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Shania to present at 2014 Billboard Music Awards - May 18

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2014 Billboard Music Awards - May 18 - Will Shania attend?

Tommy · Guru

Shania to present at 2014 Billboard Music Awards - May 18

Izy Twain · Senior Member

That's so exciting! I miss her so much! I cant wait til she starts winning awards again.

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Mark your calendars! Shania will present at the 2014 @billboard Music Awards, Sunday May 18!

2:49 PM ET - 14 May 14

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Butters · Guru

Presenting!! Woohoo!! What a singer!!

Izy Twain · Senior Member

A useless comment from Butters. What a super fan you are!!! Stop being so negative towards Shania.

Anyway I cant wait to see what she wears. I'm sure it will perfect like always.

Butters · Guru

Yes, so negative to want to hear a singer actually sing!

I will stay positive like you and focus on what really matters--her clothing choices that night.

So will she wear black or pink? *dying in anticipation*

Melanie · Senior Member

Butters wrote:
Yes, so negative to want to hear a singer actually sing!

I will stay positive like you and focus on what really matters--her clothing choices that night.

So will she wear black or pink? *dying in anticipation*

At least she won't be wearing a burqa to please prude people.

peever · Senior Member

everyone is entitled to there opinion, i think we should just get along :) and i do agree with Butters on some aspects, Why wont she perform at an awards ever, Many singers will sing old songs from there catalogue, Shania can do that i think! Glad we will see her today though!

Melanie · Senior Member

peever wrote:
everyone is entitled to there opinion, i think we should just get along :) and i do agree with Butters on some aspects, Why wont she perform at an awards ever, Many singers will sing old songs from there catalogue, Shania can do that i think! Glad we will see her today though!

Of course everyone is free to point out their own opinions. In Butter's comments it's not the content that matters. It's the tone.

I am also sad that she isn't performing but I can be sad about that without having to post aggressive and frustaded comments on a message board. And besides that I can respect the fact that Shania obviously is just not ready yet and still afraid to perform.

Real fans are supporting through good and bad times!

Yes, she won't be performing but at least she will be there and presenting an award to someone and that is better than nothing at all.

Izy Twain · Senior Member

All i know is my girl is gong to look perfect and flawless I cant wait to see her.

codyandshania · Senior Member

Butters wrote:
Yes, so negative to want to hear a singer actually sing!

I will stay positive like you and focus on what really matters--her clothing choices that night.

So will she wear black or pink? *dying in anticipation*

Butters, she has to be invited to perform. She can't just say: Oh, I sing. It's my turn. ME ME. No, that's not how it works. She was also invited to present. Two years in a row. And you act like she does not perform. Vegas is a performance stage. I don't care how you define it, any time she opens her mouth to hit a note, that is singing to me. If you want to hear her sing, buy a ticket to Vegas. Thousands upon thousands do it. Oh and she's in Canada performing too. So she's not staying in one place. Buy a ticket, or shut up.

Izy, Nice picture change. One of my favorites. Probably ranks #1 from the STO shoot on my list.

Tommy · Guru

Don't forget the Red Carpet Pre-Show starts at 6:00pm ET/3:00pm PT. You can watch it at either of the 2 links below.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/bbma-2014/6084937/billboard-music-awards-red-carpet-live-stream-video-webcast-watch-may-18-2014

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/get-ready-to-watch-the-2014-billboard-music-awards-red-carpet-livestream-125058505.html

Izy Twain · Senior Member

Thanks codyandshania :) oh mine too.

-- Edited by Izy Twain on Sunday 18th of May 2014 05:13:52 PM

Tommy · Guru

Shania on the Red Carpet. Vine video.

https://vine.co/v/MHArxZtYm2I

Tommy · Guru

Here is Shania's interview on the Red Carpet.

https://twitter.com/OfficialBBMAs/status/468171902108717056

Tommy · Guru

Just like last year, Shania presented the first award of the night! She presented Top Rock Album to Imagine Dragons for "Night Visions".

Found a clip on YouTube. I'm sure a better quality video will turn up later.

Tommy · Guru

Melanie wrote:
Here's a video of Shania posing on the carpet.

Tommy · Guru

Another video of Shania posing for pictures on the Red Carpet.

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

I had a great time at the @OfficialBBMAs last night. Great performances, especially moved by @JohnLegend + loved @RobinThicke's new song!

6:42 PM ET - 19 May 14

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Melanie · Senior Member

Another interview with Shania from the red carpet. She says she's "in a really productive songwriting period right now and gearing up to make another album."

Fred is standing in the background.

http://www.billboard.com/video/shania-twain-billboard-music-awards-red-carpet-2014-6092193

Tommy · Guru

Here is a little better quality video of Shania presenting Top Rock Album to Imagine Dragons for "Night Visions".

Butters · Guru

codyandshania wrote:
Butters wrote:
Yes, so negative to want to hear a singer actually sing!

I will stay positive like you and focus on what really matters--her clothing choices that night.

So will she wear black or pink? *dying in anticipation*
Butters, she has to be invited to perform. She can't just say: Oh, I sing. It's my turn. ME ME. No, that's not how it works. She was also invited to present. Two years in a row. And you act like she does not perform. Vegas is a performance stage. I don't care how you define it, any time she opens her mouth to hit a note, that is singing to me. If you want to hear her sing, buy a ticket to Vegas. Thousands upon thousands do it. Oh and she's in Canada performing too. So she's not staying in one place. Buy a ticket, or shut up.
Izy, Nice picture change. One of my favorites. Probably ranks #1 from the STO shoot on my list.

Ah, I should, "shut up". Classy. And some say I'm the rude one......

And yes, you are right. I should just "shut up" and buy a ticket. Ok, I will not pay my rent this month and will not feed my animals that I care for and sell my car and then I can buy a ticket to see Shania in Vegas. Great suggestion. Very logical.

And yes, I'm sure that Shania is NEVER invited to sing at these award shows. Sure. She just has been waiting her turn since 2002........

Butters · Guru

Melanie wrote:
Butters wrote:
Yes, so negative to want to hear a singer actually sing!

I will stay positive like you and focus on what really matters--her clothing choices that night.

So will she wear black or pink? *dying in anticipation*
At least she won't be wearing a burqa to please prude people.

A burqa is a religious garment. Please show some respect for the women who choose to wear it.

barebackwarrior · Senior Member

I understand the opinions of some very well. To be a little fair to Shania, casino contracts place all kinds of restrictions to their performers. It is likely that she is not allowed to sing live because she is locked in with Caesars Palace. I do not see Celine Dion performing in American television these days (unless I missed something) and that is no coincidence. Ditto for Elton John and Rod Stewart.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2007/nov/19/morality-in-between-the-lines/

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2012/dec/13/25-greatest-headliners-las-vegas-history/

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5719225/britney-spears-in-las-vegas-exclusive-details-on-her-two-year (this details how Britney will only perform at Caesers Entertainment and their events)

One of my reasons for initially deriding Shania's choice to sing in Vegas was because it is like signing a deal with the devil (artistically speaking). You sign away your artistic expression, freedom and drastically lower your paycheck for the most part. I have a relative that works in a casino and she tells me that everyone who provides a service to a casino is an employee, from the executives, performers, to the maids.

All Las Vegas performers are weighed and measured on a regular basis. If you gain as little as 5lbs, you are ordered to lose weight and if you are not, you are told that you are violating the terms of your contract. If you are skeptical of this, research it or read Jenna Jameson's biography. Working for Vegas North is nothing like working in Las Vegas itself. Since the casino provides the tools that the performer needs to work (e.g. stage, dancers, assistant staff and costumes), they do not want to spend additional money modifying and adjusting a performers wardrobe if they are gaining weight or are careless. Waste not want not is their motto down to the water that is served.

When artists are current in show business they operate like independent contractors and have unions that protect them. This gives them the ability to perform in their style so long as the contractor agrees to it. There is no such thing as being fashionably late in Las Vegas. Sin City may be a great way to have your name back in the headlines on the easy. However, once people have seen you live so many times, that mystery is gone. Entertainers live off the mystery associated with their image. Usually, the performer who lands in Vegas, stays there, be it in the literal sense or symbolically (e.g. Elvis and the Rat Pack associated with Las Vegas). I will say that some of the most talented people perform there and live.

On another note, some performers can get caught up with the excesses of a casino town (e.g. gambling, drinking, non-stop partying, indulgence, plastic surgery and a nocturnal culture). I know it sounds a lot like Hollywood, but people who live in L.A. have easier access to living a normal life. In fact, Southern California is home to a large and growing Christian population. Shania appears to be a clean living person and gets out of town often, but the city does change people. Most of my relative's co-workers have a gambling habit in varying degrees and their morals changed upon moving here (e.g. more openly selfish, lush and corrupt). Sometimes they do convert to Christianity, but that phase does not last and they always have to play one more time. Lola Falana (huge Vegas act in the 1970's) converted to Catholicism in the 1980's. There you go.

-- Edited by barebackwarrior on Sunday 25th of May 2014 06:05:22 AM