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Garth Brooks is no longer coming to Charm City.
The country music legend shared on his website that he has cancelled his upcoming concert at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on October 2 along with stadium shows in 4 other cities (Cincinnati, Charlotte, Foxborough and Nashville) originally set for this year.
"Now, with a new wave of the Covid-19 virus spreading across the nation, the tour has arrived at the very difficult decision of cancelling and refunding approximately 350,000 tickets in the tour's next 5 cities," the announcement reads.
Ticketmaster will automatically issue refunds to fans who have already purchased tickets to any of the cancelled show.
"In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling behind us. Now, watching this new wave, I realize we are still in the fight and I must do my part. I have asked the wonderful cities of Cincinnati and Charlotte to wait too long and I don't want to now do that same thing to the great folks in Boston and Baltimore. As far as Nashville, we are looking for a make up date from the July rain out and though this is not COVID related, to make them wait makes me sad, as well. So, it is with a heavy heart we announce the decision to cancel all 5 shows but with a hopeful heart, we will reschedule and start over when this wave seems to be behind us," Brooks said.
"I'm sincerely hoping we are back on tour before the year's end," he continued. "With that said, the most important thing to me is fulfilling my end of the Stadium Tour by making sure every show is doable before putting tickets on sale (that is why we pulled the Seattle on sale) and making sure the environment these people are trading their time and money to put themselves into is not only the best experience ever, but also the safest one we can provide."
Read the full statement here.