Garth Brooks’ Toughest Fan Amazes, Makes Everyone Cry During Minneapolis Show

Garth Brooks has performed thousands of shows, but his Friday night concert in Minneapolis is one he’ll surely remember with his best ever. A woman battling breast cancer will certainly remember it as her finest concert.

During his performance of ‘The Dance,’ Brooks recognized Teresa Shaw of Osage, Iowa. She was holding a sign that said “Chemo this morning, Garth tonight … Enjoying the Dance.” Shaw says she was just hoping the legend would notice. Did he ever!

Dunken from KROC, 106.9 in Rochester, Minn. was first to notice this touching video. Shaw was brought to the front of the stage by an usher before Brooks knelt to give her a personal performance of his song. He then stopped singing and kissed her forehead as her 19-year-old daughter Elizabeth watched.

The crowd and his band kept the music going, but Brooks was clearly overcome with emotion. After handing her his acoustic guitar he took a few steps back and delivered a powerful message to the woman and the sold-out crowd.

“God just stuck his hand out and wrote this,” he shouted holding up his sign.

“You have all my strength, you have everybody’s strength in here and you go kick cancer’s ass!”

According to the Des Moines Register, Shaw has been battling stage three breast cancer since June. The singer knows all too well how devastating the disease can be. Both his mother and sister died after battles with cancer.

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