What Songs Will Garth Brooks Play Live on His 2026 Tour?

Garth Brooks is hitting the road for a major arena tour in 2026, and if the past is prologue — which it usually is — then we think we know what songs he's most likely to play.

What Is Garth Brooks' Blame It All on My Roots Tour?

Brooks announced his 2026 Blame It All on My Roots Tour on July 7, with two initial dates in Indianapolis, Ind., on Aug. 21 and 22. He added two more dates in Indianapolis on Aug. 20 and 23 to accommodate demand, and then put shows on sale in Denver.

Those dates are just the beginning of what's expected to be a massive tour.

Brooks' 2026 tour is a deliberate throwback to his over-the-top arena shows from his '90s heyday.

The tour emulates the world tour that Brooks launched in March of 1996, which ran for two years and consisted of 344 shows, making it one of the most successful tours of the decade.

What Is Garth Brooks' Drum Pod?

Brooks' late-'90s tour featured the Drum Pod, a plexiglass and aluminum structure that enclosed drummer Mike Palmer during the shows.

The Drum Pod is making its return in 2026; in fact, it's a centerpiece of the new tour. Fans' first indication that the concerts were coming was from a video that Brooks posted early on July 7 after wiping his Instagram page clean.

The video shows footage of the Drum Pod as Brooks says, "How long has it been, old girl? 30 years?"

That footage is Interspersed with flashback clips of the Drum Pod onstage in action, with the singer standing on top of it during a drum solo.

"You know what? Maybe it's time we put you back to work," he muses.

Garth Brooks' 2026 Blame It All on My Roots Tour Will Be Recorded For a Live Album

Brooks' late-'90s world tour resulted in his best-known live album, Double Live, and that's another tradition he's carrying on in 2026.

Brooks is recording the tour for a live project titled Killer Live, which a press release describes as "a groundbreaking new approach to live recording that continues Brooks's tradition of capturing history in real time."

What Songs Will Garth Brooks Perform on His 2026 Blame It All on My Roots Tour?

Brooks has decades and decades of hits to draw from in his set, but there are some songs that are consistent staples of his live shows over the years, and fans can almost certainly count on hearing them live at his upcoming shows.

Scroll through the gallery below to see which songs Brooks has played live the most over the years, that he'll very likely perform on his upcoming tour.

20 Songs Garth Brooks Has Played Live the Most Times

Garth Brooks has been filling the biggest arenas in the U.S. and the world since he launched his country career in 1989. There are 20 songs that have emerged as fan favorites, and Brooks has played some of them hundreds of times over the years.

Data reflected runs through March 2024

Gallery Credit: Sterling Whitaker

See the Most Played Country Song from the Year You Were Born

Who had the most played country song during the year you were born? This list is a fascinating time capsule of prevalent trends from every decade in American history. Scroll through to find your birth year and then click to listen. Some of these songs have been lost through the years, many of them for good reason!

Men named Hank dominated early before stars like Freddie Hart, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson Clint Black took over to close the 1980s. More recently it's been Tim Mcgraw, Rodney Atkins, Kane Brown and Morgan Wallen. Did the most-played country song from the year you were born become a favorite of yours later? All info comes from Billboard's country airplay charts.

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