In song, he boasted of having 'friends in low places'. Now it appears Garth Brooks has a few buddies in Wal-Mart's PR department, too.

On November 17, Garth broadcast an exclusive 'live' concert to all of Wal-Mart's 2,300-plus stores in his quest to surpass the Beatles as the highest-selling artist in history.

While the Brooks PR machine claims publicly that 'Garth wants to give something back to the fans,' the broadcast date just happened to coincide with the release of ...