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Edmonton!!! HOLY COW!!

Woke up to the news!!

Working on more shows!

Will announce by Monday!!

Thank you a million times over!!!!

love, g — Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) December 9, 2016

It’s the first time he’s played the city in 21 years, back in the era when he roared through multi-night stints for a fraction of the ticket cost of most other touring musicians.

He’ll be touring with his wife Trisha Yearwood, who will open the show. Their duet together, In Another’s Eyes, won a Grammy, so expect crossover performances.

Tickets went on sale starting at 10 a.m. on Dec. 9, sold only online through Ticketmaster – a limit of eight tickets. Non-VIP seats are going for $79.98. They sold quickly, with Brooks quickly breaking his own record for Edmonton sales from his 1996 shows here.

His promoters hinted later that more shows might be added on Monday. “We want to let everyone know that on Monday, December 12th there will be a special announcement. Garth promised that anyone who wanted a ticket would get one and he will hold to true to that promise.”

Brooks has sold more than 160 million records worldwide on the back of such genre-crossing country-rock campfire singalong hits as The Dance, Friends in Low Places, The Thunder Rolls and Callin’ Baton.