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Encore Live, the production company behind Brooks' concert event, has partnered with health experts to create safety protocols which include maintaining at least six feet of distance between vehicles, the use of personal protective equipment by employees, limiting capacity in restrooms and relying on contactless payment and ticketing systems.

\"Families need safe entertainment options that they can enjoy together this summer,\" said Walter Kinzie, Encore Live's founder and chief executive officer. \"We're excited to partner with Garth, who's already done so much to help the entertainment industry during these tough times, to provide a truly unique and incredible concert that will do a whole lot of good for local businesses and communities.\"

Brooks said he hopes his fans are ready for a fun experience.

\"I hope people are going to start working on flashing their light, honking their horns and hopefully rolling down their windows,\" he said on \"GMA.\"

\"The cool thing is drive-ins aren't like they were when we were kids,\" he continued. \"We had the speaker that you put on the window, now just tune right into your own car radio. You can blast it and blare it as loud as you want -- windows up, windows down, sing along. This is a perfect way for us to still get to play music and still follow all the rules that we're under right now.\"

The singer also gave an update on when his new album \"Fun\" is coming.

\"The thing is while everybody is under the restrictions and, you know, the quarantine kind of thing, I just didn't want to be a guy out promoting stuff for me while other people are truthfully suffering,\" he explained.

\"When things start to kick back up and everybody can smile again and be joyous again -- I think that's what I love about the drive-in series, just come laugh, forget everything for two hours, throw everybody in the truck and go -- I think that's when we'll release music,\" he said.

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