Yukon Jack (A.K.A. Garth Brooks) brought the house down in a bar outside of Denver, and by that, I mean over 20 people needed medical attention during his surprise performance.
Brooks is currently out on the road for the first time in a long time for his Blame It All On My Roots Tour. The “Friends In Low Places” singer has been announcing his concert dates one city at a time, and the city he’s currently in for a run of four shows is the Mile High City.
Fans have flocked to his concerts thus far, and many are citing his tour date rollout as a successful way to beat “Blue Dot Fever.” With every stop along the tour, Garth and his team has had to add additional shows to meet demand. There’s a total of four scheduled right now at Ball Arena (Friday through Sunday), and fans of Brooks also got the opportunity to se the country star at a small, intimate show last night.
As long as they knew that one of his alter egos is “Yukon Jack.”
A smaller bar and music venue called The Grizzly Rose was really hyping up a performance they had leading up to Thursday, September 3. And to be clear… Garth Brooks wasn’t on the bill officially. One of his alter egos was (and no, it’s not Chris Gaines). The Grizzly Rose shared that an artist named “Yukon Jack” was playing on Thursday, and they called it a can’t miss event.
They were right about that, because sure enough, when it came time for “Yukon Jack” to take the stage, it was the one and only Garth Brooks:
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For those wondering, Brooks went with that alias because the country star’s hometown is Yukon, Oklahoma. And Thursday’s show wasn’t the first time Garth played under the name “Yukon Jack.” Back in 1993, Brooks announced a small, pop-up show at a small bar in Tulsa. The name he used for the performance? That’d be Yukon Jack.
It made for a fun evening that had plenty of hype leading up to Garth Yukon taking the stage. But once he did get to playing for the lucky 2,000 people that were there in attendance, there was a bit of a problem: The heat. It was over 90-degrees in Denver (as it in in many other places across the United States right now), and the Grizzly Rose quickly warmed up with all of the people packed in the venue to see Brooks. Plus, most of them spent hours and hours lined up outside in the heat waiting to get in.
TMZ is reporting that Adams County Fire Rescue helped and provided aid to around 25 to 30 people, with most of them struggling with heat exhaustion. Three people were even sent to the hospital, and at least one person had to be carried out of the venue.
Meanwhile, Garth is wearing a hoodie on stage… the man is just built different.
Brooks stopped his show twice to make sure that those out in the crowd who were falling ill were helped, and officials handed out water bottles to try and keep everyone there hydrated. It’s a shame that the weather at least partially took away from the night where Garth Brooks got to give back to Colorado in a fun way, but it sounds like the venue and local officials were ready to help those who needed medical attention.
