Inside the Machine: Garth Brooks Breaks Down Strategy, Sound & Scale of Comeback in New Livestream

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GarthBrooks’ comeback era is often remembered for its stadium-level noise, but the mechanics behind it are just as compelling. And in a newlivestream special, titled, GarthBrooksBackstage & Behind-the-Scenes, the country artist examines the stories and setbacks behind his last tour that went on to inspire his latest release, The Anthology Part VI: The Comeback, The Next Five Years, a new photo and music project that offers a rare look at the working engine behind major-scale touring.

GarthBrooksBackstage & Behind-the-Scenes airs Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. ET right here on Billboard.com powered by TalkShopLive. Fresh off performing at the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where he paid tribute to the Doobie Brothers, Brooks will share stories from his tour and anecdotes from the new anthology collection, while answering viewer questions about his favorite albums and upcoming projects.

Viewers will also have a chance to purchase limited-edition copies of The Anthology, Part VI in real-time, as well as pick-up the full Anthology set of parts I-VI.

The special approaches the anthology from an industry perspective, focusing on the operations that carriedBrooksthrough a three-year stadium run, a national dive-bar series, and the unpredictable stops and starts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Those moments are paired with more than 150 behind-the-scenes photographs that trace how crews navigated weather, safety, cancellations, reopenings, and the pressure of performing for more than 80,000 people each night.

Brooksemphasizes that these images are more than documentation: “Sometimes photography says a billion things that words can’t even capture,” he says.

The special also includes commentary on Brooks’ most recent albums, 2020’sFUN!and 2024’sTime Traveler, and the singer will play audio clips from stadium and arena shows on his last tour. He’ll also draw insight from the band and crew who held the tour together, to offer what TalkShopLive describes as “a close-up examination of how a modern touring operation evolves under extreme conditions — and how an artist adapts right alongside it.”

Watch theGarthBrooksspecial right here on Billboard.com at 7 p.m. ET on December1. Orders placed for The Anthology, Part VI: The Comeback, The Next Five YearsfromTalkShopLivewill ship on December 5, right in time for the holidays.

Ths new livestream marks Brooks’ return to Billboard after the artist helped to kick off Billboard Live Shopping Week with TalkShopLive in 2023.