TWEETS: Reeling in the Years brought us back to the 2014 Garth Brooks saga and the reaction was brilliant

It’s summer 2014, Germany are winning the World Cup, Guardians of the Galaxy is entertaining moviegoers and Ireland is up in arms over an absent country music star.

Most of us remember the whole Garth Brooks saga from seven years ago but some may have forgotten just how MASSIVE a story it was. That is, until last night’s episode of Reeling in the Years allowed us to relive the whole saga.

In case you had forgotten, Brooks was supposed to play five concerts at Croke Park, however he was only issued with a licence to play three. As Drumcondra residents outlined their concerns, Brooks eventually decided to play none at all.

The fiasco was brought up in the Dáil, then-US President Barack Obama offered his two cents and last night, RTÉ viewers looked back on a summer that split the nation in a way that hadn’t been seen since Saipan…

Got palpitations watching the whole Garth Brooks saga on #ReelingInTheYears tonight.

It was a mad auld time. Did the Mexican ambassador really try to get involved? Was Obama asked to intervene by the then Lord Mayor.. 😂 https://t.co/OmpXpKmRGl

— Gary Gannon TD (@GaryGannonTD) May 9, 2021

Dublin if the 5 Garth Brooks concerts had gone ahead #ReelingInTheYears pic.twitter.com/dtzRRkkcFM

— Flash (@Quinnobi2) May 9, 2021

Garth Brooks. #ReelingInTheYears pic.twitter.com/OqEAV6Eo11

— Andrew Clarke (@andrewclarke94) May 9, 2021

https://twitter.com/McCetch/status/1391477965813321731

Shoutout to the security guard pissing himself at yer wan with the cowboy hat giving the Garth Brooks debacle the same gravitas as she would a serial killer. 😂 #ReelingInTheYears

— Ger Leggett (@Ger_Leggett) May 9, 2021

I forgot how insane the Garth Brooks story was! I remember the rage on Joe Duffy was spectacular. A simpler time. #ReelingInTheYears

— John Sullivan (@nanasthoughts) May 9, 2021

That whole Garth Brooks debacle was such an embarresment…#ReelingInTheYears

— CROSSY (@CrossyTweets) May 9, 2021

We never truly got over it, did we?

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