“You have to wait until I give you the finger,” he quipped. At one point, though, he did gently scold fans for cheering before he gave them their wordless cue. Not once did be bellow “I can’t hear you!” or some other standard line to pump up the volume of the crowd. He expertly cued fans on both sides of the venue, and then in the middle, creating cascading swells of shouts, screams and whistles that surged and receded with near-pinpoint-precision. But Brooks, who earned his MBA in 2010 from Oklahoma State University, doesn’t do much in a routine manner. Of course, such “audience cheering competition” routines are business as usual at many arena and stadium concerts.
