( RollingStone.com ) -- Country fans are dancing on the streets of Chicago ... and crying into their Guinness glasses in Dublin . Garth Brooks confirms new album , world tour . The Windy City will be the first stop on Garth Brooks ' world tour â€ ” his first in 13 years â€ ” as revealed Monday by a fan named Andy Roberts in Atlanta . The facility maintenance company owner announced the news on Twitter after a personal phone call from Brooks with the Chicago revelation . It seems Roberts was in the audience at one of the country superstar 's Las Vegas concerts and asked during a Q-and-A portion of the show where the first tour stop will be . Brooks ' answer was that he 'd be the first to know and could do whatever he wanted with the information . As for the Chicago date and venue , the `` Good Ride Cowboy '' will announce that himself on Tuesday . RS : 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time . This news comes on the heels of defeat in Ireland . After a last-ditch effort last week to save his five comeback shows at Dublin 's Croke Park , Brooks found out today that negotiations with the city 's government are officially over . `` The Irish council can not change their earlier ruling to not allow the licenses for all five shows , '' he writes in a statement . `` To say I 'm crushed is an understatement . All I see is my mother 's face and I hear her voice . She always said things happen for a reason and for the right reason . As hard as I try , I can not see the light on this one . '' RS : Garth Brooks ' five Ireland shows canceled . TicketMaster will now provide refunds to 400,000 ticket holders for the concerts , which were set for July 25-29 . While the Dublin City Council would have allowed for three of the five dates to proceed , Brooks likened that decision to choosing between children and said it was `` five shows or none at all . '' The best-selling solo artist of all time , Brooks will also make his long-awaited return to the recording studio soon . He promises an album of all-new material to be released around late November . See the original story at RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
Chicago will be his first stop . Brooks has n't toured in 13 years . TicketMaster is providing refunds for his Ireland shows .