Garth: Live from Central Park
Garth: Live from Central Park was a concert held by American country pop musician Garth Brooks on August 7, 1997 at Central Park in New York City. Dubbed "Garthstock" (paying homage to Woodstock), the concert was free of charge and became the largest concert ever held in the park, with an estimated audience of over 1,000,000. It was filmed and broadcast live on HBO, as well as later included in Brooks' The Entertainer DVD collection, released in 2006.
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Garth: Live from Central Park was broadcast live on HBO. Directed by Marty Callner and produced by Brooks and Jon Small, it received 14.6 million viewers, the most of any concert special that year.[7] It later received six Emmy Award nominations, including for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special, and Brooks received the Academy of Country Music's Special Achievement Award for the special.[6] MGM later edited and released the VHS version through Orion Home Video. The 2006 DVD release was retitled Live in Central Park as part of The Entertainer video collection.