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Garth Brooks adds 6 more Calgary concerts, breaks ticket sale record

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WATCH: Garth Brooks will be playing seven shows in Calgary this September. But as Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, lots of fans have been left disappointed after having no luck getting tickets on line – Jul 28, 2017

Tickets for Garth Brooks’ 2017 Calgary concerts have broken a sales record for his performances in the city that was set over a decade ago.

The country music superstar initially announced on July 19 that he would be performing in Calgary come September at a concert featuring his wife, singer Trisha Yearwood.

Then, on Friday, he revealed he would be performing a total of seven shows. The shows are as follows:

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  • Friday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Sept. 2 at 3 p.m.
  • Saturday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Sept. 9 at 3 p.m.
  • Saturday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for all shows went on sale via Ticketmaster on Friday, July 28 at 10 a.m. MT and included an eight-ticket limit.

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Tickets for the concerts, which are part of Brooks’ current world tour, cost $79.98 each including taxes and a $6.25 service charge.

According to a spokesperson for the Scotiabank Saddledome, Brooks’ Calgary ticket sale record was set Aug. 7 to 9, 1996 with 53,076 tickets sold for the Saddledome.

On Friday, it took just 37 minutes for him to sell over 57,000 tickets.

The seven shows were sold out by 3 p.m. MT.

In February, Edmonton was host to nine sold-out Garth Brooks concerts at Rogers Place, which generated $42 million for the city’s economy, according to the Oilers Entertainment Group.

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