After trading tweets over the weekend with Gov. Mark Dayton, country star Garth Brooks has added a second U.S. Bank Stadium show on May 3.

Tickets are $75.77, or $94.95 with fees, and go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday through Ticketmaster.

Brooks, 56, was set to fly into St. Paul to announce the show during a Monday morning press conference with Dayton at the State Capitol. But last-minute airplane problems left Brooks stranded in Nashville and he instead participated in a teleconference with Dayton and reporters. (“The door would not stay shut,” Brooks said. “We decided not to chance it.”)

On Friday, ticket sales opened for Brooks’ previously announced May 4 concert at the Vikings stadium and all seats quickly sold out. That afternoon, Dayton’s office reached out to Brooks. “His first show sold out in an hour, with 50,000 people waiting in line – showing there is great demand for another concert,” a statement from Dayton read. “We would love for Garth to spend the weekend in Minneapolis, where Minnesotans and fans across the region would surely welcome him with open arms.”

Brooks responded via Twitter: “THANK YOU for this! Let’s make it happen for the people of Minnesota! I’m in!!!”

During the teleconference, Brooks explained that his upcoming stadium tour will feature just 30 concerts across three years and the shows are billed as one night only. He said it was “very flattering and very humbling” that Dayton reached out to him to add a second performance.

As for the possibility of adding a third show, Brooks said he hoped “we are lucky enough to get another full house. I can’t imagine a third … (I want people to understand) I don’t care if 500 people show up or it’s a sell out. I just want everyone who wants a ticket (to have the chance to) get one.”

The Oklahoma native ruled the ’90s with a string of multi-platinum hits and record-breaking tours that boasted sold-out stops around the world. The six albums he released under his own name in that decade went on to top 70 million combined in sales.

Brooks staged a massive comeback in 2014 after spending much of the new century in retirement and focused on raising his three daughters. That September, he launched a tour with his wife Trisha Yearwood that lasted more than three years and sold 6.3 million tickets across 390 shows. Minneapolis was the fifth city on his itinerary and he pulled in more than 203,000 fans to 11 shows at the Target Center.

In an era when it’s become common for touring acts to charge $1,000 or more for the best seats in the house, Brooks has resisted such temptations and kept his ticket prices on the lower end while refusing to sell pricey VIP packages. He’s the relatively rare superstar act more interested in breaking records and maintaining his legacy than further lining his pockets.

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Here’s what it’s like to see a live indoor concert during the pandemic Brooks said he’s never used tiered pricing for his concerts and that he’s never been a fan of scalpers. “You can’t stop the secondary market. It’s never been a good thing, ever.”

He’ll be performing on an in-the-round stage that’s pushed more toward the center of the stadium, allowing for all seats in the building to be sold. He said some fans don’t want to purchase tickets for what they think will be behind the stage and that “the best seats in the house so far have been the last ones to go.”