GARTH BROOKS WILL RETIRE FOR GOOD

Garth Brooks

Country singing star Garth Brooks says he will retire after playing a series of charity concerts in Los Angeles.The singer, who announced his retirement in 2001, agreed to revive his music career and take to the stage for five televised gigs to help raise money for the victims of last year’s horrible California wildfires. Brooks is happy to assist the charity but is convinced the shows, which sold out in an hour, will be his last public performances. He says, "I’m from Oklahoma. I know a lot about grass fires. I know a lot about wind and fire. I’ve never, ever seen wind and fire like I saw on the television."But afterwards,we’re getting ready to drop off the face of the earth musically. Charity-wise, it never stops." All proceeds from this weekends’s Garth Brooks Live In L.A! concerts will be donated to the Southern California 2008 Fire Intervention Relief Effort.