Garth Brooks Has a History of Making History in Washington, D.C.

Garth Brooks is taking his Roots to the nation’s capital.

The Blame It All on My Roots Arena Tour is headed to Washington, D.C., marking Brooks’ return to an area where he has spent three decades making memories — and a little history.

Thirty years ago, fans sold out his arena shows in the area and helped him topple a sales record previously held by Prince. Ten years ago, Brooks played just an hour away in Baltimore, where fans helped him best the attendance record previously held by The Beatles.

Brooks will bring his Blame It All on My Roots Arena Tour to Capital One Arena on Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19. Tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. ET through Ticketmaster and the Ticketmaster app. All tickets are priced the same, with every seat in the house offered at one price.

"One of the things I love most about this RETRO tour is you get to play the places you haven't visited in quite some time," Brooks said.

The Washington, D.C., dates are the fourth stop on a tour already generating massive demand. More than 380,000 fans showed up for tickets in Indianapolis, followed by 500,000 in Denver and another half-million in Chicago.

For Brooks, Washington isn't simply another stop. Garth was in Washington in 2020 to accept the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He returned one year later when he was presented with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2021. And he returned earlier this year for the RIAA Honors, where he received the organization's first Artist of a Lifetime Award, recognizing him as the biggest-selling artist in history and the first and only artist to surpass 200 million albums sold.

“Washington has given me some of the greatest professional honors of my life, but those honors all start with the people,” Brooks said. “Getting to come back and play for them again after all these years — that’s the real honor.”

Tickets for the Washington, D.C. performances go on sale Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. ET through Ticketmaster and the Ticketmaster app. The Capital One Arena shows will feature both end-stage and in-the-round seating, with all seats reserved.

There is an eight-ticket limit per purchase. Every ticket is priced at $153 ($140 ticket price, $3 facility fee, and $10 service charge), plus applicable sales tax, with every seat in the house sold at one fair price. All tickets go on sale simultaneously, with no presales or advance box office sales.

Fans are strongly encouraged to sign in to their Ticketmaster account — or create one — before the on-sale and join the waiting room so they are ready to enter the queue when tickets become available. The waiting room opens 30 minutes before the on-sale. Tickets will be available at Ticketmaster.com.