By: Alison Bonaguro on cmt.com
First, Garth Brooks wanted to know where everyone was celebrating their official #NationalDiveBarDay on Sunday.
Then, he had some Dive Bar news that was embraced as warmly as his Blake Shelton duet of the same name.
âWeâre announcing the Dive Bar Tour,â Brooks said on his Facebook Live video late on Sunday (July 7). âWe donât announce the bar. We (only) get to announce the city.
As dive bars across the country face extinction, Brooks is hoping this tour will inject some new life into old haunts.
âSometimes, man, thatâs your church. A church is: people who are like you, that are searching, and sometimes you need a shoulder to lean on. Thatâs what a dive bar is. Thatâs what a good one is anyway. Weâre gonna go to seven of them. Itâs gotta be Chicago,â he said of his first stop on July 15, adding that on Monday morning, country radio would be announcing the actual bar.
If he could pick the dive bar to play in Nashville, Brooks said, it would be Laylaâs. Because thatâs where âFriends in Low Placesâ and âCallinâ Baton Rougeâ were both born.
Brooks also shared that he and Shelton will be singing the new song live in Boise on Friday night, to officially record the live version.