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I N C R E D I B L E. Her vocals were on point the entire night. She looked AMAZING. The show was spectacular. I know we've had some doubts about her singing live or singing well, but after seeing the show I'm convinced it's 100% live and her vocals are tops. If I had any complaints about the show, it would be that musically it's a bit tired - I would have loved to see an album cut or Endless Love or something thrown in there. Today Is Your Day is 1000 times better live. Working on photos/videos. :)

edit to add - somewhere on this forum there was an article about Gavin DeGraw. He put on a great show but the audience wasn't there for it (both physically and mentally). That author was right that Gavin is not much of an arena player. I enjoyed it, but he definitely seems like a theme park/small theater type of guy haha.

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Shania Twain goes big and bigger at Verizon Center

By Dave McKenna | The Washington Post | July 22 at 3:14 PM

Shania Twain reminded fans why she’s both country music history’s greatest selling female act and its least accessible superstar during Tuesday’s show at Verizon Center.

No doubt some of the emotional distance Twain has always had with her fans, particularly compared to most artists cranked out by the Nashville machine, can be attributed to geography: She was born and raised in Canada, and at the height of her fame moved to Switzerland to live in a medieval mansion with producer Mutt Lange. But it’s also the music. Lange had been known for cranking out hard rock chart toppers (Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” is archetypal Lange) before trying to make it in Music City and hooking up professionally and matrimonially with the then-unknown Twain. Early in the 90-minute Verizon Center set, Twain performed “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?,” the 1995 single that was her first hit produced by Lange and the song that helped her walk through the country crossover door that had been opened wide several years earlier by Garth Brooks. Although always billed as a country act, Twain’s hits were put through several remixes targeted to appeal specifically to non-country audiences. She went on to sell more than 80 million records. Not since Phil and Ronnie Spector had pop music seen such a fortuitous Svengali/artist pairing.

But life in the castle wasn’t all fairy tales for Twain. She halted touring early into the new century when she lost her singing voice to polyps. Then she found Mutt putting his boots under the bed of her best friend. She divorced Lange and married Frédéric Thiébaud, the ex-husband of her ex-bestie, and her vocal problems largely disappeared. Yet Twain, who turns 50 next month, is still dancing with the guy who brought her to superstardom. For starters, she’s calling the current tour “Rock This Country,” and the arrangements she gave her old hits had a lot more to do with vintage Def Leppard than Hank Williams. Her wardrobe, full of fishnet stockings and thigh-high boots and lots of studded accessories, was similarly heavy metallic.

The show was big on bigness. Twain performed “I’m Gonna Get You Good” in front of a dangerous-looking assortment of flamethrowers blasting fire. For “Up,” Twain strapped herself to a mechanical bull and let a crane drag her to the arena’s rafters. During “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” Twain banged her head as one of her four guitarists delivered a shrieking solo.

The smallest moments of the show were its best and provided hints of Twain’s humanity. She sat on a stool to croon an acoustic version of “You’re Still the One,” which showed a kinship with the finest wimp rock from the 1970s. Twain introduced “Today Is Your Day” as something she wrote during a “particularly crappy time” in her life. As she strummed the you-can-do-it song on an acoustic guitar, many members of the overwhelmingly female audience that filled two-thirds of the big room held each other and swayed. While Twain was thanking the fans for coming out, a parent pushed her 6-year-old daughter toward the stage with an aggressive plea to let her sing. Twain tried calming the terrified kid down by handing over the microphone and letting her warble “Honey I’m Home” as the audience roared.

But there was little humane about the bombast that took complete control by night’s end. For her encore, Twain appeared in a spiked pleather onesie amid a blitz of lasers, fog, fireballs and strobe lights for an Earth-shaking run-through of “Feel Like a Woman.” Whatever she felt like, at that moment the most successful female country singer of all time looked like a backup singer for Motley Crue.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/shania-twain-goes-big-and-bigger-at-verizon-center/2015/07/22/9268a10e-308e-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html

Shania Twain's final tour rocks Wells Fargo Center

By Elliott Sharp | Philadelphia Inquirer | July 23, 2015

Shania Twain delivered a thrilling career-spanning concert when her Rock This Country tour stopped at Wells Fargo Center Wednesday.

It was a bittersweet night for her fans, though, because they knew they'd never see the "Queen of Country Pop" wrap her fingers around a microphone, throw her hair back, look up to the heavens, and belt out the big hits - or any songs - on stage again. This was the last time. Ever.

If we believe the announcement Twain made on Good Morning America earlier this year - and it's reasonable to be skeptical, since many artists retire, and then come back for one last cash-grabbing hurrah - this is the 49-year-old Canadian's final tour. She's retiring. Well, not really. She won't perform, but she says she'll continue making music; she even plans to release a new album in the next year.

Whether or not Twain hits the road again, she's had an awesome ride filled with ups and downs. Like Dolly Parton before her, she paved the way for artists like Keith Urban and Taylor Swift to cross over from country to mega-pop stardom. Without Shania, there'd probably be no Taylor.

In 2012, Twain began a two-year residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (Still the One: Live from Vegas, a collection from her Caesars stint, was released in March.) When she took the stage at Wells Fargo Center, it was like she'd never missed a beat - and learned some flashy new tricks in Vegas. There were outrageous pyrotechnics, wardrobe changes (from a black leather jacket to an elegant black, sequined ball gown), and remarkable stage production that created numerous dazzling visual environments. She even rode a mechanical bull (during "Up!," of course) that soared at least 15 feet above the crowd.

And she played the colossal hits for which the world will always remember her. She performed "Any Man of Mine" on the floor while giving high-fives to ecstatic fans. There was an intimate acoustic version of "Still the One," which cooled things down after the hard-hitting first half of the set (and the hot pyrotechnics). During "That Don't Impress Me Much," she prowled the stage like an immortal lioness. For the encore - beginning with her excellent live band shredding a heavy-metal instrumental that made Metallica sound like Coldplay - she brought the crowd to its feet with a mind-blowing performance of "Man, I Feel Like a Woman."

Twain's voice isn't what it used to be. She struggled to hit the right notes, missing many throughout the night. But she owned the stage and the songs in a way no one else could. It's tough to believe she's done performing because she's just so darn good at it, and she does it with such singular grace. And she obviously has tons of life-affirming fun under those lights - how will she stay away? Let's hope this isn't her last rodeo.

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20150724_Shania_Twain_s_final_____tour_rocks_Wells_Fargo_Center.html

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Oct 22 – Prince George, BC
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Oct 27 – Kelowna, BC

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Shania Twain tickets still available

Citizen staff | Prince George Citizen | July 24, 2015 10:18 PM PT

Tickets for country music legend Shania Twain's show at CN Centre have not sold out quite yet.

As of late Friday afternoon, there were "not many left" according to the Ticketmaster website.

While a sellout looks likely, CN Centre manager Glen Mikkelson said there is a chance that once the stage is in place for the Oct. 22 show, Mikkelson said a few more may be made available.

"I can't commit to that but it does happen," he said. "It does happen once we get the stage in place and we're able to see the sight lines, yes, there can be an opportunity.

"And certainly, sometimes the artist will release some holds that they have as they get closer to the show so just for people to keep checking from now until October to see what may become available."

Tickets went on sale on Friday morning and more than 5,200 fans are expected to take in the performance.

http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/local-news/shania-twain-tickets-still-available-1.2012110

Shania Twain’s rock country show at Palace delivers plenty heat

By Adam Graham | The Detroit News | July 26, 2015 1:25 a.m. ET

Auburn Hills — Shania Twain’s Rock This Country tour swooped into the Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday night with a little bit of country and a whole lot of rock.

The country superstar’s 100-minute concert — her first Metro Detroit show in a dozen years — was a rock and roll extravaganza, with more pyro than a Kiss concert and more leather than a Mötley Crüe show.

With her initials, ST, twisted into a Styx-like font, Twain was either aiming for an ’80s rock homage or delivering one unknowingly. By the evening’s final song, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” she was dressed in a metal-trimmed black one-piece, knee-high leather boots and a long cape that made her look partially like a dominatrix and partially like Wonder Woman’s evil twin. As flames shot up around her and her bandmates headbanged in unison, it felt more like the encore at a Whitesnake concert than it did the closer of a pop-country show.

How did we get here? Let’s review. Twain is country’s all-time best-selling female artist, a title she earned thanks to her massive collaborations with her producer and husband Robert “Mutt” Lange, who poured some sugar on Def Leppard and turned them into pop-metal immortals. With Lange at the helm, Twain netted three consecutive 10 million-plus selling albums, a feat unlikely to ever be duplicated.

But in 2004 she dipped out of the spotlight and later suffered a series of setbacks, including a nasty split from Lange and a bout with dysphonia, a disorder which affects one’s vocal chords and nearly sidelined her career. She returned to the stage with a Las Vegas residency in 2012 and her current tour is her first outing in more than a decade, and she’s only released one new song — the self-affirming “Today is Your Day” — since 2005.

Twain turns 50 next month, and she joked about her age on stage in front of the nearly sold-out Palace crowd. “I was born in Windsor, on the other side of the river,” she said, receiving strong cheers from the crowd’s healthy Canadian contingent. “I’m not even sure the hospital is there after all this time!”

But Twain is still standing, and while she wasn’t able to match all the bombast going on behind her – lights, lasers, flames, fireballs – she sold the show with confidence. There were times when her voice sounded strained and when her shoulder dips and hair flips came off stale, but she projected a veteran’s air of craftsmanship while still coming off humbled by the enthusiastic crowd.

Twain’s setlist, while lacking fresh material, balanced hits with tracks making their live debuts on this tour.

She opened with “Rock This Country,” sporting a pair of red shades, a tassled black leather jacket and thigh high black leather boots, while a blinding wall of lights lit up behind her. Twain strutted across the stage and down the catwalk that stretched out to the floor, kneeling down to slap hands with fans, who twice threw bouquets of flowers onto the stage.

During “Any Man of Mine,” Twain boarded a small cart and rode around the perimeter of the arena floor, greeting fans and performing while holding a selfie stick whose footage was projected onto the stage’s screens. And for “Up!” she straddled a mechanical bull that rose up and over the crowd — all while telling the fans the difficulty she once had in overcoming her stage fright.

That stage fright never seemed to be an issue, and during “Today is Your Day,” she stripped away all the razzle-dazzle of the evening and performed a sparse acoustic version of the song with her seven-piece band. “I’ve decided that every day, for the rest of my life, is my day,” she said, rolling into “No One Needs to Know” and “You’re Still the One,” her monster ballad that is one of her most towering hits.

There were some cheesy moments — the pyramid of lights that formed above her during “From This Moment On,” the pair of tigers (or were they cougars?) on the screen during “That Don’t Impress Me Much” — but Twain was never going for cool points. Her show was a rock country showcase that set out to singe your eyeballs, and it delivered plenty of heat.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/adam-graham/2015/07/26/shania-twains-rock-country-show-palace-delivers-heat/30690201/

Shania sparkles in concert spectacle

By David Burke | Quad-City Times | July 27, 2015

Shania Twain apparently had a lot of concert special effects to catch up on with her "Rock This Country Tour," which stopped at the iWireless Center on Sunday night.

More than 10 years since she'd been on the road, and 11-plus since she played Moline, the Canadian country-rocker's almost two-hour show was filled with lasers, fireworks, smoke, fog, video and all sorts of technical wizardry.

And the crowd, if not a sellout darned close to it, ate it up — standing throughout the night, singing along to Twain's hits, pumping their fists and rushing to the perimeter of the arena where she rode in a cart while singing "Any Man of Mine," the song that first gained her national attention in 1995.

All of the bells and whistles throughout the night could be used to cover up a singer who hasn't had a top-10 country hit in more than a decade.

But Twain — whose vocal cord injuries forced her to take a lengthy hiatus since her last big tour — and her delivery could have held up well even without all of the visual extras heaped onto her.

Just a few days and a month away from turning 50, Twain showed she's still fashion-forward, with three major costume changes and numerous variations throughout the night.

She made her entry — as a blonde, which was disconcerting to more than a few fans — on a hydraulic lift from center stage to the song "Rock This Country!," wearing a fringed black jacket over a sparkly red mini dress, with thigh-high black boots and, inexplicably, large, red-tinted sunglasses. The shades were tossed after the second song, the jacket doffed after the next tune. Her costume changes continued throughout the night, with a variety of off-the-shoulder dresses, short skirts and at least one more pair of thigh-high boots.

Twain took delight in the crowd, whose eager response to some of her songs appeared to throw her.

"I love watching you guys," she said at one point in the night. "You are my show."

Besides being carted around the stage, she also mounted a black saddle atop a red-fringed horse-type body, which took her above the crowd on a lift for a 360-degree ride during her hit "Up!"

Twain's most recent top-10 hit, the duet "Party for Two" with Billy Currington, was re-created with opening act Gavin DeGraw filling the male vocal.

DeGraw gave an animated set to start the night, with his own tunes such as "I Don't Want To Be," "Chariot" and "In Love With a Girl," as well as covering Billy Joel's "Big Shot" and Bryan Adams' "Heaven." During the Joel song, he made his way to the edges of the arena, and climbed into Section 107, where he climbed the stairs to a barrage of high-fives, fist bumps and selfies.

Earlier in the night, DeGraw noted the Quad-City Times Bix 7, and asked if anyone in the crowd had run the race.

"Did you win?" he asked the volunteer. "Did you get, like, a Gatorade sponsorship or something?"

Twain had said this is her farewell tour, but if other locations responded as resonantly as the Quad-Cities, she may consider changing her plans. 

SET LIST

Shania Twain's set list from Sunday at the iWireless Center:

Rock This Country!
Honey, I'm Home
You Win My Love
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
I Ain't No Quitter
Love Gets Me Every Time
Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
Any Man of Mine
Ka-Ching!  (Interlude)
I'm Gonna Getcha Good!
Come on Over
Party For Two (with Gavin DeGraw)
Up!
Today Is Your Day (acoustic)
No One Needs to Know (acoustic)
You're Still the One
From This Moment On
That Don't Impress Me Much
(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!
Encore:
Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

http://qctimes.com/news/local/shania-sparkles-in-concert-spectacle/article_ae8e5b52-2828-5ab4-9efa-fa6a1b9aac83.html

Shania Twain concert sold out

Kelowna Daily Courier | July 27, 2015 9:23 pm

The Shania Twain concert, scheduled for Oct. 27 at Kelowna, has sold out.

The Canadian singer and songwriter’s Kelowna appearance sold out in under five minutes, Prospera Place said in a news release.

Additional tickets and/or a second show may be announced closer to the concert date. Updates will be released via the Facebook and Twitter pages of Prospera Place and Select Your Tickets.

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/local_entertainment/article_5d74fa28-34e0-11e5-892d-0b01425ef56e.html

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Review: Shania Twain's show a well-oiled machine, and fans love it

By Ross Raihala | St. Paul Pioneer Press | 7/29/2015 12:01:00 AM CDT

Shania Twain sold out Minneapolis' Target Center Tuesday night during a stop on her first tour in 11 years. But the country music superstar, who turns 50 next month, has also said this is the final time she'll tour, effectively turning it into a comeback/farewell affair.

Judging by her performance, and the audience's rapturous response, don't be surprised if she borrows a page from the Cher Playbook and rethinks her pledge to retire.

The show opened with Twain emerging from beneath the stage on a moving pillar to her opening number, "Rock This Country!" (Twain loves exclamation points, with a total of eight popping up in the songs she sang Tuesday.)

Clad in an odd ensemble that bared a lot of upper thigh -- a theme for the evening -- along with fringe and an oversized pair of red sunglasses, Twain clearly fed off the energy of the crowd of more than 15,000.

From there, Twain offered a set list that basically replicated her 2004 "Greatest Hits" album, including "I Ain't No Quitter," one of the new singles she wrote for that compilation with her former husband/producer Robert "Mutt" Lange.

The guy behind such rock music behemoths as AC/DC's "Back in Black" and Def Leppard's "Pyromania," Lange married Twain in 1993 and helped her created her trio of smash albums: "The Woman in Me," "Come on Over" and "Up!"

But in a turn of events straight out of a soap opera, Lange cheated on Twain with her best friend, and Twain turned around and married that woman's ex-husband.

Twain only faintly alluded to that torrid affair Tuesday when she slowed things down for "Today Is Your Day," a song she says she wrote as a "cheer-me-up type thing" after her divorce. She also spoke about her insecurity about returning to the music business while straddling a red leather saddle attached to the end of a cherry picker that lifted her above the crowd for "Up!"

Twain's confessions felt scripted, though, and the entire concert had the feeling of a touring stage musical, a well-oiled machine with little room for improvisation. (That's not necessarily a bad thing given the amount of fireworks and pyro belched out by her stage.) Her backing vocals sounded prerecorded as well, leaving Twain to harmonize with phantoms.

Of course, many arena-level tours arrive with the same level of polish. But they don't always earn the adoration of Tuesday's audience, which was largely female and noticeably younger than expected. The crowd greeted nearly every song of the show like an old buddy, from "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" to "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" to "That Don't Impress Me Much."

Twain saved the best for last, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!," a song so massive it requires two (!!) exclamation points.

She has already booked a Sept. 26 return to the Target Center and has overseas dates planned for 2016. This may well turn out to be one long goodbye.

http://www.twincities.com/music/ci_28553540/review-shania-twains-show-well-oiled-machine-and

Shania Twain brings flashy show, jukebox hits to Target Center

By Kara Nesvig | City Pages | Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Let’s get this out of the way first: Yes, Shania Twain trotted out all of her big hits at her Rock This Country tour stop at Target Center on Tuesday. Yes, the order was somewhat predictable, and so was the stage show. But who actually cares? No one. Shania has been gone for far too long – she hasn’t been in Minneapolis for 14 years, and we missed her. That’s why the first sold-out Twin Cities date on her so-called "final" tour quickly added another date in September.

Shania has been around a long, long time and her place in country music history will never be forgotten. Though we’d seen glimpses of what would be come “pop country” in the ‘80s with Kenny Rogers and company, it was Shania who brought the concept where it is today. Without Shania, there would never have been a Taylor Swift. Yep, I said it. In the ‘90s, you heard Shania’s songs everywhere, from country channels to Top 40 radio and MTV. You heard “From this Moment On” at weddings. You heard “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” on TV. She was inescapable, and she took her talent, gorgeous face, and charm and made herself an icon.

It was the icon who was out to play at Tuesday's sold-out show, though her trademark chestnut mane has been dyed blond (that was a shock!). She’s a month shy of her 50th birthday, but she doesn’t care; she’s wearing thigh-high boots and Britney-worthy bustiers. Shania looks incredible, and she knows it. A few years ago, she went through a messy divorce with producer ex Mutt Lange, lost her voice, and dealt with some serious stage fright, but in true Shania fashion she bounced back. After all, the girl formerly known as Eileen chose the name “Shania” because it means “I’m on my way.”

Shania came out dripping in fringe, wearing a leather jacket that was part Stevie Nicks, part Def Leppard. Her stage show is a mix of flashy pyrotechnics, cheesy video interludes, and a whole lot of red, black, and white. What do those colors represent, Shania? Maybe it’s the darkness of her heartbreak and the red and white of the eventual triumph, the passion of her eventual marriage to that hot dude her cheating ex-best friend was married to. She only wears those colors, too, whether it’s the sequined cape she wore while belting out “From This Moment On” to the white sequined men’s shirt worn during “Up!,” where she flies through the crowd on a red saddle. Sure, it’s all flash, but Shania is fresh off a Vegas residency. I was actually disappointed there wasn’t a horse onstage. The best thing about Shania is that she, like Hooters, is delightfully tacky, yet unrefined. Her taste for leopard print, duster coats, and neon accents will never get old.

Though homegirl lost her voice and was afraid she’d never sing again, you’d really never know it from her stage show. She’s said she needs to warm up much earlier and longer than she used to, and her show did feel short, but that voice is remarkably strong and supple, albeit a little bit lower in timbre. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that she still holds her own through various key changes from ballads like “You’re Still the One” to her big honkytonk hits like “Any Man of Mine.” The crowd goes bonkers for her; Shania is beloved by everyone from suburban moms to three-year-old boys. When she sat alone with her guitar to do “You’re Still the One,” I swear the room stopped dead for a moment before eagerly singing along. We were there for Shania during her struggles, and we’ll be there for her when the tour ends and she says goodbye. I cried.

Shania may do the same ‘ol, same ‘ol songs, but why shouldn’t she? Her hits are still so insanely good that we’d be content hearing them forever – and we will. Everyone wants to hear Shania on the jukebox.

Critic's bias: “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under” is my go-to karaoke song. I learned everything I know about singing from Shania; I studied her mannerisms.
Notes on the opener: It’s Gavin DeGraw. Remember him? He comes out to do “Party for Two” with Shania, which she originally did with both Mark McGrath (pop album) and Billy Currington (country album).
Random notebook dump: Shania in her leather jacket looks like a cross between Aunt Becky from Full House and Stevie Nicks. 
The crowd: Moms, daughters, a whole lot of drunk bitties in boho outfits — when did that become country?
Overheard in the crowd: "Is there still wine?”

http://www.citypages.com/music/shania-twain-brings-flashy-show-jukebox-hits-to-target-center-7522679

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6:46 PM ET - 29 Jul 15

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Yes, Shania Twain Is Blond

But She's Still the One

by Alison Bonaguro | CMT.com | July 30, 2015

“I thought that was Faith Hill”

“Who is that?”

“There’s no way that is Shania.”

Those were just a few of the comments I saw when I posted some photos from Shania Twain‘s Chicago show at the Allstate Arena on Wednesday night (July 29).

It was all about the blond.

So after a 22-song set, complete with pyro, a mechanical bull of sorts, some acoustic tunes and a sold-out arena full of passionate hardcore fans, that’s what people want to talk about.

Her long blond hair was stunning, and I’ll admit that she did look a lot like Faith Hill, but what Twain looked like was hardly as important as what she sounded like. And she sounded amazing.

It helped that her band had two fiddlers — and a third on “Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)” from 1997 — and that she was able to pack her two-hour show with back-to-back hits. And even do one song she’s never done on tour before, “I Ain’t No Quitter.”

But really, this show was all about her voice.

She sounded, to me, like the Twain we all fell in love with when we first heard her 20 years ago on “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?”

Blond or brunette, that’s what mattered most.

http://www.cmt.com/news/1756445/yes-shania-twain-is-blond/

Shania Twain Stays Genuine on Rock This Country Tour

A newly blond Shania came out firing on all cylinders from the very first note.

By Tricia Despres | Country Weekly | July 31, 2015

Coming off her two-year residency at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace, a newly blond Shania Twain came out firing on all cylinders from the very first note of her July 29 show at Chicago’s AllState Arena. Sunglasses and leather fringe and thigh-high boots were the attire of the night, but once she started singing, she could have been wearing some old frock from a thrift shop.

The crowd was entranced with her.

Assisted by an ever-present drumbeat, Shania hit on all the favorites, from “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” to “Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)” to “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” Yet the sweetest moment of the night might just have been the moment when Shania sat on that massive stage with just an acoustic guitar cradled in her lap, singing a sweet package of songs including “No One Needs to Know” and “You’re Still the One.”

Granted, there were some odd, almost cringe-worthy moments. Her trip on the much-talked-about flying saddle, which swung over the crowd on a firehouse-looking ladder as she sung “Any Man of Mine,” looked nothing short of uncomfortable. And a musical interlude/costume change toward the end of the show resembled some sort of bad ’90s music video.

But at the end of the night, one thing was evident: the fans have missed Twain, and she has missed them. And in a world where far too many artists have a hard time staying genuine when that big arena spotlight hits them, everything about Shania felt authentic (“You guys are my show,” she told the crowd), reminding all in attendance why we all fell in love with her in the first place.

http://www.countryweekly.com/news/shania-twain-stays-genuine-rock-country-tour

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9:34 PM ET - 31 Jul 15

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Shania Twain brings Vegas-style production to Nashville

By Cindy Watts | The Tennessean | August 1, 2015 2:32 a.m. CDT 

Shania Twain might have been off the road for 11 years before her Rock This Country Tour that she launched earlier this summer – but she hasn’t been off the stage. Twain spent much of 2013 and 2014 performing a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. When she brought her Rock This Country Tour to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Friday night, both the experience and the Vegas influence were on full display.

Twain, who will be 50 later this month, appeared from under the stage on a platform that rose into a tower lifting the singer high above the stage. Wearing a red sequined leotard with a fringed black jacket, the famously brunette-now-blond singer kicked off her two-hour set with “Rock This Country” as red sparks erupted from each side of the stage.

She followed up with “Honey, I’m Home,” “You Win My Love” and “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under” before she stopped to address her sold out, enthusiastic crowd.

“Thank you so much,” Twain said, now down from her platform and without her jacket. “It’s so great to be back here. When I came here I was in my 20s and I met a lot of warm and caring friends here. I feel like I’m coming back home.”

Twain told fans that she was overwhelmed and nervous about being in Nashville and since this was her last tour and she wasn’t coming back, she didn’t want the night to end.

Her fans didn’t want her last concert in Music City to be over, either. The bulk of audience members stayed on their feet all night and sang along with hit after hit.  Twain built opportunities into her show that allowed her to get closer her fans.  She changed into an AC/DC shirt and rode through audience in a clear wagon as she sang “Any Man of Mine” and sat atop a saddle that circulated over the crowd  on a large metal arm during “Up.”

She brought opener Gavin DeGraw out to perform Billy Currington’s part in their hit duet “Party for Two” and sang duo partner Bryan White’s lyrics herself in “From This Moment On.”

Strobe lights, lasers and heavy pyrotechnics punctuated much of Twain’s performance, but she didn’t spend the night hiding behind her elite production. Twain had a stripped down section in her concert where she and her band delivered “No One Needs to Know” and “You’re Still the One.”

“You guys, after all this time, Nashville you’re still the one,” she told fans after they sang along word-for-word.

Twain closed the concert with “I’m Outta Here” before returning for a brief encore with “I Feel Like a Woman” as glittery confetti rained down over her audience.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2015/08/01/shania-twain-brings-vegas-style-production-nashville/30890847/

Shania Twain Proves That She’s Still Got It at Nashville Concert: Live Review

By Chuck Dauphin, Nashville | Billboard | August 1, 2015 3:41 PM EDT

When Shania Twain announced plans for a tour in March, there had to have been a few skeptics. I will admit -- I was one of them. After all, it had been more than a decade since she had been on tour, and one had to wonder about the relevance of her music on a 2015 crowd. However, just as she has done her entire life and career, the singer continues to prove those doubters wrong.

Indeed, her Rock This Country tour stop at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Friday night (July 31) proved that whatever "it" is, the songstress still has it -- in massive quantities. For close to two hours, Twain held the Music City audience in the palm of her hand with a set that reminded fans of just how cutting-edge her music in the 1990s and early 2000s was -- yet, ironically, with guitars tuned up with twang-filled sounds and not one but two fiddle players backing up the 1999 CMA Entertainer of the Year, her show was by far the "countriest" moment that the arena has seen lately.
 
Kicking off with the tour's title track, fans started singing along word for word with Twain and continued for the rest of the night. Energy was the name of the game for the evening, and Twain was -- to quote her 1995 hit "Any Man of Mine" -- very much prone to "shimmy and shake and make the earth quake" throughout the night. From the opening number, Twain continued with classics like "Honey, I'm Home," "You Win My Love" and the song that got it started for her -- "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" which received one of the strongest responses of the show.

Twain chose to get up close and personal with the audience on the afore-mentioned "Any Man of Mine," being pushed along on a platform around the sold-out crowd to shake hands with the audience. She also gave one fan named Terese a birthday to remember by singing "Happy Birthday" to her. Gavin DeGraw -- who delivered an exciting opening set -- gave a likewise energetic performance while filling in for Billy Currington on "Party For Two."

Slowing it down just a little, the singer sat down on a stool and brought out the guitar for "No One Needs To Know," "You're Still The One" and "Today Is Your Day," which was equally a highlight.

As the evening headed toward its crescendo, Twain kept the momentum going with a sexy romp through "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here," which seemed to keep fans of both genders on their feet. Exiting the stage after the latter, she returned for one more song -- "Man, I Feel Like A Woman" before the night was over.
 
To be honest, the only complaint that one could have about Twain's performance was that it had to come to an end. As the old show business adage says, "Leave them wanting more." And surely that's what Twain did in Nashville Friday night.

Though it's been a few years, between the vocals, the swagger and confidence, the crowd response to her and her music -- it might as well have been 1999 all over again!
 
Shania Twain's Nashville set list:

"Rock This Country"

"Honey, I'm Home"

"You Win My Love"

"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"

"I Ain't No Quitter"

"Love Gets Me Every Time"

"Don't Be Stupid"

"Any Man Of Mine"

"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"

"Come On Over"

"Party For Two"

"Up"

"Today is Your Day"

"No One Needs to Know"

"You're Still the One"

"From This Moment On"

"That Don't Impress Me Much"

"If You're Not in it For Love"

"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"

http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6649469/shania-twain-proves-that-shes-still-got-it-at-nashville-concert-live-review

Concert review: Shania Twain bids farewell to Atlanta with slick spectacle

By Melissa Ruggieri | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | August 2, 2015

Claps of thunder shook Philips Arena while dry ice snaked across the stage floor and lasers circled the audience.

Rising from underneath the stage on a steel platform in an eye-popping package of thigh-high black boots, shimmery crimson shorts with matching sunglasses and that newly lightened hair, Shania Twain still knows how to make an entrance.

It’s been more than a decade since the high priestess of country-pop played the arena and, if her seemingly genuine comments in a recent interview hold, Saturday night’s packed show on her “Rock This Country!” tour marked her final visit to Atlanta.

For close to a couple of hours, Twain delivered exactly the type of slick, glossy pyro-filled spectacle fans could hope for on a farewell jaunt, and stuck to a circa-2002 set list (she might own the record for the most song titles punctuated with an exclamation point!) that invited full-throttle sing-alongs.

Like her sisters in single-moniker achievement – Madonna and Cher – vocal superiority isn’t the reason to see Twain. You go for the hooky earworms – no matter how musically vapid – and the spare-no-expense stage production.

But still, Twain’s perfectly pleasant voice soared as she dove into the Def Leppard-influenced, Mutt Lange-crafted backbeat of “Honey, I’m Home” and strolled the expansive stage during “You Win My Love.”

Plenty of video screens existed to broadcast her luminescent smile to the rafters – and, while fans can argue for days about the nuances of her blonde locks, no sane person could deny that, on the cusp of turning 50, Twain looks stunning.

Throughout the show, most of Twain’s seven-piece band, all wearing headset mics, flanked her at the front of the stage near the fan-friendly catwalk.

Their taut harmonies anchored “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” and flashes of fiddle, banjo and pedal steel guitar on “No One Needs to Know” and “You’re Still the One” reminded that Twain is the best-selling female artist in country music.

She also retrieved opener Gavin DeGraw – sporting a Hawks baseball cap – to play the Billy Currington role on “Party for Two,” an exercise that fizzled more than sizzled as both singers were overpowered by the band.

Twain has never been a student of snappy banter, and until an acoustic segment during which she shared that the one constant in her life, especially through messy personal patches, has been music, much of her patter consisted of generic exclamations such as, “You guys are amaaaaaaazing!” and “You guys are party animals!”

Bless her, though, for having the patience to pose for endless selfies as she sang.

Twain gave fans a close-up view when she was pushed around the arena in a Plexiglas Twain-mobile during “Any Man of Mine” (complete with selfie stick) and later strapped herself onto a non-gyrating mechanical bull for a quick fly over the floor seats for “Up!” (get it?).

After an hour of concentrated Shania, her songs start to blur together. But, one of the reasons she’s sold 75 million-plus albums is because they all contain punchy, perfectly sculpted pop hooks. It’s not as if anyone ever looked to Twain for anything other than a fist-pumping female empowerment anthem or a wedding reception song.

Speaking of, “From This Moment On” escalated into grand pageantry as shards of pyro rained behind Twain – now clad in a glittery black coat – and slowly rotating lasers spotlighted her during her strongest vocal presentation of the night.

While her follow-up, the teasing kiss off, “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” could have used a jolt during those amusingly snarky asides, Twain maintained an infectious level of energy throughout the show.

If anything could be read into her frequent smiles and giggles, it’s that Twain is thoroughly enjoying this last joyride. Fans, meanwhile, received an expertly executed farewell.

http://music.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/02/concert-review-shania-twain-bids-farewell-to-atlanta-with-slick-spectacle/

Shania Twain returns triumphant to Atlanta

Examiner.com | August 2, 2015

Shania Twain joined the growing list of artists who are coming through Atlanta in 2015 as part of a farewell tour when she played to a sold out Philips Arena in Atlanta on Saturday night. The big difference between Shania Twain and Barry Manilow or The Who is that it has been more than 10 years since she was here last.

Shania Twain has spent the last several years on a permanent show in Las Vegas and her new “Rock This Country” tour has plenty of Vegas in it with an incredible lightshow, spectacular pyrotechnics and lots of glamor, gimmicks and glitz on stage.

As would be expected on a farewell tour the setlist was comprised almost entirely of her catalog of popular music but what is surprising is that she only has four studio albums from which to draw. Nevertheless she played for almost two hours and provided plenty of entertainment for her enthusiastic fans.

The set had a number of highlights including a duet with opening act Gavin DeGraw, a tour of Philips Arena in a specially made vehicle and a mechanical bull.

But for the fans it comes back to the music and while she saved “Man, I feel like a woman” for the encore it was “You’re still the one” and “From this moment on” that provided the real highlight of the slickly presented and produced evening.

Set List

Rock This Country! 

Honey, I'm Home 

You Win My Love 

Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? 

I Ain't No Quitter 

Love Gets Me Every Time 

Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) 

Any Man of Mine 

Ka-Ching! (instrumental interlude)

I'm Gonna Getcha Good! 

Come on Over 

Party For Two (with Gavin DeGraw)

Up! 

Today Is Your Day 

No One Needs to Know
Don't! (instrumental interlude)

You're Still the One 

From This Moment On 

That Don't Impress Me Much 

(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!

Encore:
Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

http://www.examiner.com/article/shania-twain-returns-triumphant-to-atlanta

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Getting ready to #RockThisCountry in St. Louis at the @ScottradeCenter tonight!

8:53 PM ET - 4 Aug 15

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Review: Shania Twain brought high energy to Wells Fargo Arena

By Joe Lawler | The Des Moines Register | August 6, 2015 10:51 p.m. CDT

There's a danger when a pop culture figure steps away from the spotlight that the audience might move on. Country singer Shania Twain stopped touring for more than a decade, but judging by the way around 13,000 fans ate up her show Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena, the singer was gone but not forgotten.

"I don't know the last time any of you saw me in concert, but I can guarantee it was a long time ago," Twain told the crowd early in her set.

The Canadian country singer started her show with "Rock This Country," her 2000 hit that gives her farewell tour its name. Twain arose from beneath the stage, slowing ascending on a steel platform as she sang while lasers, fog and projection screens went wild around her. With the second song, "Honey I'm Home," sparks showered from the stage's scaffolding.

"You Win My Love" and "I Ain't No Quitter" followed in short order. Unfortunately, so did some technical issues.

During "Quitter" there was some feedback from Twain's microphone and during "Love Gets Me Every Time" there was an ongoing rumble that seemed more like a bassed-up car driving by than anything a musician would want associated with a live show.

By the next song, "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," the sound issues seemed under control. But they would return.

Next Twain left the stage and was pulled around the floor on a cart while singing "Any Man of Mine." After circling the arena she returned the stage, briefly disappearing backstage and returning with a new outfits while flames shot up around her. She sang "I'm Gonna Getcha Good" and managed to sign an autograph while doing so. Considering she was using a handheld microphone, it was some impressive multi-tasking.

Twain still recorded during her time off the road, meaning there were songs in the show that hadn't been taken out on tour before. One was "Party For Two," a duet with Billy Currington. Opening act Gavin DeGraw joined Twain on stage, singing Currington's part.

Next up Twain climbed onto a saddle, which was lifted on a crane that circled her around the arena as she sang "Up!"

"It's been too long since I've been up here," Twain said, presumably referring to the stage, not the crane. "I don't know what I was waiting for. I'm just really grateful that I'm here now. That's one thing in an entertainer's life; you do your best, go out there and sing and you don't really know if anyone is going to come."

Next Twain broke out an acoustic guitar for a stretch of songs that included "Today is Your Day," "No One Needs to Know" and "You're Still the One." On the last stirring song it was just Twain and her guitar on stage, though her band was still playing behind the curtains.

Twain briefly left the stage again, returning for "From This Moment On." Unfortunately, so did the sound issues. Fireworks on stage helped conceal that a bit, but the issues still lingered during "That Don't Impress Me Much."

After "I'm Outta Here," Twain left the stage while her band continued to rock out. She returned in one final outfit for her big hit "Man, I Feel Like a Woman," with more flames and confetti.

After 11 years, Twain didn't seem rusty at all. She's still at the top of her game and it will be interesting to see where her career goes when she shifts her focus away from performing. It's unfortunate that sound issues marred several of the songs.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/06/shania-twain-des-moines-review/31269347/