Reuters - Garth Brooks donated a smashed guitar to the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday, but the country-music superstar turned into a wide-eyed tourist when he saw the company he would be keeping.

AP - An international audience joined a Kansas City crowd as Garth Brooks played the final show of the concert series that ended his nine-year touring hiatus. The show was simulcast to fans in movie theaters across North America and Europe on Wednesday. The 45-year-old country singer had retired from touring to be a stay-at-home dad.

AP - An international audience joined a Kansas City crowd as Garth Brooks played the final show of the concert series that ended his nine-year touring hiatus.

Garth Brooks is an utter sellout. The black-hatted crooner's rare return to the concert stage has proven one incredibly tough ticket, with all nine scheduled shows selling out in less than two hours.

Remember Garth Brooks? There was a time when the country star dominated the pop charts, bringing the genre to the masses and piling up massive album sales. Then after years of chart-topping...