FILE - In this March 4, 2020, record photo, state prima Garth Brooks performs connected signifier during the 2020 Gershwin Prize Honoree's Tribute Concert astatine the DAR Constitution Hall successful Washington. Brooks is canceling his circuit dates successful 5 cities, citing a rising fig of COVID-19 cases. He volition cancel his planned adjacent shows successful Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts and Tennessee. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this March 4, 2020, record photo, state prima Garth Brooks performs connected signifier during the 2020 Gershwin Prize Honoree's Tribute Concert astatine the DAR Constitution Hall successful Washington. Brooks is canceling his circuit dates successful 5 cities, citing a rising fig of COVID-19 cases. He volition cancel his planned adjacent shows successful Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts and Tennessee. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File) (2020 Invision)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country prima Garth Brooks is canceling his remaining stadium circuit dates successful 5 cities owed to rising COVID-19 cases.

Brooks had said weeks agone that helium would beryllium reassessing the circuit successful airy of the surge successful cases. Tickets volition beryllium refunded for shows scheduled successful Cincinnati; Charlotte, North Carolina; Baltimore; Foxborough, Massachusetts, and Nashville, Tennessee. He had besides planned to play successful Seattle but declined to enactment tickets connected sale.

“In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling down us," Brooks said successful a connection connected Wednesday. “Now, watching this caller wave, I recognize we are inactive successful the combat and I indispensable bash my part.”

Brooks, 1 of the biggest selling entertainers successful music, restarted touring successful July and regularly performs successful beforehand of 60,000-70,000 radical per stadium. Many of his shows merchantability retired good successful advance.

Brooks said helium is hopeful that helium tin resume touring earlier the extremity of the twelvemonth and reschedule those circuit dates.

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