Mr. Peter Aiken:

We first considered one concert but I met Garth Brooks and his team on 2 January and persuaded him to perform two concerts as that would make a statement. I did not foresee that it would grow to five shows as that is unprecedented. I have never seen such a thing in my time as a promoter and it would have been the biggest ever live event in Ireland. It would have been the equivalent of Michael Jackson's eight nights in London, Bruce Springsteen's ten nights at Giants Stadium, New York, and Roger Waters's five nights in Argentina. This was our big moment. When we sold tickets for five concerts we built a five-show event. The idea was to film the show on three of the nights and make a documentary. It was going to be massive and that is how it grew.