Garth Brooks is doing his best to keep his Blame It All On My Roots Tour tickets in the hands of fans… but he needs their help.
The country music star is currently gearing up to go back out on the road. After teasing a new album and new music earlier this year, the “Friends In Low Places” singer finally made the announcement official earlier this month. Through a release on his website, and in a couple of different social media posts, the country superstar told everyone that the “wait is over,” and happily shared that his Blame It All On My Roots Tour will get kicked off in August.
The first set of tickets that went on sale were for Indianapolis, Indiana, and there was so much demand for the two concert dates that were announced that Garth and his team added an additional two shows to the weekend. At one point, over 400,000 people were in the Ticketmaster queue when the tickets for the Indy shows went live:
“No one was prepared for this. Nearly 400,000 in the Ticketmaster queue!!! Your patience is so appreciated. This is crazy. THANK YOU.”
In case you didn’t hear, Garth chose to make every single ticket that’s for sale – regardless of where it is in the arena – $155.25. When you break that down, it’s $140 for the ticket, and then $15.25 added on top of it in facility fees and service charges (plus taxes). In other words, whether it’s the front row or the nose bleeds, every single seat costs the same.
Though some were concerned about the pricing strategy, it’s clearly been effective thus far. Soon, the tickets for Garth’s Denver, Colorado stops will become available, and the country superstar is doing his best to give his fans plenty of heads up:
“DENVER… YOU’RE UP! The next stop on Garth Brooks’ ‘Blame It All On My Roots Tour’ is Ball Arena on September 4 and 5! Tickets go ON SALE Friday, July 31.”
Why is Garth really trying to get the word out about his concert tickets going on sale? Well, he obviously wants country fans to be there. But one main concern he has is making sure the tickets for his shows get into the hands of his fans, rather than bots or scalpers. He even provided some quotes through GarthBrooks.com (the No. 1 source for all things Garth) about how getting into the queue early helps battle bots:
“When you join the waiting room before the queue opens, it helps Ticketmaster block bots so real people have a fair shot at getting tickets. I really urge people to get in the waiting room before the queue opens and update all your info ahead of time.”
The country icon previously let his strong beliefs against scalping be known. He believes that scalping should be illegal, and says he’s entertained the thought of walking up to the “powers that be” and telling them he only wants to tour in a world where scalping is outlawed:
“I’ve never understood why scalping is legal. I don’t think I am making it too simple by saying if we just make scalping illegal, a bunch of the problems of today’s ticketing procedures would be gone…
I’ve always wanted to go to the ‘powers that be’ and tell them I would be happy to do a tour without scalping if they want to see if we all miss it or not.”
Please do that Garth.
Because the rest of us are out here fighting tooth and nail for tickets. And if you are trying to secure some Garth Brooks tickets, all four nights in Indianapolis, including the two newly-announced shows, are on sale now. As for the Denver shows, those tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. MT tomorrow. You can join the Ticketmaster queue and pay exactly $155.25 per ticket HERE.
Like Garth said, make sure to beat the bots.
