Grab your “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please” listen up.
Sabrina Carpenter is currently midway through her international ‘Short n’ Sweet Tour’ and, based on what we’ve seen online, she’s going all out at each and every show.
According to Set List FM, the 25-year-old headliner typically delivers an elaborate three-act, 21-song, 90-minute set featuring all of her biggest hits including the aforementioned “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please” among others.
But, outside of Instagram clips and YouTube videos, it’s hard to get a sense of what a Sabrina Carpenter ‘Short n’ Sweet’ show is really like.
Until now.
The New York Post’s Angela Tricarico attended Carpenter’s Sept. 30 concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and filled us in.
“It was really cool because in the first act she woke up and goes through her day,” Tricarico told us. “Then, the second act is the nighttime ‘Sabrina After Dark’ section.’ The third act goes further into the night and ‘Espresso’ is the next morning.”
Highlights for Tricarico included the live debut of Carpenter’s “Busy Woman” — “instead of doing a surprise cover, she did that song so it was like ‘surprise, I’m covering my own song!’” — and “Because I Liked A Boy.”
“It was so crazy live,” Tricarico gushed. “It sounded so good.”
And, yes, the crowd went wild for Carpenter’s two biggest singles, “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please.”
“Everyone sang along the loudest to those two songs because everyone knows the words,” she smiled. “Of course, Sabrina sang literally every song on the new album and those two were toward the end.”
More than anything, Tricarico was impressed by the show’s unique aesthetic.
“I loved her set,” she noted. “It was like seeing the 1950s from a 1970s lens like in ‘Grease.’ They’re doing the ’50s in the ’70s.”
Joining the pint-sized performer onstage was an intricate backdrop with a bed, two floors, a bathroom and more.
What else went down?
Well, we could tell you but then we’d spoil all the surprises and ruin a truly captivating show for potential future attendees.
Instead, we’ll fill you in on the essential details you need to know about the remainder of Sabrina Carpenter’s 2024 ‘Short n’ Sweet Tour’ below.
Sabrina Carpenter tour schedule 2024-25
A complete calendar including all ‘Short n’ Sweet’ tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found here:
Sabrina Carpenter set list
As noted above, Carpenter played a 21-song set at the Barclays Center. For a closer look, here’s what she brought to the stage that night, courtesy of Set List FM:
Act I
01.) “Taste”
02.) “Good Graces”
03.) “Slim Pickins”
04.) “Tornado Warnings”
05.) “Lie To Girls”
06.) “decode”
07.) “Bed Chem”
Act II
08.) “Feather”
09.) “Fast Times”
10.) “Read your Mind”
11.) “Sharpest Tool”
12.) “opposite”
13.) “because i liked a boy”
14.) “Coincidence”
15.) “Busy Woman” (Live debut)
16.) “Nonsense”
Act 3
17.) “Dumb & Poetic”
18.) “Juno”
19.) “Please Please Please”
20.) “Don’t Smile”
Encore
21.) “Espresso”
Sabrina Carpenter new music
On Friday, Aug. 23, Carpenter dropped her sixth studio album “Short n’ Sweet.”
Clocking in at just 36 minutes, the record is short and sweet but also saucy and slinky. It’s a major step forward for the budding pop star. By our estimation, traces of folk, R&B, synth rock, and country line the sonically adventurous album.
Standout tracks — other than the ubiquitous and ebullient “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” — include the downbeat, chillwave-esque “Don’t Smile,” winsome “Slim Pickins” (this song may be the very definition of “demure”) and self-righteous “Taste.”
Don’t sleep on the dreamy Olivia Rodrigo-esque “Lie To Girls” either. The urgent lyrics are a gut punch, too. “You don’t have to lie to girls/ if they like you/ they they’ll just lie to themselves” will be rattling around in our brains rent-free for months, and for good reason; that’s a wallop.
Want to listen?
You can find “Short n’ Sweet” here.
Amaarae
The 30-year-old R&B songstress has a pair of studio albums under her belt: 2020’s “The Angel You Don’t Know” and 2023’s “Fountain Baby.”
If you haven’t heard her before, we recommend starting with her smash “Sad Gurlz Luz Money” and then try the plucky “Angels In Tibet” and smooth “sweeeet.”
Her entire discography can be found here.
Huge stars on tour in 2024
Carpenter isn’t the only major star out and about this year.
Here are just five more of our favorites you absolutely won’t want to miss live these next few months.
• Kehlani
• Zayn
Who else is on the road? Take a look at our list of the 50 biggest concert tours in 2024 to find out.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.
