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It seems that country music star Garth Brooks has some friends in high places, too.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday called on Brooks to add another Minneapolis show to his upcoming stadium tour — and it sounds like Brooks is on board with the idea.

Brooks' May 4 show at US Bank Stadium quickly sold out after tickets went on sale Friday, leaving thousands of Minnesota fans without tickets. In a statement issued Friday night, Dayton's office said "over 50,000 fans were in line, on the phone, or online when the last ticket was sold."

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"Our state-of-the-art stadium is the perfect place to host fans from across Minnesota and the upper Midwest for one more outstanding concert performance," Dayton wrote. "We would love for Garth to spend the weekend in Minneapolis, where Minnesotans and fans across the region would surely welcome him with open arms."

Brooks, singer of hits such as "Friends in Low Places" responded on Twitter later Friday, thanking Dayton for the message and stating: "Let's make it happen for the people of Minnesota! I'm in!!!"

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 shows open dates on either side of the previously planned May 4 show in Minneapolis.

Brooks, along with his wife, singer Trisha Yearwood, played 11 shows at Target Center in Minneapolis in November 2014. Fans bought more than 200,000 tickets for that series of shows, which at the time 

 for the highest number of tickets sold for a single city in North America.

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday called on Garth Brooks to add another Minneapolis show to his upcoming stadium tour — and it sounds like the country music star is on board with the idea.

Friends in high places: Dayton asks Garth Brooks for another show, Brooks says 'I'm in'

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