Garth Brooks to play 10 concerts across the island of Ireland in May and June 2027

A return after a stormy history

Garth Brooks has announced ten concerts across the island of Ireland for 2027, his first Irish dates since five sold-out nights at Dublin's Croke Park in September 2022. Those shows drew more than 400,000 tickets, according to RTE. Brooks's dealings with the stadium were strained before that run. A five-night stand planned for 2014 was cancelled after Dublin City Council said it would only grant licences for three of the five concerts, and the Evening Standard reports that the singer had refused to perform unless all five went ahead. The 2022 dates came eight years after that cancellation.

Five cities in May and June

The tour opens in Belfast with two outdoor shows at Boucher Road Playing Fields on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 May 2027. The BBC notes these will be his first Northern Ireland concerts since a five-night run at the King's Hall in November 1998. Galway follows at Pearse Stadium on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 May, and Kilkenny hosts him at UPMC Nowlan Park on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 June. The Limerick leg takes place at TUS Gaelic Grounds on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 June, and the final two nights are at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 June. Every city gets two nights, so the ten dates are spread across five separate stops.

Brooks on the return

Brooks said of the new 2027 tour:

“This has been a dream of mine since the first time we played Ireland. Once you get a taste of how the Irish love music, you can't play there enough!”

The singer has played Ireland since the 1990s and has continued to draw huge crowds on later visits. The 2027 run is his first Irish tour since the 2022 Croke Park shows, and he has said that his ears rang for three days after his 1998 Belfast shows.

Tickets go on sale 12 November

Tickets for all ten concerts go on sale on Thursday 12 November 2026, one week after the announcement. The BBC gives the start time as 08:00 GMT, while RTE gives it as 8am. Each of the five cities hosts two shows, as the chart below shows.

Belfast2

Galway2

Kilkenny2

Limerick2

Cork2

Belfast

2 shows

Galway

2 shows

Kilkenny

2 shows

Limerick

2 shows

Cork

2 shows

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Tour context and recent activity

Brooks is currently on his Blame It All On My Roots arena tour, which started in the United States in August 2026 and returns him to the indoor arenas where he played at the height of his 1990s success. Earlier in 2026 the 64-year-old headlined a sold-out concert at London's Hyde Park on 27 June. His two-year residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas ended in March 2025 after 72 shows. A vinyl edition of Double Live, the live album he first released in 1998 with recordings from his 1996 to 1998 world tour, is due on Friday 6 November 2026.