Garth Brooks has lavished praise on Ireland and Irish people after his round of five gigs at Croke Park earlier this month.
As well as filling GAA HQ for five nights over consecutive weekends, the country star also travelled around Ireland, including Limerick, Wicklow and Kerry.
He even sang with locals in Dick Macks pub in Dingle on his trip to the Kingdom and met the Munster rugby team in Limerick. It's fair to say he was impressed, particularly with the people he met, as he gushed about his time here on social media.
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Brooks has a special affinity with Ireland and it's clear that the feeling is very much mutual, with hundreds of thousands of his Irish fans buying tickets to see the country music legend in Croke Park in recent weeks.
The 60-year-old performed five sold-out dates in Dublin at the beginning of this month and now that he has returned home, Brooks has been reflecting on the concerts and his time travelling around Ireland.
While Brooks was based around Dublin for both of his weekends in Croker, he made sure to soak up as much of Ireland as possible; visiting Kerry, Wicklow and Limerick during his few days off.
On the latest edition of Brooks' Facebook Live show Inside Studio G, the iconic musician gushed about Irish people, insisting that this country leads the way when it comes to treating one another well.
What's been said?
"I can tell you this. If people here in the States or anywhere else around the world say, 'well stay there, Garth!' I'm fine with this," Brooks said.
"They're ahead of all of us. Ireland is ahead of all of us. Some countries are ahead in technology, some countries are ahead in industry, some countries are ahead in their laws defending freedom and the military.
"Ireland is ahead of all of us in loving one another. They just are. They treat each other really, really good."
He added: "Thank you to all the Irish fans who took the American fans in like they were neighbours!"
Background
After an eight-year wait following the 2014 licensing drama, Brooks returned to Ireland this autumn for a run of shows that captured the nation's imagination.
More than 400,000 tickets were sold for the five-concert series and no expense was spared by the man himself, with Brooks splashing out an "obscene" amount of money on his stage for the shows, which closed out his stadium tour.
Brooks decided against having a support act at Croker, instead entertaining his fans all on his own for more than two hours each night.
The 60-year-old has since been assured by promoter Peter Aiken that he would have had no trouble selling out another two dates at Croke Park this month but fans will have to wait to see him again, although Brooks has pledged that he will indeed return in the hope of playing a nationwide tour of Ireland.
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