Garth Brooks Belfast: 2027 Ireland tour dates confirmed

No Croke Park this time

The country music star will play two shows each in Belfast, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Cork. 

There are no Dublin dates on the schedule, marking a change from his previous Irish tour, when he performed five sold-out nights at Croke Park in September 2022.

Tickets went on general sale at 8am on Thursday, with Ticketmaster handling bookings. Customers can buy up to nine tickets each, and no presale was held.

The tour begins in Belfast, where Brooks will take to the stage at Boucher Road Playing Fields on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 May. 

He then travels to Galway for two nights at Pearse Stadium on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 May.

June sees the singer visit three more cities.  UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny will host concerts on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 June, followed by two performances at Limerick’s TUS Gaelic Grounds on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 June.

Cork will bring the tour to a close, with Brooks due to perform at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 June.

'A hundred gigs wouldn't be enough'

The decision to take the concerts around Ireland follows a turbulent history with Croke Park. 

Five shows planned for the Dublin venue in 2014 were cancelled after a licensing dispute, and Brooks did not return to the country until his five-night run there in 2022.  Those concerts attracted more than 400,000 people.

This time, fans in other parts of Ireland will have the chance to see him without travelling to the capital. 

Brooks has previously spoken about his enthusiasm for performing in the country, saying: “A hundred gigs in Ireland wouldn't be enough.”

The 2027 run will give him 10 more opportunities to put that claim to the test.