Garth Brooks may have had "friends in low places," but on Saturday, a lot of his fans were probably wishing they had some highly placed acquaintances.

Some 15,322 tickets to the country superstar's highly anticipated July 12 show went on sale at 10 a.m. and were snapped up in 58 seconds - the fastest sellout in the Calgary Stampede's 100-year history.

"It was ridiculous," said Calgarian Kara Coady.