One Last Thing with Miranda Lambert: The Surprising Way She Takes a Fireball Whiskey Shot Before Each Show (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Miranda Lambert.Photo:Tyler Conrad

Tyler Conrad

Miranda Lambertgets the party started before she performs.

In the new issue of PEOPLE, the “Alimony” singer, 40, reveals that the last thing she does before hitting the stage is take a tiny shot of Fireball — from a communion tray!

After checking her lip gloss and untangling her fringe, Lambert says, “we have a communion tray my bandmates,The Pistol Annies, gave me, and we do little shots of Fireball. It’s like the tiny grape-juice cup, and we don’t even fill it, but we want to feel badass, so we still do it. Full-on rock and roll.”

Lambert just released her ninth major-label studio album,Postcards from Texas.Up next: She’ll be honored with the country icon award at the2024 People’s Choice Country Awards, airing Thursday, Sept. 26 from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Here, the country superstar reveals more of her “lasts.”

Miranda Lambert performing at Stagecoach in April 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

Last impulse purchaseFor the end ofmy Las Vegas residency, I bought myself a big, chunky horseshoe ring with diamonds that says “Ride or die.” I was like, “I need this.”

Last time my pet made me laughI have a Chihuahua. There’s always something that you just have to laugh off because she does what she wants. I mean, I named her Cher. What did I expect? She’s like, “Yes, Mother, I am a rich man,” and pees on the rug.

The new issue of PEOPLE is now on newsstands everywhere.

source: people.com