Overview

• Carpenter delivered a roughly 20-minute, four-song set that opened with “Please Please Please,” included the live debut of “Go Go Juice,” featured “Slim Pickins,” and closed with “Manchild.”
• Backed by members of the Opry band, she reshaped her pop material with twang-forward arrangements built on fiddle, banjo, and pedal steel.
• She told the sold-out crowd she was using radio-friendly edits, though Rolling Stone noted she sang the word “douchebag” during “Slim Pickins.”
• Sheryl Crow introduced her onstage as Carpenter paid tribute to influences like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton.
• The appearance was part of the Opry 100 lineup that also featured Marcus King, Lukas Nelson, and Kaitlin Butts, with Carpenter set to return to Nashville Nov. 4–5 at Bridgestone Arena.