Concert reviewzey: Shaboozey w/ Brittney Spencer | 09.16.26, The Factory (with photo gallery)

Photo of Shaboozey by Laura Jerele

People showed up in absolute droves for Shaboozey at The Factory, decked out in their finest stagecoach-meets-Coachella looks, and it was honestly one of the most fun nights I’ve had at a show in a while. The whole thing was billed as the Outlaws Never Die tour and it delivered exactly that, hip-hop and country mashed together in this way that somehow never feels forced. It just works. Shaboozey knows how to blend the genres, mix the styles, and bring people together, and his stop in St. Louis was proof of that. Everything about it felt fun and unique and genuinely authentic, not some manufactured crossover moment.

And I loved the opener! Brittney Spencer honestly brought the house down before Shaboozey even walked out. She’s got a sound all her own, this really rich, full voice that just fills a room, and she is the real deal live. She belts out her songs and kicks ass on the guitar! The highlight for me was her tribute to Dolly Parton, covering “I Will Always Love You.” The whole crowd lost it and joined in singing along (along with a few tears here and there). Her band matched her the whole way too, letting her voice carry the room while they filled in behind her, which is exactly what a singer that strong needs. 

Then it’s Boozey time and the lights go down and it felt like we were in a Western. Shaboozey is pure new-sheriff-in-town energy from the jump. Swagger, style, total command of the stage, backed by a full band that play well into the part of the whole concept and vibe. The screens were rolling cinematic footage tied to his new concept album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales about a sheriff’s daughter turned outlaw, so the whole set felt like a Western unfolding in real time that we were a part of. It never got in the way of the party—all of the western hoopla was the party!

Honestly, I don’t think there was a single song the crowd didn’t know word for word. People were chanting the lyrics right back at him the entire set, and the whole room was singing and dancing basically nonstop. The audience itself was half the show, everybody decked out in fringe and cowboy hats and boots, full stagecoach glam, and I could not have loved it more.

Let’s be real, this was a Wednesday night, a school night for all the little kiddos, and I’m pretty sure the whole thing was sold out, and nobody in that building cared what time they had to be up the next morning. Myself included, which for me was very, very early. Worth it. They sang, they danced, they rapped, and I’m pretty sure they would do it again all over again. | Laura Jerele

Shaboozey setlist:

Til Sunday
High Noon
Drink Don’t Need No Mix
Sweet Revenge
Born to Die
Last of My Kind
Blink Twice
Drunk
Bullets & Blades
Bounty on My Head
Waitin’ Around to Die
If I Was an Outlaw
Burn it Down
Kissed by an Angel
Amen
Good News
Cowgirl
Lone Survivor

Encore:
A Bar Song (Tipsy)