.  Available on November 4 in the merch store at Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk, the shirt features the apple and silhouette logo splashed across billboards, screens, and lamp post signs all over New York promoting the concert.

On August 7, 1997, an estimated one million people showed up for this once-in-a-lifetime event, the largest crowd ever to attend a concert in New York’s Central Park.  It was a watershed moment in Garth’s career, when he joined the ranks of other iconic artists who had performed there, including Diana Ross, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, and James Taylor.  

“I can’t explain what it’s like to see that many people in one area.  It was beautiful,” Garth says in The Anthology, Part III: Live.  “The whole world was watching the country music audience at its best.”

The HBO special “Garth Live From Central Park” was the most-watched special on cable television in 1997, drawing 14.6 million viewers. It was also nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program; and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special.

Garth will unveil a “new” retro shirt on the first Monday of each month until the end of the year.  They are available exclusively at the merch store at Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk at 411 Broadway, limit seven shirts per customer, while supplies last.  The first vintage tee, released March 7 to celebrate the grand opening of FILP, dated back to 1991 and Ropin’ the Wind.