The coconut telegraph had been buzzing for months with the pending sale of the Layby Resort, 105 White Ave., Holmes Beach, to a music and TV power couple, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.

Cindy Quinn of REMAX posted on Facebook Oct. 18 that the 2-acre hotel was purchased by the couple and the sale closed Oct. 18.

Judie Berger, listing agent for the property with Sotheby’s International Realty in Sarasota, declined comment by phone Oct. 21 of the Brook-Yearwood purchase.

According to the MLS, the Gulfront resort contains 14 beds and baths. It was initially listed for sale by the Norfolk Southern for $9.5 million and sold for $8.825 million.

Calls and emails to the agent for the seller remained unanswered as of Islander press time.

Brooks, six-time CMA Entertainer of the Year, currently is on the Garth Brooks Stadium Tour, according to his website, garthbrooks.com.

In November, the A&E Network plans to observe “Garth Week” with a two-part “Biography: Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On” chronicling his life and career — from his early days playing gigs at college bars in Oklahoma to his record-breaking world tours and balancing family life with global fame, according to a news release from the network.

Yearwood is on the Every Girl Tour and continues to star on the Food Network’s “Trisha’s Southern Kitchen.”

The award-winning performer’s latest release is the 2019 solo album, “Every Girl,” featuring 14 songs “with the same freedom and fire” that first ignited at the dawn of her storied career,” according to trishayearwood.com.