- Sabrina Carpenter is currently on the European leg of her Short n’ Sweet tour
- The Espresso singer ‘spins a bottle’ at every show to surprise fans with a song that is not on the main setlist
- These have ranged from some of her own tracks, as well as cover songs from her favorite artists
Sabrina Carpenter is currently wowing audiences on the European leg of her Short n’ Sweet tour.
Playing in arenas across Ireland and the UK – including two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena – Carpenter will now take on the likes of Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam.
Among the 20-song setlist – which features Carpenter’s biggest hits, including her song of summer 2024, Espresso – is a surprise Spin the Bottle song.
But how does the fun segment work, and what are the different song options? Here’s what we know about Carpenter’s Spin the Bottle song.
What is the Spin the Bottle segment of the Sabrina Carpenter Short n’ Sweet tour?
Fans of Carpenter will know that the fun-loving singer has included a Spin the Bottle segment into her show.
After performing Coincidence at every show, Carpenter – you guessed it – spins a bottle live on stage, with the numbers one to four as options.
Depending on which number the bottle lands on, Carpenter will then perform a cover, or one of her own original songs.
What are the numbered song options for the Spin the Bottle segment?
While the song options are numbered from One-Four, they are pretty much interchangeable… basically, it’s Carpenter’s world and we’re just happy to being taken along for the ride!
Song One:
- ABBA – Mamma Mia (during leg one)
- Rick James – Super Freak
- Sabrina Carpenter – Bad Reviews
Song Two:
- Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much
- Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
- Olivia Newton John – Hopelessly Devoted to You
- Sabrina Carpenter – Couldn’t Make It Any Harder
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
Song Three:
- Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
- Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man / What a Girl Wants
- Sabrina Carpenter – 15 Minutes
Song Four:
- Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman
- Madonna – Material Girl
- ABBA – Mamma Mia (during leg 2)
Which songs has Sabrina Carpenter covered in the Spin the Bottle segment?
- 23 Sep – Columbus, Ohio: ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 25 Sep – Toronto, Canada: Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much (Song Two) – the bottle landed on One, but Carpenter switched it to Two to avoid performing the same surprise cover twice in two nights
- 26 Sep – Detroit, Michigan: Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me (Song Three) – again, the bottle landed on One… but Carpenter switched it to Three, while joking, “This s*** is rigged!”
- 29 Sep – New York City, New York: ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 30 Sep – Brooklyn, New York: Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman (Song Four)
- 2 Oct – Hartford, Connecticut: Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me (Song Three)
- 3 Oct – Boston, Massachusetts: ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 5 Oct – Baltimore, Maryland: Madonna – Material Girl (Song Four)
- 8 Oct – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman (Song Four)
- 11 Oct – Montreal, Canada: Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me (Song Three)
- 13 Oct – Chicago, Illinois – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 14 Oct – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Madonna – Material Girl (Song Four)
- 16 Oct – Nashville, Tennessee – Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 (Song Two)
- 17 Oct – St. Louis, Missouri – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 19 Oct – Raleigh, North Carolina – Madonna – Material Girl (Song Four)
- 20 Oct – Charlottesville, Virginia – Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me (Song Three)
But Sabrina Carpenter didn’t stop there…
- 22 Oct – Atlanta, Georgia – Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 (Song Two)
- 24 Oct – Orlando, Florida – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 25 Oct – Tampa, Florida – Madonna – Material Girl (Song Four)
- 27 Oct – Houston, Texas – Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman (Song Four)
- 28 Oct – Austin, Texas – Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 (Song Two)
- 30 Oct – Dallas, Texas – Olivia Newton John – Hopelessly Devoted to You (Song Two) – for her (almost) Halloween show, Carpenter dressed as Sandy in Grease to belt out the number
- 1 Nov – Denver, Colorado – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 2 Nov – Salt Lake City, Utah – Madonna – Material Girl (Song Four)
- 4 Nov – Vancouver, Canada – Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman (Song Four)
- 6 Nov – Seattle, Washington – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 7 Nov – Portland, Oregon – Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 (Song Two)
- 9 Nov – San Francisco, California – Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me (Song Three)
- 10 Nov – San Diego, California – Madonna – Material Girl (Song Four)
- 13 Nov – Phoenix, Arizona – Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 (Song Two)
- 15 Nov – Los Angeles, California – Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man / What a Girl Wants – Carpenter brought out Aguilera as a special guest to sing at this show!
- 17 Nov – Inglewood, California – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song One)
- 18 Nov – Inglewood, California – Rick James – Super Freak (Song One)
And the European leg?
- 3 Mar – Dublin, Ireland – Sabrina Carpenter – 15 Minutes (Song Three)
- 4 Mar – Dublin, Ireland – Sabrina Carpenter – Bad Reviews (Song One)
- 6 Mar – Birmingham, UK – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song Four) – this is when Mamma Mia was switched over to Song Four
- 8 Mar – London, UK – Sabrina Carpenter – Couldn’t Make It Any Harder (Song Two)
- 9 Mar – London, UK – Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen (Song Two)
- 11 Mar – Glasgow, UK – Sabrina Carpenter – Bad Reviews (Song One)
- 13 Mar – Manchester, UK – ABBA – Mamma Mia (Song Four)
- 14 Mar – Manchester, UK – Sabrina Carpenter – 15 Minutes (Song Three)
- 16 Mar – Paris: Paris, France – Sabrina Carpenter – Paris
How many times has Sabrina Carpenter covered each Spin the Bottle song?
Although the game isn’t rigged (sure), it appears that Carpenter is a huge ABBA fan – having sung Mamma Mia the most. Madonna’s anthem Material Girl comes a close second.
11 times – ABBA – Mamma Mia
6 times – Madonna – Material Girl
5 times – Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
5 times – Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
4 times – Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman
2 times – Sabrina Carpenter – Bad Reviews
2 times – Sabrina Carpenter – 15 Minutes
1 time – Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man / What a Girl Wants
1 time – Olivia Newton John – Hopelessly Devoted To You
1 time – Rick James – Super Freak
1 time – Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much
1 time – Sabrina Carpenter – Couldn’t Make It Any Harder
1 time – Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
1 time – Sabrina Carpenter – Paris
Have there been any other changes to the Sabrina Carpenter Short n’ Sweet setlist?
Carpenter thrilled fans when she released the Deluxe version of Short n’ Sweet on Valentine’s Day 2025 – as a thank you to her fans, and in celebration of her two Grammy wins.
The extended version of the record features a further five songs.
These are titled Couldn’t Make It Any Harder, Busy Woman, 15 Minutes and Bad Reviews. The fifth track is a reworked version of Please Please Please – featuring none other than Dolly Parton.
After the songs became an instant hit online, Carpenter promoted Busy Woman and 15 Minutes to the main setlist – thus taking them out of the Spin the Bottle game.
However, the new additions saw other changes.
Carpenter removed the song Read Your Mind from her show, and created two mashups to shorten the running time – incorporating Lie to Girls and Decode into one song length, and Sharpest Tool and Opposite.
