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Kacey Musgraves Appeases Aussie Fans By Doing A Shoey In Melbourne

<> performs on ___ Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 12, 2019 in Indio, California.

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A "shoey" is an Australian tradition where one drinks an alcoholic beverage out of a shoe. Kacey Musgraves, who just wrapped up a tour in Australia, made literal headlines earlier this week when she refused to do a shoey at a show in Sydney, saying: "I'm not fucking drinking out of your shoe." Understandable! But she acquiesced at her concert in Melbourne, ripping a shot out of a glass slipper. "I guess maybe in Sydney I wasn't really in the mood, but it's our last show so..." she said before she downed tequila, amid cheers of "Kacey! Kacey" from the crowd. Watch below. Here's her refusing a shoey, a simpler time:

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