{"id":2043677,"date":"2025-09-23T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2043677"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:23:16","slug":"shaboozey-gets-tipsy-as-he-brings-a-bar-song-more-to-indianapolis-on-tour-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/shaboozey-gets-tipsy-as-he-brings-a-bar-song-more-to-indianapolis-on-tour-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaboozey gets &#8216;Tipsy&#8217; as he brings &#8216;A Bar Song,&#8217; more to Indianapolis on tour kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If Shaboozey is worried about becoming a one-hit wonder, he sure doesn\u2019t show it on stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFinally Over,\u201d the closing track from his 2024 album \u201cWhere I\u2019ve Been Isn\u2019t Where I\u2019m Going,&#8221; suggests he is, indeed, concerned: \u201cAll my friends have got careers, and mine just might be over, if I don\u2019t sell my soul again for another viral moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But either Shaboozey deserves an Oscar or isn&#8217;t that averse to swapping his soul: As he kicked off his Great American Roadshow tour at Old National Centre Sept. 22, he was basking in the glow of that viral moment and having the best time doing it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To call the viral moment in question the elephant in the room is to dwarf it. \u201cTipsy (A Bar Song)\u201d is a behemoth: 2024\u2019s undisputed song of the summer and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-tying 19 weeks from last July to last November. The stomp-clap sing-along closed out Shaboozey\u2019s show in The Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, and he loved every second of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cY\u2019all know what time it is!\u201d he said as the song\u2019s opening strums set in, prompting the sold-out room to raise a glass. \u201cWe\u2019re getting tipsy!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Shaboozey performs Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The closer was a victory lap for Shaboozey, capping off the first date of tour with opener Kevin Powers that will take him to 11 more cities across the U.S. before wrapping up in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s a little context on Shaboozey. He put out his first album in 2018, but his breakthrough came last year when he punched in a pair of sticky features on Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Grammy-winning album \u201cCowboy Carter\u201d \u2014 \u201cLucchese see the boots, <em>check<\/em>. You can hear when I step, <em>step<\/em>.\u201d He really arrived, though, with \u201cTipsy (A Bar Song),\u201d a blue-collar drinking anthem that interpolates the era-defining club jam from rapper J-Kwon. That track held steady at No. 1 for those 19 weeks \u2014 a feat matched only by Lil Nas X\u2019s inescapable 2019 hit \u201cOld Town Road\u201d \u2014 and currently boasts 1.4 billion streams on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Why the history lesson? First to remind you how you know this guy, and second to outline the fork in the road that Shaboozey and his viral contemporaries will have to contemplate: When you\u2019re known for one song, do you lean into the moment or make every effort to prove you\u2019re more than that?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The answer in The Egyptian Room was a little bit of both. Shaboozey\u2019s set ran through the bulk of \u201cWhere I\u2019m From Isn\u2019t Where I\u2019m Going,\u201d pulling only one of his tracks from before 2024 in &#8220;Tall Boy.&#8221; Backed by an excellent band complete with a banjo and a fiddle, along with a lighting and effects rig that made the big moments really pop, Shaboozey strolled through his new material while building up to the marquee moment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Shaboozey performs Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre at Indianapolis.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1232\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/2aODFcYwNeHiGCuncCPYgA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEyMzI7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/indianapolis_star_natl_articles_522\/012495a52a6130d868b1b563a9f1477d\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Shaboozey performs Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ethos of \u201cA Bar Song\u201d is that the party perseveres despite the life stressors that try to shut it down \u2014 a dead-end job or a demanding girlfriend, perhaps. That attitude carried through Shaboozey\u2019s entire set in The Egyptian Room, where he put up a formidable effort to get the party started on, <em>gasp<\/em>, a Monday night. He kicked off \u201cDrink Don\u2019t Need No Mix\u201d with a shot and wielded a handle of Jack Daniels for the rest of the song, all while prompting the crowd to take a drink with him (with a quick plug for tour sponsor Coors Light for good measure).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By the way: Oh my, good lord, Shaboozey can <em>sing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He wasn\u2019t pitch perfect, but that voice is a treasure, especially when it hits a money note. He\u2019s rich and buttery, and his songs went down easy like the Jack Daniels he salutes in his big hit. A cover of Hank Williams Jr.\u2019s \u201cFamily Tradition\u201d was a particularly pleasant surprise \u2014 Shaboozey really did that one justice, and the crowd was game for the unofficial call-and-response the song demands (\u201cWhyyyyyy do you drink? <em>To get drunk!<\/em>\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Call-and-response, speaking of, is Shaboozey\u2019s superpower. Nearly every song comes ready-made with a host of \u201cyeah\u201ds and \u201cwoah\u201ds to be echoed back to him. Whether audience members knew songs like \u201cAmen\u201d or \u201cLet It Burn\u201d word-for-word didn\u2019t preclude them from participating \u2014 the \u201cwoah\u201ds and \u201cyeah\u201ds baked into them were easy enough to pick up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sing-along of it all ushered in an easy-going air that lingered for most of the show. Shaboozey is in an era of gratitude, and even songs with more serious undertones like \u201cEast of the Massannutten\u201d and \u201cHighway\u201d were made lighter by his humility and joy in performing. His earnestness borders on youth pastor, showcased most clearly in his little spiels about his loved ones sticking by him through the tough times and how good things are on the horizon if you just keep at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More Reviews: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/concerts\/2025\/08\/29\/luke-bryan-stops-in-noblesville-on-country-song-came-on-tour\/85746627007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Country star Luke Bryan brings on the southern charm at high-energy, hit-fueled Ruoff stop;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Country star Luke Bryan brings on the southern charm at high-energy, hit-fueled Ruoff stop<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And I hate to keep talking about \u201cA Bar Song,\u201d but you can\u2019t escape the apex of the show. The audience shift was palpable \u2014 phones up, eyes forward, feet two-stepping in time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We&#8217;re not sure how Shaboozey really feels about the hit \u2014 his music, remember, seems to hint that he lost a bit of himself in all the commotion. In front of an audience, though, he embraced the song with open arms. The band bled it dry with an extended outro, and Shaboozey kept the goodwill going by sticking around to meet fans and sign merchandise after the house lights went up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sobering reality of the kind of explosive success Shaboozey\u2019s currently enjoying is that the ride might end as quickly as it began. We\u2019re watching once-in-a-lifetime stuff unfold, and who knows how long that can last? But on this tour, it looks like Shaboozey\u2019s ready to live in the moment, thrilled to be on the road at all and ready to make the most of the time he has with the crowds to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Contact IndyStar Pop Culture Reporter Heather Bushman at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/mailto:hbushman@gannett.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:hbushman@gannett.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">hbushman@gannett.com<\/a>. Follow her on X @hmb_1013.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/concerts\/2025\/09\/23\/shaboozey-kicks-off-great-american-roadshow-in-indianapolis\/86116940007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shaboozey kicks off Great American Roadshow in Indianapolis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shaboozey kicks off Great American Roadshow in Indianapolis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Shaboozey is worried about becoming a one-hit wonder, he sure doesn\u2019t show it on stage. \u201cFinally Over,\u201d the closing track from his 2024 album \u201cWhere I\u2019ve Been Isn\u2019t Where I\u2019m Going,&#8221; suggests he is, indeed, concerned: \u201cAll my friends have got careers, and mine just might be over, if I don\u2019t sell my soul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2043678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[378542,272527],"class_list":["post-2043677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-old-national-centre","tag-shaboozey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shaboozey-gets-Tipsy-as-he-brings-A-Bar-Song-more.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}