It's tough to believe, but Garth Brooks -- the man who's played more sold-out shows than God -- still gets nervous before he performs. He revealed as much to Indiana radio station WKDQ this week.
"[I] still get nervous," he said (via The Boot). "I hope there's never a show where [I] don't, but it's more, the word now becomes 'anxious.' It's just, like, wanting to get out there and wanting to find out how it's going to go and all this stuff.
"The first night in Chicago, I looked over at Ms. [Trisha] Yearwood, and I said, 'Are you scared?' She said, 'I'm scared to death.' I said, 'Me too,'"
He continued: "It was weird."
Yes, weird indeed. Brooks is currently in the midst of the comeback tour to end all tours, with scores of dates played since re-entering the live fold this September.
"I'd like to say I remember the first show. I really don't. But the second show, I can tell you everything about, and every show since then," he said. "You start to feel, 'OK, I remember this.' 'Oh, this feels good.' 'Oh, this doesn't feel that great.' All these things, you start to put them in your head."
As previously reported, Brooks is touring with his lovely wife, Trisha Yearwood. She played small roles during his previous tours, but now sits in for a good chunk of songs every night.
"She's magic," he said. "When she enters the stage in the arena, when it's her time in the show to come on, you can tell, all of the band members kind of stand up a little straighter because they all know we're going to a different level now. And then when she leaves, she's kind of left you up there, and now you better work your butt off because you don't want the show to drop back down."
The pair are currently on a month-long holiday break between gigs, but there are plenty of shows already on the docket in 2015. They'll circle the wagons on Jan. 9 for six shows in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before heading to Boston, Buffalo, New York, Pittsburgh and Detroit.
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