Garth Brooks delivered an earth-shaking performance of “Callin’ Baton Rouge” at Louisana State University on Saturday.
Brooks’ hit song from 1993 is LSU’s unofficial alma mater song and according to a professor at the college, the performance was so rowdy it registered as a small earthquake at Tiger Stadium.
Garth Brooks after singing Callin’ Baton Rouge in Tiger Stadium for the first time ever:
“Thanks for letting us be a small piece of thread in the family and the fabric of the LSU Tigers.” #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/pnGe2S8OnU
— Farrah Yvette (@farrah_yvette) May 1, 2022
Prior to Brooks taking the stage, a Twitter user named Nicholas Persac asked, “Is somebody at @lsu running the seismograph for when he plays Callin’ BR, or…,” to which the official LSU account replied, “Actually…yes.”
Actually…yes. https://t.co/xmtrv0THYQ https://t.co/0upcGmTsY6
— LSU (@LSU) May 1, 2022
And after the show, Chief Brand Officer of LSU Sports, Cody Worsham, tweeted a picture of the seismograph recording.
So many people said their watch gave them this alert. Wow. pic.twitter.com/NH5zoUcYiZ
— Farrah Yvette (@farrah_yvette) May 1, 2022
According to People, Garth told the crowd following the performance, “Thanks for letting us be a small piece of thread in the family and the fabric of the LSU Tigers.”
From the "Garthquake" in Baton Rouge to the @CountryMusicHOF!!!!
love, gWatch #StudioG here: https://t.co/Yq90fZUHvL #GARTHinBATONROUGE pic.twitter.com/xqcE9LoPwX
— Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) May 3, 2022