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UPDATE: Garth Brooks playing 6 Saskatoon concerts

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Productivity across Saskatchewan halts for Garth Brooks
WATCH ABOVE: Most all work came grinding to a halt at 10:00 am Friday as Garth Brooks concert tickets went on sale for his June dates in Saskatoon. Ryan Kessler says within minutes from it went from one show to six and the country superstar smashed ticket sale records – Apr 29, 2016

SASKATOON – It’s been a long 20 years since Garth Brooks has performed in Saskatoon. The wait is over. The country music superstar is bringing his world tour to SaskTel Centre in June.

Brooks will be playing six shows in Saskatoon:

June 9 at 7:30 p.m.

June 10 at 7 p.m and 10:30 p.m.

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June 11 at 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

June 12 at 7:30 p.m.

According to a tweet from Brooks official Twitter account, sales for the Saskatoon have broken a ticket record for him:

When Brooks last played in Saskatoon on Aug. 14-15, 1996 at Saskatchewan Place, 28,144 tickets were sold for the concerts.

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Trisha Yearwoood will also be performing.

Tickets cost a total of $79.98 and went on sale Friday, April 29 at 10 a.m. CT. They can only be purchased that day at ticketmaster.ca/garthbrooks or at Ticketmaster Express.

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Fans will also be limited to eight tickets.

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