May 16, 1997

Garth Brooks begins a three-night stand at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, playing for close to 130,000 people. The shows are filmed for a 1998 NBC-TV special

Jun 5, 1997

Barbara Mandrell begins her role as Alexandra Mitchum on the NBC soap opera "Sunset Beach." She remains in the cast for five weeks, until the character leaves the show for Norway to undergo experimental cancer treatments

Sep 11, 1997

Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood perform "In Another's Eyes" on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno"

Nov 3, 1997

Barbara Mandrell returns temporarily to the cast of the NBC-TV soap "Sunset Beach," four months after her character, Alexandra Mitchum, left for experimental cancer treatments in Scandinavia

Dec 14, 1997

Deana Carter, Hanson, Aaliyah and Glenn Close perform in Washington, D.C., at a concert attended by president Bill Clinton. It airs five nights later as the NBC special "Christmas In Washington"

Dec 19, 1997

Deana Carter sings "Merry Christmas Darling" for president Bill Clinton as NBC airs "Christmas In Washington." Also appearing: Aaliyah, Hanson and Glenn Close

Feb 28, 1998

Garth Brooks serves as both host and musical guest, performing "Two Pina Coladas" on the NBC show "Saturday Night Live"

Mar 4, 1998

A two-hour concert special, "Garth Brooks: Ireland & Back," airs on NBC-TV with guests Steve Wariner, Susan Ashton and Trisha Yearwood. The set list includes "Callin' Baton Rouge," "The River" and "Longneck Bottle"

Jun 15, 1998

Barbara Mandrell's daughter, Jaime Dudney, begins a role on NBC-TV's soap opera "Days Of Our Lives"

Nov 18, 1998

NBC-TV presents "Garth Brooks: Double Live." The special is actually triple live--he performs it three times for three different time zones