Garth Brooks Coming Out of Retirement

Garth Brooks is back! The best-selling artist in the history of country music made the announcement at a press conference this morning at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House.

"It's a proud day for me and my family to announce [the news]," Garth was quoted as saying. "We're going to take the retirement roof off over our head."

Garth, who is married to fellow country star Trisha Yearwood, says the decision will not change much of his lifestyle for the next five years - until his youngest daughter, 13-year-old Allie Colleen, turns 18. He went on to say this move would allow him "to just go do whatever I want, and not have to worry about who I'm disappointing or what rules I'm sticking to."

After the Nashville press conference, Garth headed to Las Vegas to make an announcement about a series of shows he'll be doing there. A live webcast of the press conference will be shown at wynnlasvegas.com and encorelasvegas.com.

Garth added that he has no immediate plans for recording or touring -- saying only that he would leave those possibilities open.

"What people are going to expect from us is 110 miles an hour tomorrow, and the truth is, if we ever do tour again, if we ever do make new music again, it's still going to be another five years," he says.



The Boot will have further details as they become available.