For months now, Garth Brooks has been promising his next album will be fun, so much so that he's actually named it FUN. And now, as the Nov. 20 release nears, PEOPLE is exclusively debuting the ...

So now we know: Garth Brooks announced on Monday that his long-awaited album, FUN, will be released Nov. 20. And at some point, hopefully next year, he'll resume his certain-to-sell-out stadium tour.