Garth Brooks calls Baton Rouge, crowd response registers as small earthquake

Country mega-star Garth Brooks literally rocked the house in a sold out performance at LSU’s Tiger Stadium on Saturday night.

Over 120,000 excited fans packed into the stadium to enjoy the show. About 17 songs into the set, Brooks asked the question they’d been waiting for.

“I have to ask you, Baton Rouge, is it time?”

Brooks’ hit song “Callin’ Baton Rouge” is a favorite for locals and LSU fans, known belt out the song before kickoff at Tiger football games.  Saturday was the first time the tune was performed live in Death Valley, though, and the crowd’s reaction was a legendary as the songwriter himself.

Garth Brooks played “Callin’ Baton Rouge” in Baton Rouge and peoples’ faces melted off. pic.twitter.com/O95YajSSig

— Chris Gordy (@ChrisGordy) May 1, 2022

A seismograph that was set up in nearby Nicholson Hall registered roaring crowd as a small earthquake.

An LSU professor set up a seismograph machine tonight for the @garthbrooks concert in Baton Rouge.

Here’s a snapshot of what it looked like when he played Callin’ Baton Rouge.https://t.co/uuqI74fBak pic.twitter.com/ThjfEJ4q0y

— Cody Worsham (@CodyWorsham) May 1, 2022

“That was even better than I could have ever dreamed it could be,” Brooks said when the song was done.