CBS TO BROADCAST "GARTH BROOKS: LIVE IN LA!" LIVE IN CONCERT FROM
STAPLES CENTER, FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 2008

Brooks' Concert is One of Five He'll Give Over a Two-Day Period,
Which Sold Out in 59 Minutes, That Will Raise Money for F.I.R.E.
(Fire Intervention Relief Effort) in California

CBS will broadcast GARTH BROOKS: LIVE IN LA! from STAPLES Center in
Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT). The
event is the first of five unprecedented performances Brooks will
play over two days — a feat believed to have never before been
attempted by any artist.

As part of his first show on Friday night, Brooks will craft a one-
hour special for the Network, allowing viewers unique access to the
kick-off of his extraordinary two-day, five-show extravaganza.

Brooks will perform two concerts on Friday and three on Saturday,
Jan. 26, all at STAPLES Center. Selling 85,000 tickets in less than
an hour, Brooks is the only artist in STAPLES Center history to sell
out five concerts in one hour and play five concerts in two days.

All proceeds from the five concerts, organized by Brooks and AEG
(owners of STAPLES Center), and sponsored by American Express and
official media sponsor the Los Angeles Times, will be donated to
the "Southern California 2008 Fire Intervention Relief Effort
(F.I.R.E.)," a campaign of the McCormick Tribune Foundation. The
funds will be granted to agencies providing aid to victims and the
first responders of the Los Angeles and San Diego wildfires in
addition to providing financial assistance to California firefighting
departments and organizations in need of additional or replacement
firefighting equipment to better perform their heroic duties. The
Foundation will also be responsible for granting administration and
recordkeeping.

During the concert, viewers will have the opportunity to contribute
to the campaign by calling 1-800-713-2065 or going to
http://www.mccormicktribune.org/2008firerelief.

Certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as
the Number One selling solo artist in U.S. history, Garth Brooks has
sold in excess of 123 million albums. He is the only solo artist in
RIAA history to have six albums top the 10 million mark. This year
Brooks became the first artist to put out a simultaneous edition of
his latest collection for a charitable cause. Nov. 6, 2007 saw the
launch of the pink edition of The Ultimate hits available only at the
Susan G. Komen website. His body of work — including the
groundbreaking No Fences, Ropin' The Wind, The Hits and Double Live —
propelled country music as a genre to the front pages of newspapers
worldwide and the covers of magazines, to the point where Forbes
declared on its cover, "Country Conquers Rock" and featured Brooks in
a major music piece. According to the RIAA, Garth Brooks is the top-
selling solo artist of the 20th century.

Brooks has received every accolade the recording industry can bestow
on an artist, including: two Grammys, 17 American Music Awards, 11
Country Music Association Awards, 18 Academy of Country Music Awards,
five World Music Awards, 12 People's Choice Awards and 36 Billboard
Music Awards. He was named Artist of the `90s at the 1997 Blockbuster
Entertainment Awards, received the Artist Achievement Award at the
1997 Billboard Music Awards, and was named Artist of the Decade at
the American Music Awards in 2000 and the Academy of Country Music
Awards in 1999.

Source: CBS Press Release