The final ruling in the court case between Garth Brooks and an Oklahoma hospital came down, and Brooks was awarded a whopping $1 million! The first $500,000 accounts for the donation Brooks gave the hospital to fund the construction of a women’s wing which would bare the name of Brooks’ late mother. The hospital never made this wing, hence the court case. The other half of the million was awarded to Brooks for punitive damages.

HaleighT is here to fill you in on whether or not she thinks Garth deserves such a large settlement. Check out what she has to say and tell us what YOU think!

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It’s that time of year, scary movies, frequent trips to the craft store, creepy cookies and decorating!If you are a fan of Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, Kellie Pickler, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, or Taylor Swift head on over to www.gactv.com to get a FREE template to carve their face in a pumpkin!

Speaking of Kellie and Miranda, we know this spooky holiday is one of their favorites! Whether it’s Lucille Ball, Dracula, Batman, Big Bird, Dolly Parton, a ghost, or Elvis, country stars are all about dressing up! Many have even taken to Twitter or Facebook to get some ideas for this year! Log on and give a suggestion to your favorite artist, you never know, it might just be the one they pick!

Garth Brooks has found a warm and welcoming crowd at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas having performed to sold-out crowds since December 2009, and clearly he plans on staying for at least a little while longer! He has just announced that he will be offering additional performances starting in the fall.

So far the concert dates include:
August 9th and 20th
September 9th, 10th, 23rd, and 24th
October 7th, 8th, 21st, and 22nd
November 4th and 5th

Concert times are set for 8pm and 10:30 pm PT, and tickets will be available Saturday, May 21st at 10am PT. Tickets can be purchased by calling 1 (877) 65-GARTH.

A special premium package is also available which will include three nights in either a Wynn or Encore Tower Suite King, two premium Brooks tickets, Garth merchandise, dinner at Switch, and a choice between a spa treatment for two or Sunday Jazz Brunch at The Country Club. To purchase this package you can call (866) 770-7929 and make sure to have the package code UNFGB handy.

In an upcoming celebration, some of Country Music’s brightest stars are set to perform including Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks,Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker and Carrie Underwood. The event will also include other stars like Sheryl Crow, and Kid Rock, with more performances to be announced later.

The event has been organized by The Points of Light Institute to honor the leadership of former President George H. W. Bush in the American service movement, and to highlight the role voluntary service plays in the betterment of our families and communities nationwide. Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are scheduled to attend as well as President Barack Obama, bringing five of America’s presidents together in the same venue for the first time since President Obama’s inauguration in 2008.

The celebration will be taped live on March 21st at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C., and will air Monday, March 28th on NBC.

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Garth Brooks has put out the call that he is looking for concertgoers to bring a new, unwrapped toy to one of his Nashville concerts this week and next. The toys will be collected and then redistributed to needy children in middle-Tennessee by the Marine Corps Reserve as part of the Toys for Tots program.

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Garth Brooks fans have been losing sleep ever since last weekend’s announcement. That’s because his fans have been awake at night, strategizing on how they’re going to beat the rush and get their hands on those coveted Garth Brooks Nashville Concert Tickets!

The best advice I have, is team up! With tickets starting at $25, find out how many of your friends are going, then whoever gets through to a ticket source first (whether online, at a box office, or over the phone) buys the batch of Garth Brooks tickets for the whole gang! Sure, you might get an extra ticket or two, but the more the merrier. Not to mention the money goes to a great cause, which is the continued restoration of Nashville. Good luck and happy hunting! Come back and tell us how you were able to get your tickets!Country Music Photo Gallery

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood announced last week that they will be performing a special concert in Nashville December 17th at the Bridgestone Arena to benefit flood recovery efforts.

“Nashville’s not only up and running, it’s better than it’s ever been.” – Garth Brooks

Tickets will start at just $25. Every penny of the proceeds will go to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, which will in turn share funds with the victims of the May floods that devastated the Nashville community.

See the Garth Brooks Press Conference Here:

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The Garth Brooks song “Unanswered Prayers” is the base plotline and title of a new movie from Lifetime TV. The movie will tell the story of two former high school sweethearts facing the reality of unresolved wishes. The movie was co-produced by Garth Brooks himself, as well as Lisa Sanderson. It stars Eric Close (Without a Trace), Samantha Mathis (Grey’s Anatomy) and Madchen Amick (Damages). Expect to see it in early November.

Garth Brooks and Steve Wynn are under the spotlight again, but this time it’s in scrutiny over the strict policies that govern the sales of tickets to Garth’s live show. Fans and brokers alike are furious that the policy does not allow for transfer or resale of tickets. In fact, the National Association of Ticket Brokers have even pulled their summer conference from the Wynn hotel, losing them hundreds of thousands of guests! Why you ask?

The Wynn’s ticketing system requires that you identify who is going to use the tickets you purchase at the time of sale, which prevents you from transferring those tickets to anyone else. Sure, that means a ticket broker can’t buy lumps of tickets, mark them up, then sell them to the highest bidder, but it also means that once you buy the ticket, you are out the money. What if you get sick and can’t go? What if there’s a convention in town and you can’t get a flight in or a hotel room? What if for any reason you are unable to attend the concert? You are out the money you spent. You can’t give the tickets to your little sister. You can’t let your friend go in your place. Hell, even radio stations can’t give them away as a prize! Then, on the day of the show when you don’t check in at Will-Call, Wynn re-sells the very same seats he told you NOT to resell, doubling HIS income for the ticket. How does that make him any different than a ticket broker?

I’m on the fans side. If Wynn wanted to control the ticket sales in a way that doesn’t screw fans, then he should have used a reservation system instead of a ticket system. Treat each seat like one of his precious hotel rooms. Reserve seats or tables by the individual name, and allow people up to a certain deadline to cancel or change their reservation. I’m sure, being a hotel owner, that he is VERY familiar with that concept. He can charge attrition if a person waits too long to cancel. He can re-sell seats if they don’t show up. It’s a no-brainer.

If they want to control who uses that seat then don’t use the now standard practice of tickets that are expected to be bartered, resold, etc. What do YOU think?Country Music Photo Gallery

Garth Brooks is without a doubt an icon in country  music. So of course it is with a complete lack of shock that we report the phenomenal sales that were generated within the first few hours of his Vegas show tickets being released!  Tickets for Garth Brooks in Vegas went on sale Saturday October 24th at 8am. By 1pm all available tickets had been sold. Over 5.4 MILLION hits were received on the Wynn’s ticketing website (what I wouldn’t give for those numbers) and phones were ringing off the hook!

If you were not able to get tickets the day of release, fear not! More Garth Brooks concert dates will be announced soon, and some tickets will be made available onsite the day of each show. Returned or unclaimed tickets will be released to a stand-by line that will form at the WYNN box office on show days.

Beware of scalpers though… The Wynn is taking extra measures to ensure that nobody gets bilked at the door to the show. For a complete list of these conditions, visit http://www.visitwynn.com/tc/index.cfm?term_id=236352. If you are buying tickets from a third party source, make sure you get answers on how to deal with these restrictions!Country Music Photo Gallery