Garth Brooks Scales Down Shows Due To COVID-19: ‘Stadiums Are Officially Out'

The country star explained why he's only playing dive bars for the rest of the year at least.

Garth Brooks has replaced stadium concerts for dive bar gigs, for the rest of 2021 at least.

“Stadiums are officially out for this year,” the country star said in the latest episode of his “Inside Studio G” show on Monday.

“Because the dive bars are vaccinated, that’s how you get to do it,” Brooks explained of his decision to scale down the shows. It’s easier to ensure fans are fully inoculated from COVID-19 or tested negative in the previous 72 hours, he said.