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Lainey Wilson Raises A Boot In Australia

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Lainey Wilson has been in Australia all week, playing for fans “down under.” She just completed a concert tradition that most country stars playing Australia end up doing when they play the country: She drank beer out of a cowboy boot.

The Stage Moment

Lainey even posted a video of the stage moment on her Instagram. Wilson pours beer from her boot to her bandmate’s boot in the video clip. She said, “Are you ready for this? I can’t believe I’m drinking a beer out of a boot. But I’m dang excited about it. Are you ready, brother? Let’s go! Come on! Haller and Swaller!

She captioned the video clip, “Shoeeyyyyy.”

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Australian Tradition

According to Tasting Table, the strange Australian tradition began in the early 2000s, although no one knows for sure who started it. Called a “shoey,” it involves drinking a beverage, usually some form of alcoholic drink out of a shoe or boot. Many musicians do just that on stage when they perform in Australia, from Luke Bryan to Post Malone to Harry Styles.

Photos From Australia

Wilson posted several photos from her time in Australia this week, including shots of her onstage, backstage, and signing autographs for Australian fans. She captioned the photo dump, “Australia, thank y’all taking me down under with y’all. When I decided to write songs as a little girl, I never thought somebody on the other side of the world would be able to relate to my story. I was just a little redneck from Baskin… man was I wrong?! We are all a lot more alike than you think. We all just wanna feel something.”

Aussie Fans React

Many fans reacted to her post, including one Australian local who wrote, “@laineywilson, you are such a down-to-earth person. I cannot wait to see you perform on Sunday night.” Another fa from down under said, “We are coming to see you on Thursday in Melbourne @laineywilson. We can’t wait! Our kids’ first-ever concert!” One more fan commented, “You were so amazing! Was definitely worth flying over from New Zealand to see you live. Love you, Lainey.”

Five Country Stars Who Should Play The Las Vegas Sphere

  • Lainey Wilson

    Lainey is the CMA’s current Entertainer of the Year and has proven herself a hard worker. While she shined as an opener in 2023 on the Luke Combs stadium tour and HARDY’s tour, we feel she is cooking up something big for her first headlining tour in 2024. Playing a show at the Las Vegas Sphere would be an amazing opportunity for Wilson to outdo herself on stage. Looking at the work she puts into her video creation and even her television stage moments, it’s a no-brainer she would be great with a dome of activity behind her every move on stage.

  • Carrie Underwood

    When Carrie kicked off her “Denim & Rhinestones Tour” in late 2022, I was invited as a guest of Underwood to travel with her and other music friends to Kentucky and check out the show. Carrie’s performance was non-stop action with backdrops of video content, which would be perfect for the Las Vegas Sphere. A multiple Entertainer of the Year winner for the ACM, Underwood is a pro and has the live show down to near perfection.

    There is no doubt Carrie works hard and even flies through the air over her crowd at a couple of points in the show in a ring. U2 is the only act who has played the Sphere so far and acrobatics isn’t really their thing (give the guys a break, they’re in their 60s). But we’d think that the Sphere would be set up for artists who want to fly over the crowd.  She would be amazing in that setting and already has the Las Vegas crowd charmed yearly with her ongoing “Reflections” show at Resorts World.

  • Keith Urban

    I am not gonna lie; I am partial to Keith Urban and always have been since I started to interview him over twenty years ago when he first started out. This guy was born to entertain and has one of the best stage shows in not just country music but also music in general. He’s funny on stage and interacts with his fans at shows. And, of course, can play the guitar like no one else. Urban already plays a Vegas residency a couple of times each year so the Sphere would be a natural fit for him.

  • Luke Bryan

    Luke has so much energy on stage and always has been a great performer. With his high-octane shows and fun sense of humor, this guy could really have some fun with the technology that the Las Vegas Sphere has to offer. He just wrapped his Las Vegas residency at Resorts World earlier this year, and Vegas already loves him.

    Bryan’s music videos always impress; we’re sure he would do something special with the Sphere dome-shaped video in mind. Tickets for Luke’s Vegas shows go quickly, as would a show at the Sphere.

  • Reba McEntire

    When Reba is done with her world domination of television with her perfect National Anthem singing at the Super Bowl, coaching on The Voice, and the new sitcom that is coming on NBC, she may just make a move to a Las Vegas residency. Reba has always done Vegas, but not yet a big residency, and if you have ever through the years seen Reba in concert, you know what a showman she is.

    She recently told us that she loves the way Garth Brooks plays for fans at his Vegas residency. Can you imagine what Reba could do to “Fancy” in a dome covered with the video? I had the chance to see her 2023 concert tour, and aside from singing every word to every song as loud as possible, the capacity crowd was hypnotized by her performance from the minute she hit the stage. Yeah, she’s still got it.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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