Country superstar Garth Brooks announces second show at U.S. Bank Stadium

Garth Brooks performs in 2014
Garth Brooks performs at Target Center in 2014
Bridget Bennett for MPR 2014

Updated: 9:19 a.m. | Posted: 7 a.m.

Country superstar Garth Brooks has announced a second concert in the Twin Cities next year. He will now play May 3-4, 2019, at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Brooks was to visit the Capitol, but complications with his plane out of Nashville, Tenn., meant the meeting with Gov. Mark Dayton took place via conference call.

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Brooks announced a May 4 show at the stadium earlier this month. Tickets to the show sold out in an hour Friday and left 50,000 people in line, online or on the phone without a ticket, according to a press release put out by Dayton's office.

Dayton tweeted at Brooks asking him to consider a second show "to make sure the MNs & fans who missed a ticket today can still enjoy the show."

Brooks tweeted back, "Let's make it happen for the people of Minnesota. I'm in!!!"

Brooks had an 11-show run at Target Center in 2014 and did a nine-concert stint in the arena in 1998. The series four years ago sold more than 200,000 tickets.

Tickets for the May 3 show go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday.