Garth Brooks has plenty of awards stowed away from decades of stardom, but he'll be receiving special recognition this November.
ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will give Brooks its Centennial Award on Nov. 17 along with Joan Baez, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel and Stephen Sondheim in a New York City ceremony.
"Each of our ASCAP Centennial Award recipients is in a class of his or her own, as the creator and performer of songs that have touched the lives of people across the globe," ASCAP President Paul Williams said. "It's wonderful to be able to salute them on the occasion of ASCAP's Centennial."
The Boot reports that ASCAP's 100-year anniversary party will feature several guest performances as well as a fundraising benefit for its foundation and "music education, talent development and humanitarian activities."
The 52-year-old Brooks might be nearing "legacy act" status, but he's still hard at work.
His World Tour – which could keep him on the road for up to three years – is mostly a mystery because he's only announcing one show at a time.
Last week, he announced an extra Chicago show, with the possibility that more might be in store.
"After seeing how happy everyone was in Atlanta about ticket access, I feel whatever the problem was has now been fixed," he said. "I would like to put on one more show in Chicago so people that wanted tickets and could not get in the system, now have a chance to see the show and get their tickets at face value and not have to go through the scalper/broker systems if they don't want to."
Here's the current run of dates:
09/04: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
09/05: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena (two shows)
09/06: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena (two shows)
09/11: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
09/12: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena (two shows)
09/13: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena (two shows)
09/14: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
09/19: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena (two shows)
09/20: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena (two shows)
09/21: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
09/26: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
09/27: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
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