Wal-Mart announced it will release The Lose Sessions, a CD of unreleased tracks from Garth Brooks, as a separate disc.

The CD can already be found in Brooks’ The Limited Series boxed set, available only from Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores, but will be reissued Feb. 7 with six additional previously unreleased tracks, including the duet “Love Will Always Win,” with wife Trisha Yearwood.

“We are thrilled with how Wal-Mart customers have embraced Garth and this boxed set,” said Wal-Mart vice president David Porter. “To be able to bring
them additional, new Garth Brooks releases is exciting -especially when it includes this amazing duet with Trisha Yearwood – it’s a great way to kick-off the new year!”

The Lost Sessions, part of Brooks’ exclusive Wal-Mart deal, will sell for $11.88 US.

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Just one day after filing for a marriage license, country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood wed at their Oklahoma home Saturday.

Yahoo News said the couple exchanged vows in a private ceremony in front of family members.

“They said it is the perfect Christmas gift to each other and they couldn’t be happier,” said Nancy Seltzer, publicist for the couple. She declined to provide any other details.

andPOP previously reported that Yearwood and Brooks had obtained a marriage license on Friday from Oklahoma’s Rogers County court.

This is the second marriage for Brooks and the third for Yearwood. Brooks has three daughters from his previous marriage to Sandy Brooks, while Yearwood has no children.

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Country singers Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood filed for a marriage license on Friday with Oklahoma’s Rogers County court.

The license states that they must legally wed within 10 days.

People is reporting that witnesses saw the couple leave the Rogers County Courthouse in Claremore on Friday morning.

Brooks proposed to Yearwood in May at the unveiling of a bronze statue of himself at Buck Owens’s Crystal Palace.

This will be the second marriage for Brooks who divorced Sandy Brooks in 2001 and the third for Yearwood who was previously married to musicians Chris Latham and Robert Reynolds.

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The Super Bowl has always been as much about the halftime music performances as it is about who gets to flash their championship rings for the next 12 months. Now you can get a taste of what’s to come in January five months earlier when the National Football League kicks the season off by bringing music and football even closer together.

On Sept. 8, ABC will broadcast an hour-long ?NFL Opening Kickoff 2005? special, which will feature performances by Green Day, Santana, Kanye West, Maroon 5, and taped footage from the current Rolling Stones tour. The live performances will take place in three cities to highlight the history of the big championship game.

Fans of West and Maroon 5 will be able to see the Grammy winners perform for free outside the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the first Super Bowl was held.

Meanwhile, Green Day and Santana will play at the home of last year?s Bowl winners, the New England Patriots, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Right after, Trisha Yearwood is slated to sing the National Anthem before the season opener, which pits the Patriots against the Oakland Raiders.

Finally, the Stones clips will come from their Aug. 31 concert in Detroit.

The special will be hosted by actor Freddie Prinze, Jr., who stars in ?Freddie,? a new ABC sitcom premiering this fall.

The “NFL Opening Kickoff” has become a bit of a tradition ever since 2002?s first kickoff event in New York with Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias, Alicia Keys, and Eve. Last year?s show featured mega-stars Destiny?s Child, Mary J. Blige, Elton John, Toby Keith and Lenny Kravitz.

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Country megastar Garth Brooks is coming out of retirement – for one night only.

Brooks will be hosting a charity dinner for his Teammates for Kids Foundation, which benefits needy children. The event will take place July 15 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.

Each $500 contribution to the foundation secures one ticket for this exclusive event.

The evening will include cocktails, hors d’oeurves and a silent auction, before an exclusive performance by Brooks.

Brooks, who recently made headlines by proposing to fellow country star Trisha Yearwood, retired in 2000 and released his last album, Scarecrow, in 2001. He parted ways with Capitol Records in June after selling over 100 million albums with the label.

Brooks has always hinted at making a comeback once his youngest daughter, Allie, 9, turns 18.

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