Austin City Limits will kick off its 50th anniversary year by honoring Garth Brooks for its 10th anniversary Hall of Fame celebration. Brooks and his band will perform Sept. 5 at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas.
Austin City Limits (‘ACL’) is a music performance television show that appears weekly on PBS, dating back to October 1974. It’s the longest-running music program in television history, according to its website. ACL’s website says the Hall of Fame “celebrates the legacy of legendary artists and key individuals who have played a vital part in the pioneering music series’ remarkable half-century as a music institution.” The Hall of Fame event is open to the public and a limited number of tickets will be on sale.
Brooks’ induction from the Hall of Fame ceremony will air as an hourlong broadcast of Austin City Limits at a later date on PBS, with the celebration lasting through 2025. Musical highlights and Brooks’ induction from the Hall of Fame ceremony will air as a special hour-long broadcast of ACL as a highlight of the program’s golden anniversary which premieres on September 28, 2024, on PBS. Said Brooks: “To be part of anything Austin City Limits is and always has been an honor. I am humbled and grateful to not only be a part of the 50th Anniversary, but to be inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame is over the top.”
Said ACL executive producer Terry Lickona: “Garth is a special friend—there’s no one else quite like him. He never forgets his roots, or the people who were there for him in those early days. He hit the ACL stage just as his career was taking off, kicked off our 25th anniversary season, and now almost 25 years later, it’s our turn to honor him.”
This will mark the first time in ACL’s 10 years of the Hall of Fame that only one inductee will be honored at the event. Last year’s inductees were Trisha Yearwood and John Prine, with past inductees include Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Loretta Lynn, B.B. King, Alejandro Escovedo, Darrell Royal, the ACL Crew itself, and many more.
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