It's the end of an era for Garth Brooks. The Country Music Hall of Fame member is wrapping up his Las Vegas residency, held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Brooks has three more shows, taking place March 7, 8 and 9, which will be his final performances in Sin City, at least for the time being.
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"Coming to the end of the Caesars run - it's a bittersweet kind of feeling," Brooks says (via WKML). "I mean, everyone loves accomplishment and to reach your goals. The bittersweet part of it is...[you] fall in love with the people that work here. I'm gonna miss them! It's been a great run."
Brooks knows the end is coming, but he hints his upcoming shows might be his best ever.
"Residencies are [like] tours," Brooks reflects. "If you do your job right, the very last show you play is going to be your best one. So, that's kind of where we're at right now."
Brooks' residency began in 2022. While sad that it is coming to an end, the Oklahoma native feels profoundly grateful for the time he got to spend in Las Vegas.
"When the 2023 shows went on sale, I felt extremely fortunate and blessed," Brooks tells Las Vegas CBS affiliate 8 News Now. "To even think I would get do this for another year makes me happier than I can explain. Thank you for the chance."
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's Friends In Low Places Bar
Now that Brooks is almost done in Las Vegas, he might spend more time in Nashville. He and his wife, Trisha Yearwood, opened their Friends in Low Places Bar in downtown Nashville one year ago.
"This town has been amazing to me," Brooks says. "I know my bank account when I got here. I know where I was in my life when I got here, and I know where I'm at now. I'm looking at lower Broadway going, 'It's not the fact that Garth Brooks is missing, but 'Friends In Low Places' is missing down here, quite arguably maybe one of the most successful songs ... in country music."
Friends in Low Places might be owned by Brooks and Yearwood, but he intentionally didn't name it after either of them, instead choosing his most famous song.
"He goes, 'How many people know Garth Brooks?'" Brooks explains to Music Mayhem. "Three or four hands go up out of whatever it is... He goes, 'How many people know the song 'Friends in Low Places?" All 40 go up."
