Garth Brooks Makes History at Notre Dame

“Have you ever been on a date, and the whole time you’re worried that your date isn’t having a good time, even though they might be having the best time on the planet? That’s how I feel right now.” Garth Brooks asked CMT before he took the stage on the fifty-yard line in Notre Dame Stadium. His pre-show anxiety wasn’t about the crowd, the setlist, or even the staging. His biggest concern was a wintry mix of snow, rain, 13 mph winds and temperatures hovering right around 35 degrees.

Brooks’ fans packed into the stadium in South Bend, Indiana for the first concert ever held in the home of the Fighting Irish. And after a one-hour weather delay, he gave the crowd more than two hours of music to thoroughly take their minds off the cold.

The concert was filmed for a TV special Garth: Live at Notre Dame!, which will air Dec. 2 on CBS.

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