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Garth Brooks says when he does a concert, he looks forward to hearing the audience sing to him. The living legend kicks off his nine-concert series at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena tonight (Thursday) with a double bill, and ends the series Dec. 22 with the same. He'll also do two concerts on Dec. 21.
"I say this ... and please don't think I'm being a smart aleck ... but I travel thousands of miles to hear my audience sing," Garth told media at a press conference held Thursday afternoon prior to the first show. "That's the truth. If you've ever seen a Garth show, when the audience starts singing, it makes everything sound better."
In his opening statement at the press conference, Garth recalled a Jeff Bridges movie, 'Starman,' in which Bridges played the part of an alien who visits Earth. As he is being taken into custody at the end of the movie, someone asks Bridges' character what he learned about the people who live on the planet. "His reply is one of my favorite lines ever in a movie," Garth said. "He said, 'When things are at their very worst, you guys are at their very best.' That's a great line about humanity and what people can become. That's what I've seen since I saw you (media) last -- the very best of people. We are doing nine shows and everyone who is associated with these shows is volunteering their time, even after one show turned into nine shows. They are in it for the long haul. I'm very proud to be a part of this."
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