This is part of the reason I respect someone like Garth Brooks, I don't love his music. My wife certainly does.

As a result, I have seen a few of his shows now. 3 to be exact. The Vegas show, and 2 of his shows in western Canada.

Those tickets, exception of Vegas show. All general admission and assigned seating that was randomly assigned upon purchase. You buy the tickets they were attached to my CC and couldn't be transferred or sold easily. It was the Ticketmaster secured transfer bullshit.

Anyways, your $50 CDN got you anywhere from nose bleeds to the front row. But together guaranteed. So if you bought the max of 10 tickets they were together.

That was true in Rogers place and whatever the arena in Saskatoon is called in Saskatchewan.

Fun story about the Sask show: it just so happened to coincide on the day Hockey Legend Gordie Howe died. He was a Sask boy and the road leading to the arena is Gordie Howe drive or similar. ( I'm not fron there)

So im in the beer line, I get my libations and turn around to wait for my wife to finish in the bathroom. I lean against a wall holding the beers. This old man, 70+ years old with tears running down his cheeks asked me if I thought Garth would come out in a Gordie jersey and how much that would mean to him.

I placated the old man and just said, ya man,.I hope so to.

But I thought to myself. Of course he's going to. He was going to even if Gordie hadn't died. Maybe it wasn't going to be a red win jersey but the junior hockey team that's locals jersey instead. It's standard concert shit, like when they play in Edmonton. They will wear and oilers jersey and say Calgary sucks. Then tomorow night do the opposite in Calgary.

But this old guy, he wasn't in the know on that I suppose. And he must have thought it was sincere.

Garth did in fact come out in that Jersey, made a few remarks about his significance to the city and to Canadians and to hockey. Admitted he didn't know much about the man or the sport but admired his impact on the community. Moment of silence and he hit the stage.

One fuck of a performer.