"We truly blew it."

I’m devastated. My family were always Garth Brooks fans, so growing up I was too. Every get-together always turned into a Garth session.

My mam saw him in ’97 and I always hoped I’d get to someday. It’s been a dream to see him. When it was announced he was coming I was thrilled.

Six of us arranged to get tickets. Me, my sister, my aunty and three cousins. Between us all we had God knows how many laptops running on Ticketmaster and all keeping in touch on the phone. I was the one to get them after about 55 minutes of that circle going around on Ticketmaster saying ‘do not refresh your page’.