The planned benefit at Bridgestone Arena will be the first time Brooks has performed in Nashville in more than a decade. He is semi-retired and lives in Oklahoma, performing occasional solo shows at a Las Vegas casino hotel under a five-year contract he signed a year ago.

"If you come to Las Vegas, you'll see Garth and a guitar. But when you come to Nashville in December you will see the band you know, you will see the light rig that you know, you will see the stage you know, and, hopefully, you will see the best Garth Brooks show you've ever seen," he said.

Proceeds from the $25-per-ticket benefit concert will go to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, which has been distributing aid to victims of the flooding.