Garth Brooks’ Nashville concert for flood relief
Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Entertainment
Last week, Garth Brooks, who (just in case you didn’t know) is the all-time number 1 selling country artist, informed the world that he would be headlining a benefit concert in December, the proceeds of which will go to victims of the spring flooding in Tennessee. This will be the first time that Brooks, who is now semi-retired, will be performing in Nashville in more than ten years.
“If you come to Las Vegas, you’ll see Garth and a guitar. But when you come to Nashville in December you will see the band you know, you will see the light rig that you know, you will see the stage you know, and, hopefully, you will see the best Garth Brooks show you’ve ever seen,” promoted brooks; in this case, less shamelessly on account of proceeds going to flood victims rather than promoters, organizers, or himself.
Reportedly, 100 percent of the proceeds from the $25 dollar tickets to see the show will be donated to flood relief. This is interesting: would a Garth Brooks concert, were it intended for the profit of Brooks and the organizers, have tickets selling for only $25? Of course not; tickets for a non-benefit Garth Brooks concert would almost certainly go for $100 or more, wouldn’t they? Why then, should a benefit concert cost less? Is personal gain more valuable than charity in some bizarre way?
In addition to being the highest selling country artist ever, Brooks is also the highest selling solo artist in all of America history, or rather, mass-produced American popular music history.
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