Tuesday June 12 2023

 

Garth brooks Makes Bud ;Lite Statement

 

Garth Brooks doubles down on selling Bud Light at new bar: 'Inclusiveness is always going to be me

 

The iconic singer is getting ready to open his entertainment space, Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk, in Nashville, Tenn. Some of his neighbors, like conservative bar owner Kid Rock, stopped serving Bud Light amid the controversy. However, Brooks explained he won't do that.

 

"I know this sounds corny," he told Billboard last week, "I want it to be the Chick-fil-A of honky-tonks … I want it to be a place you feel safe in, I want it to be a place where you feel like there are manners and people like one another. And yes, we're going to serve every brand of beer. We just are. It's not our decision to make. Our thing is this, if you [are let] into this house, love one another. If you'r

 

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there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway."

The Country Music Hall of Famer addressed the controversy on his Inside Studio G livestream on Monday. Brooks said he saw people "wanting to burn" his CDs and merch.

"I get it, everybody's got their opinions. But inclusiveness is always going to be me," the singer shared. "I think diversity is the answer to the problems that are here and the answer to the problems that are coming. So I love diversity. All inclusive, so all are welcome. I understand that might not be other people's opinions, but that's OK, man... they have their beliefs, I have mine."