Garth Brooks

The music business is a high-stakes, high-risk venture, and it's not unusual for things to wind up in court.

What a milestone!

As we begin a new year, The Boot is looking back at the last few top headlines from 2019.

Brooks clocks in at No. 24 overall!

Here's a look back at the decade's biggest headlines ...

But it looks like the pup is on the mend.

Who was your favorite live act of the decade?

Readers can look back and remember the stories that have made waves in the country music world from now until just before Christmas.

Many of 2019's biggest moments and best news stories took shape onstage: at major festivals, in dive bars and at the Mother Church of Country Music.

He went from small-town Oklahoma boy to Nashville country superstar in the drop of a single.