Garth Brooks Shares Insights About Professional, Private Future
Saturday, October 07, 2000 9:10:00 PM
On Oct. 26 Capitol Records will throw a party for Garth Brooks to commemorate the superstar selling 100 million albums -- a milestone unmatched by any other solo artist in history.

While it should be a cause for celebration, the party comes at a time when Brooks is going through life-altering transitions.

When he left the public eye last December, he did so by dropping a bombshell, telling the audience of TNN's "Crook & Chase" that he planned to take the year off and come back at the end of 2000 "to probably announce our retirement." The year, said Brooks, would be spent with his three young daughters, as well as working on his marriage to college sweetheart Sandy.

As the year heads to a close, Brooks says he will now delay his decision about retirement until he sees the outcome of the proposed merger between Capitol Records' parent EMI and Warner Music Group. However, his comments indicate that he's mulling over making one more studio album, even if he decides to retire.

Sadly, on the personal front, he says that "Sandy and I both agree that we need to get divorced" and that his time is now devoted to taking care of his children.

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