What to know about Garth Brooks' new Nashville bar, Friends in Low Places
Heads up Music City, there's a new honky tonk in town.
Everyone knows the iconic lead single off Garth Brooks' 1990 album "No Fences," and now "Friends in Low Places" is getting the brick-and-mortar treatment.
The country music superstar's latest project, the Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk, has officially opened its doors, making it a permanent fixture in Nashville.
The 17-time American Music Awards winner and two-time Grammy winner first teased an early peek at the new establishment on "Good Morning America" before joining Robin Roberts live on Thursday when the four-story bar, restaurant and music venue which opened in Music City.
Plus, Brooks even helped the city establish a new police substation that's situated conveniently next door to his new hotspot in the South Broadway District.
"We had an alley next door, too, which nothing good went in. We had an opportunity to bring the police down here. Broadway has grown so fast the police don't have a substation," Brooks told "GMA."
"Now they got one next door. We love our men and women in blue in this community. They're like celebrities here. Everybody takes pictures with them," the singer continued. "Now they have a place here with a bar. It's fun. We're part of this neon neighborhood. I'm welcoming anybody to Nashville. Nothing but a big party."
Previously, in a video message to "GMA" Brooks revealed a behind the scenes glimpse at the project two years in the making, saying "I promise you are going to love this."
"When you walk into the Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk, you're in that stadium show, you're at that dive bar," Brooks said, highlighting the atmosphere guests can expect. "There's the construction of it and then there's also the building of entertainment, cause that's what a bar and honky tonk is. At the same time, these people that come to a Garth Brooks spot expect what they see at a Garth brooks concert, so you bring in the best of the best, which also happens to be that family that you've been touring the world with for the last three decades."
Brooks may be the top-selling solo artist of all time and the only artist to release nine albums that were certified Diamond, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, but he's not the first to dive into the country music Nashville bar and restaurant scene. Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, John Rich and Florida Georgia Line own a few of the existing celebrity bars in Nashville.
Brooks and his wife, country music star, TV host and cookbook author Trisha Yearwood, documented their journey building the ultimate oasis on Lower Broadway in their new show, "Friends in Low Places."
The docuseries takes fans inside the construction and opening of the Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk and begins streaming on Prime Video March 7.
ABC News' Yi-Jin Yu contributed to this report.
An earlier version of this story was originally published on Feb. 29, 2024.
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