Garth Brooks Tour 2014: Garth Brooks Set to Announce World Tour; Garth Brooks Sold Out Mini-Tour of Dublin Cancelled

Garth Brooks Tour 2014: Garth Brooks may launch a major world tour this year. 

Garth Brooks leaked and then confirmed that he will be hitting the road in 2014. It's been 13 years since Garth Brooks retired to take care of his children, but now that his youngest daughter graduated from high school, Brooks will be putting on his ten gallon hat and guitar.

The announcement came on day after the 'Friends in Low Places' singer posted on his website, amid lightning bolts, "The wait is over...7/7."

Garth Brooks had to cancel his announced, five-show Irish comeback concert tour. More than 400,000 concert ticket holders were left high and dry the Brooks' promoter announced that the concerts were cancelled after the Dublin City's Council denied to grant permits for two of the five shows. Brooks' five-show Irish comeback concert tour was sold out within days after tickets went up for sale.

The country superstar has been teasing about rumors that his new album and post-Thanksgiving TV special might mean Garth might be hitting the concert stage as soon as his wife, country singer Trisha Yearwood, gives him permission.

Garth Brooks sat down with "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts to say "You know what, since it's you and since we've had a history forever, let's announce it. We're going on a world tour in 2014. I can't believe I just did that but you are a doll."

The country superstar, who ranks behind only The Beatles and Elvis Presley in U.S. album sales, walked away from the music business in 2001. Last month, Rolling Stone Country asked when the biggest-selling country star in music history would finally announce his comeback tour.

Brooks said he worried that he might have waited too long and the comeback might be a "wheelchair and walker tour kind of thing."

Brooks also said he had to get approval from his wife, Trisha Yearwood, and three daughters.

Last year Gath told GMA "We're going on a world tour in 2014. It sure feels good to get to throw your hat back in the ring.... All my babies are fine with it. Ms. Yearwood is fine with it. So now I get to do what I love to do, which is play music. I get to be with the person I want to be with, which is Ms. Yearwood. ... My children are off on their own so the guilt of not being there... I'm a phone call dad now," he added, joking, "'Hey Dad, I love you, can I borrow some money?'"