Garth Brooks: ‘I’ve been waiting for this my whole life. Tomorrow night, I stop waiting’

The 60-year-old said he's feeling the pressure after the controversy of 2014 
Country music superstar Garth Brooks during his press conference in Dublin ahead of his first concert at Croke Park on Friday. Picture: Nick Bradshaw/PA Wire

Country music superstar Garth Brooks during his press conference in Dublin ahead of his first concert at Croke Park on Friday. Picture: Nick Bradshaw/PA Wire

“I’ve been waiting for this my whole life. Tomorrow night, I stop waiting.” 

Those were the words of an emotional Garth Brooks, whose eyes watered at several points as he spoke to journalists ahead of his opening night at Croke Park on Friday.

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