Current Billboard cover star Shaboozey, known for his 12-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” is set to help the Utah Hockey Club launch its inaugural season opening night concert, with a free headlining set outside the Delta Center in downtown Salt Lake City on Tuesday (Oct. 8) prior to the team’s face-off against the Chicago Blackhawks.
The concert will begin at 5:30 p.m. MT, prior to the Delta Center doors opening to ticketed guests at 6:30 p.m. MT for the game. Shaboozey’s performance will be part of the Utah Hockey Club’s inaugural game celebration, with other activities and attractions happening throughout the day.
ESPN will be covering the event live from the Delta Center Plaza in Salt Lake City, for its triple-header coverage of the North American Opening Night for the 2024-2025 NHL season, which starts at 2 p.m. MT. ESPN’s broadcast will capture the NHL’s newest franchise throughout all three games, including St. Louis Blues-Seattle Kraken at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by Boston Bruins-Florida Panthers at 7 p.m. ET, and concluding with Chicago-Utah at 10 p.m. ET. Portions of Shaboozey’s performance will also be featured during the broadcast. The concert is produced by NHL Entertainment.
In addition to garnering a multi-week chart-topping song in 2024, Shaboozey also released the album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which rose to No. 5 on the all-genre Billboard 200, and reached No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart. At last week’s People’s Choice Country Awards, Shaboozey picked up the win for the new artist of 2024, and new artist song of 2024 (for “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”).
