Shaboozey made his CMA Fest debut with a performance of his viral hit, “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
The buzzed-about country star surprised fans when he appeared on the b-stage in the center of Nissan Stadium during the 51st anniversary of the iconic Nashville festival to perform his chart-topping single.
“Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey/ They know me and Jack Daniel’s got a history/ There’s a party downtown near Fifth Street/ Everybody at the bar gettin’ tipsy/ Everybody at the bar gettin’ tipsy/ Everybody at the bar gettin’ tipsy,” Shaboozey sang on the tune’s chorus.
Before his one-song set at Nissan Stadium, Shaboozey shared his excitement with the Country Music Association (CMA).
“This is my first CMA fest. I’m so excited to perform on the main stage at the Nissan Stadium,” he exclaimed. “This will be my first ever stadium, and I’m super excited to just be out there and sing my songs…. We’re ready. I got a great team, and they just coached me through it, and they just tell me to just go out there and have fun. So it’s cool. It’s awesome.”
Prior to his Nissan Stadium performance, the 29-year-old singer/songwriter from Virginia shut down 5th avenue and Broadway with his performance on the Good Molecules Reverb Stage, drawing a capacity crowd with thousands of fans singing along to every word. Shaboozey even got emotional during his performance, overwhelmed, as he couldn’t believe that his dreams were coming true.
Shaboozey released “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” on April 12 via American Dogwood/EMPIRE. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at No. 6 and No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also went No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales and Country Digital Song Sales charts on Billboard, as well as has amassed over 400 million streams worldwide since its debut.
The tune appears on his new album, Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which arrived on May 31, 2024, via EMPIRE. The song, solely written by Shaboozey,
Dubbed “the Music Event of Summer,” the televised concert special featured 30+ performances and surprise collaborations from some of Country music’s hottest stars, including Clint Black, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Terri Clark, Jordan Davis, Jackson Dean, Billy Gibbons, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Little Big Town, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, Craig Morgan, Megan Moroney, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Blake Shelton, Brittney Spencer, The War And Treaty, Thomas Rhett, Josh Turner, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman.
The CMA Fest ABC Special was filmed in Downtown Nashville at Nissan Stadium during the star-studded, four-day festival, which took place Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9.
Co-hosted by Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde, the three-hour CMA Fest special aired on ABC on Tuesday, June 25. The show will broadcast again on Wednesday, June 26 via Hulu.
