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Two bits from today’s Garth Brooks press conference in Nashville.

“Open it for five nights and let us go to work – don’t sell a show and let people get their hopes up. If the prime minister wants to talk to me I will crawl, swim or fly over to him…”

Garth Brooks.

Orla writes:

“Garth Brooks has just held up a mirror to Ireland and all its shiteousness…”

UPDATE: Aiken Promotions and Dublin City Council agree matinee deal for Brooks concerts (RTE)

UPDATE: Garth Brooks rejects matinee proposal for Croke Park concerts (RTE)

Meanwhile...Ireland’s Garth Brooks Crisis (Washington Post)

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Garth Brooks giving US President Barack Obama his 2008 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream” in 2010

Make it stop.

[Lord Mayor Christy] Burke also said a group of residents from Ballybough in Dublin told him they intend to call on US President Barack Obama to try to encourage Mr Brooks to play in the capital.”

But when contacted by Independent.ie this afternoon, White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden confirmed that the President will not be intervening.

“This is an issue we’ll leave it to Mr. Brooks and the City of Dublin to resolve,” she said.

White House: ‘We won’t be getting involved in Garth Brooks fiasco’ (Irish Independent)

Pic: White House

meanwhile…

FIGHT!

Garth Brooks Wins $1M From Hospital in Donation Flap (Newser)