Nashville, Oct 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In heart-warming news, the forty-seven year old Garth Brooks, the best-selling solo musician in U.S. history, said on Thursday he was coming out of retirement. He is also expected to announce an extended concert run at the Wynn Las Vegas casino and hotel, soon.

“I know this is a young industry, so I’m not sure I’ll be welcomed back but, if the fans want me, I still want to pursue my music,” Brooks told reporters at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

“As for touring, if I can’t eat it, sleep it, breathe it, then it ain’t me,” Brooks said.

Garth Brooks is a two-time Grammy winner and the winner of 11 Country Music Association awards. Brooks’ brand of rock-tinged country music continually topped the charts in the 1990s. He has sold around 113 million albums. He is only second to the Beatles in all-time U.S. sales, according to the figures.

Garth Brooks, had hired a private plane to transport reporters to an unnamed location, where he will announce his immediate plans. There is wide speculation that the destination was widely rumored on websites and in newspaper gossip columns to be Las Vegas and Steve Wynn’s casino hotel.

It may be recalled that Garth Brooks had officially retired in 2001, giving the reason that he would devote himself to his three daughters at his home in Oswasso, Oklahoma, until his youngest turned 18.