Garth Brooks in Ireland TV special update after 'incredible' Croke Park gigs
The US country music icon is still working on a TV special focused on his return to Croke Park in 2022
US country music star Garth Brooks has given another update to Irish fans hoping to watch the recording of his show from Croke Park in 2022.
The Friends in Low Places singer has long-promised the footage to fans and it now looks like it's finally going to be released this year.
Speaking on a Facebook Live video this week he said: "I'm seeing the Irish thing coming closer and closer. It's feeling great." He said the production is working on telling the "story" behind the Irish gigs which came 25 years after he previously played Croke Park in 1997 and eight years after his five cancelled shows in 2014.
He said the show will see "the people who have been here from day one telling the story of this weird love affair between the great country of Ireland and this guy from Oklahoma who doesn't know why they've been so sweet to him. It's a beautiful, beautiful story.
"When you see the performance pieces, they'll just blow you away, it's crazy" he added.
While not giving exact dates, Garth has previously hinted that the Irish TV special would be out "this fall" which would mean fans getting the chance to relive the 2022 gigs before Christmas.
He previously said: "It's going to be worth the wait. When I see it, I just cry the whole time."
"When you think about it, it's just 85,000 people that are one and this happened five nights in a row. They came there to sing. This will be the one concert you'll go, 'I can't hear Garth,' and you won't. They just swallow it up and it's fantastic," he added.
"It makes an entertainer's job very easy. For anybody that gets to play music, you're damn lucky if you get to play in Ireland and I'll be damn lucky if I get to play there again. I love that place," he added hinting at a possible return to these shores.
He added: "It's coming. The video is done. The images are done. We're looking at this fall [Autumn]."
He previously announced that live recordings from Croke Park would also be featured on his new live album called Killer Live. While not specifically saying which tracks from Croke Park will feature, he said, "we've got a lot of good things coming."
One hint came in a previous live video when Garth mentioned his performance of The Dance in Croke Park as a stand-out moment.
"Reliving the thought right now, I'm sitting here crying, especially The Dance," he said.
"Should anyone get through The Dance without crying, because everyone in the crowd's crying. It's great.
"The guys that captured it did a great job but the crowd, their voices. They'll do the big drone and helicopter shots and just that sound coming out of that stadium, of all those voices singing together. Man, it will rock your world."