Sammy Kershaw accepts CMA apology; awards attendance still undecided
Sammy Kershaw says the CMA apologized and invited him and wife Mendy to its awards. His publicist says he has not decided to attend.
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Garth Brooks has announced two February concerts at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, extending his Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour into 2027. The shows are scheduled for Friday, February 5, and Saturday, February 6. His official announcement identifies the Little Rock area as the first announced U.S. destination on the tour next year. The Arkansas dates were announced November 11.
Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Friday, November 20, 2026, at 10 a.m. Central. Brooks’s website lists one price for all seats: $154.50, plus applicable local sales tax. That total includes a $140 ticket, a $4.50 venue fee and a $10 service fee. The announcement says the concerts will offer both end-stage and in-the-round seating. Simmons Bank Arena says the ticket waiting room opens 30 minutes before the sale begins.
Brooks last played the same Arkansas arena in late 2014, when it operated as Verizon Arena, according to his website. “I couldn’t pick a better place to start the 2027 leg of the Blame It All On My Roots Tour!” he said in the new announcement. He launched the current arena tour in Indianapolis in August 2026. The production revives his Drum Pod from the 1996 touring era, and Brooks is recording the tour for his Killer Live project.
Before the Arkansas engagement, Brooks has four Seattle shows at Climate Pledge Arena from November 12 through November 15, 2026, including a Sunday matinee. Hamilton, Ontario’s TD Coliseum lists four concerts from December 3 through December 6. His official website identifies December 11 and December 12 at Minneapolis’s Target Center as the final stop of his 2026 arena-tour schedule.
Brooks also has a separately announced Irish Tour in 2027. Those ten concerts were announced November 5, before the Arkansas dates: May 21–22 at Belfast’s Boucher Road Playing Fields in Northern Ireland; May 29–30 at Galway’s Pearse Stadium; June 4–5 at Kilkenny’s UPMC Nowlan Park; June 11–12 at Limerick’s TUS Gaelic Grounds; and June 18–19 at Cork’s SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. His website set the Irish ticket sale for November 12, 2026, at 8 a.m. GMT.
Sources: Garth Brooks; Simmons Bank Arena; TD Coliseum; Garth Brooks: Ireland; RTÉ.
Written by: Kevin Jaggers
Sammy Kershaw says the CMA apologized and invited him and wife Mendy to its awards. His publicist says he has not decided to attend.
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