Garth Brooks praises LR crowd in 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' interview

Garth Brooks performs his first of three concerts Thursday night at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. More photos are available at arkansasonline.com/galleries.
Garth Brooks performs his first of three concerts Thursday night at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. More photos are available at arkansasonline.com/galleries.

Days after a string of three packed performances at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena, country legend Garth Brooks praised the Arkansas crowd in a national television appearance.

Brooks was a guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, during which the conversation turned to a recent tour stretch that started in Chicago and was capped by three shows Thursday through Saturday at Verizon.

"Ending in Little Rock might have been one of the greatest shows I ever got to be a part of," Brooks said. "Not because of me or the band, because of the crowd."

Kimmel asked whether the "reaction of the crowd" determines how good a show will ultimately be. Brooks agreed and said putting on a great show "doesn't have anything to do with Garth Brooks."

Brooks drew huge crowds to Verizon, which added a third show almost immediately after tickets went on sale to high demand for the first two performances.

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