Garth Brooks’ New Nashville Bar Bans Phones During Shows, And Honestly, Where’s The Common Sense?
Oh, for crying out loud. So now I’m supposed to go pay $18 for a watered-down whiskey at Garth Brooks’ new “Friends in Low Places” bar on Lower Broadway, and they’re going to confiscate my phone during the live music? What’s next, a pat-down for my car keys? This is America, people. I get that nobody wants to watch a concert through a million tiny screens, but forcing folks to check their devices at the door like we’re in a high school detention is just plain tyrannical. And don’t get me started on the “common sense” angle—what if my kid’s babysitter needs to reach me? Or I see a rat the size of a cat running through the crowd? How am I supposed to Instagram that? Garth, you’re a legend, but this is a new low for common decency in Music City.