Dive Bar Tour (Garth Brooks)

The Dive Bar Tour is a promotional concert tour by American country music singer Garth Brooks. The tour, sponsored by Seagram, was in support of Brooks' and Blake Shelton's single, "Dive Bar", and visited seven dive bars in the United States.

Dive Bar Tour

Promotional tour by Garth Brooks
Start date	July 15, 2019
End date	February 5, 2020
Legs	1
No. of shows	7
Garth Brooks concert chronology

Background

On July 7, 2019, Brooks announced the Dive Bar Tour in support of his single with Blake Shelton, "Dive Bar", via Facebook Live.[1]

Despite already embarking on his Stadium Tour throughout North America, Brooks visited seven cities for the Dive Bar Tour, performing at various dive bars throughout the country. Tickets for each show were only available via contest through each city's country radio stations.[2]

In promotion of the tour and single, Brooks' Chicago performance of "Dive Bar" was aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[3]

Critical response

Steve Johnson of the Chicago Tribune praised the tour, stating, "Brooks fist-pumped, finger-pointed and humbly hat-doffed his way through a honky-tonk jukebox worth of old hits, one new single (twice) and some touching homages to country legends in a show that lasted a surprisingly generous 100 minutes." He continued, "if you accept that the golden ratio in concert-going is size of talent to size of room, then this one was special, a night to get close and personal with a performer typically seen from, at best, binocular distance in a hockey arena."[3]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
July 15, 2019	Chicago	United States	Joe's on Weed Street
August 15, 2019	Bakersfield		Buck Owens Crystal Palace
September 23, 2019	New Braunfels		Gruene Hall
October 16, 2019	Sanford		The Barn
October, 28, 2019	Rootstown		Dusty Armadillo
December, 2, 2019	Mount Laurel		Prospector’s Steakhouse
February 5, 2020	Foxborough	Six String Grill & Stage

References

1. Newman, Melinda. "Garth Brooks Dives into Seven-City Bar Tour". Billboard.com. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
2. Houghton, Cillea. "Garth Brooks Announces 7-Date Dive Bar Tour". TasteofCountry.com. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
3. Johnson, Steve (15 July 2019). "Garth Brooks starts Dive Bar Tour in Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 July 2019.