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Fist up in the air, Oh like we don't care!! ✊ #ShaniaNOW

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2:30 PM ET - 16 Sep 18

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Cheers to this week, who's coming to see me on the European leg of the #ShaniaNOW Tour?

1:30 PM ET - 17 Sep 18

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With Shania resuming her NOW tour tomorrow, here are the approximate sales figures for the European leg.

*For several shows, additional tickets went on-sale in the last month(s).

September 19 Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿; 99% sold* (will be a sell out)
September 21 Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿; SOLD OUT*
September 22 Manchester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; 99,5% sold* (will be a sell out)
September 24 Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; 95% sold*
September 26 Dublin 🇮🇪; SOLD OUT
September 27 Dublin 🇮🇪; SOLD OUT
September 29 Belfast 🇮🇪; SOLD OUT
October 2 London 🇬🇧; 98% sold
October 3 London 🇬🇧(smaller capacity); 95%
October 5 Munich 🇩🇪; 98.5%
October 6 Prague 🇨🇿; 83% sold*
October 8 Cologne 🇩🇪; 73% sold*
October 10 Antwerp 🇧🇪; unknown
October 11 Amsterdam 🇳🇱; 95,5% sold*
October 13 Hamburg 🇩🇪; 99% sold*
October 14 Copenhagen 🇩🇰; 92% sold
October 16 Oslo 🇳🇴; SOLD OUT
October 17 Stockholm 🇸🇪; unknown

Apparently the weather is pretty bad in Glasgow and public transportation is being affected. Some people can't get to the concert. ALL trains are cancelled.

It sounds like Re'Sean quit. He is the dancer that said he was going to sing "Forever And For Always" with Shania.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6we0PB_uG/

Tommy wrote:

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It sounds like Re'Sean quit. He is the dancer that said he was going to sing "Forever And For Always" with Shania.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6we0PB_uG/

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Cris Cangero is also no longer with the tour. The remaining dancers/backup vocalists are: Hayley Dorling, Vincent Asiel Hardison, Vincent Noiseux and Monica Ramirez.

Setlist

Life’s About to Get Good

Come on Over

Up!

Poor Me

Don’t be Stupid (You Know I Love You)

That Don’t Impress Me Much

Any Man of Mine

Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?

Honey, I’m Home

I’m Alright

You’re Still The One

More Fun

From This Moment On

I’m Gonna Getcha Good!

Party For Two (with Bastian Baker)

Swingin With My Eyes Closed

(If You’re Not in Love) I’m Outta Here!

Man! I Feel Like a Woman

 

 

 

Meh.

After 14 years only 18 songs??? You gotta be kidding!

matteotempo wrote:

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After 14 years only 18 songs??? You gotta be kidding!

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RIDICULOUS! 

Tommy wrote:

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Tommy wrote:

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It sounds like Re'Sean quit. He is the dancer that said he was going to sing "Forever And For Always" with Shania.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6we0PB_uG/

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Cris Cangero is also no longer with the tour. The remaining dancers/backup vocalists are: Hayley Dorling, Vincent Asiel Hardison, Vincent Noiseux and Monica Ramirez.

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I wonder why they both quit. And I'm sad she treats Europe as the second sort singing much less songs than she did it the US.

On this tour she only cares about good playback and perfect mimming. Her voice is done.

what a bunch of bitching European fans 🤤 by all accounts she put on a great show for fans and her reviews are great. So she played a couple less songs on her first show, she has two opening acts. Be thankful she is touring again and putting on a great show. Always something to bitch about lol

Review: Shania Twain wows Glasgow crowd with unexpected SSE Hydro entrance

By Stacey Mullen | The Herald | September 20, 2018

Verdict: Four stars

IN her nineties hit, there wasn’t much that impressed Shania Twain.

The same, however, can’t be said for her Glasgow audience who were clearly taken aback by her unexpected entrance.

For the singer kicked off the European leg of her tour in style - by making her entrance in the middle of the audience.

The stunning star then greeted her adoring fans as she strutted up to the stage wearing a glittery thigh split dress, complete with a sparkling cowgirl hat.

She teased: “Are you ready Glasgow?” as she launched the first of two city shows with new track Life Is About To Get Good.

Come on Over and Up followed but lacked the wow factor of her entrance.

The vivacious singer, however, more than made up for it when she delivered the hits which first propelled her into the worldwide spotlight, Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) and That Don’t Impress Me Much. She even wore a leopard print ensemble for the occasion.

Like most worldwide stars who roll into town, she boasted about her links to Scotland, beaming that she has a Scottish manager before demanding the Scots live up to their reputation as the best audience in the world.

And they did just that especially when the show turned a little bit more country as Shania brought a taste of Nashville to Glasgow with country pop hits Any Man of Mine and Honey I’m Home.

Ballad You’re Still The One was a highlight as Shania showed off her vocal talents with a stripped down performance.

Chatty Shania continued to make her show intimate by involving the fans. A rarity for some artists of her calibre, the Canadian took time to speak to fans, and even posed for a selfie or two with a lucky few.

The ballads continued with From This Moment which exposed the uniqueness of Shania’s tone while Man! I Feel Like A Woman was a showstopper.

Shania is fun, likeable, beautiful and produces great country pop music. She lives up to expectation with her live shows and while her new music does not strike the same chord as the hits of Come On Over, she has produced a wealth of songs to keep her fans loyal.

Shania will return to the SSE Hydro on Friday.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16891309.review-shania-twain-wows-glasgow-crowd-with-unexpected-sse-hydro-entrance/

Country legend Shania Twain kicks off tour in Glasgow - and talks Storm Ali

GLASGOW witnessed the spectacle of a lifetime with the arrival of country legend Shania Twain’s highly-anticipated tour.

By Aftab Ali | East Lothian Courier | September 20, 2018

Kickstarting her 18-date European tour in Scotland’s biggest city on Wednesday night, the icon delivered a spellbinding show, performing hits “I’m Gonna Getcha Good!”, “Up!”, “That Don’t Impress Me Much”, “You’re Still The One”, “Life’s About To Get Good” and “Man! I Feel Like a Woman”.

Returning to the stage in Europe after 15 years away, the 53-year-old gushed over the Glasgow audience - and even spoke of Storm Ali which battered Scotland the whole of Wednesday.

The Canadian said it was “very windy” and that the windows of her hotel room were “shaking” through the night.

She then added: “I know there have been train cancellations and all that stuff, but I’m just so happy you’re here. We’re getting through it together.”

Performing to a sold out SSE Hydro, Shania said: “I’m proud of my music and I want to share it with as many people as possible in the greatest show I’ve ever done”.

She also invited a member of the audience up on stage with her, an Emma from Fort William but who now lives in Glasgow.

She also picked a mother-and-daughter duo to take selfies with, telling the pair: “Let’s go, girls.”

They both told the singer they took “a risk” and drove through the bad weather to be in Glasgow.

“Who wouldn’t take the gamble to drive through that to see Shania Twain?”, said the mum, much to the audience’s delight.

The NOW show boasted 12-foot, larger-than-life, moving LED cubes that peaked at 30-feet height from the stage, while 4,375 lighting cues dazzled the audience.

Ever the stunning diva, elegant and stylish, Shania’s team said over 10,000 Swarovski crystal stones and 16 yards of sequin fabric have been used in her wardrobe.

The country singer will take to the stage at the Hydro again on Friday night before moving onto Manchester on Saturday and Birmingham on Monday.

http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/trendingacrossscotland/16891281.were-getting-through-it-together-watch-country-legend-shania-twain-kick-off-tour-in-glasgow-and-talk-storm-ali/

Shania Twain review – barnstorming, thigh-slapping spectacular

Brash staging, old-school charisma and a bulletproof back catalogue power an energetic performance from the Canadian superstar

By Graeme Virtue | The Guardian | September 20, 2018

4 out of 5 stars

Her 2017 comeback album was titled Now, but Shania Twain is taking a moment to revisit the past. Thanks to large-scale technical wizardry, the Canadian superstar can channel-surf through promos from her 90s imperial phase, each sumptuous, golden-hour visual (a smorgasbord of beaches, stallions and covetable knitwear) projected on to a gigantic white leopard-print curtain. “I used to be able to do backflips in my videos,” she says, with mock regret. “So that’s fun to look back on.”

It is one of the quieter, funnier moments in this two-hour spectacular. The packed opening night of Twain’s first UK tour since 2004 is an impressively barnstorming, thigh-slapping, eye-searing revue that marries her bulletproof back catalogue with a cautious sprinkle of new material. In the 15-year break between album releases, Twain has overcome illness, endured the tabloids pecking over the breakdown of her marriage to producer Mutt Lange and witnessed Taylor Swift’s deft cover version of her country-pop crossover career.

Yet she also kept her hand in as a performer, notably with a long and successful Vegas residency, so Twain is hip to what a modern crowd expect from a big arena show. That means absurdly over-the-top staging, multiple costume changes into knockout outfits and carefully stage-managed moments of advice, reflection and personal connection. Basically, an energised, well-sequenced square dance through a pop canon so fully loaded that she can toss out That Don’t Impress Me Much – a strident, sonic tattoo burned into a billion brainpans – as an early highlight.

Even the pensive new song Poor Me, which deals with her ex-husband’s cheating, gets injected with unexpected grandeur: Twain performs alongside an interpretive dance hologram that sprouts into a 30ft giant. Everything is big, brash and an absolute smash, with Twain backed by a quartet of unflagging dancers plus a five-piece band who smoothly cycle through violins, squeezeboxes and guitars as required.

For all the visual razzmatazz – including some nifty sleight of hand during the upbeat Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) that makes it look as if Twain’s backing troupe are performing a fleet-footed Riverdance on the surface of swimming pools – the 53-year-old star is never overshadowed, even by the enormous hologram. Twain radiates an old-school charisma that complements the maximalist staging, seeming relatable even as she sings from the top of a floating pyramid created by roving cubes.

Those cubes reorientate to transform the Hydro stage into a pristine but fairly atmospheric spit-and-sawdust roadhouse, with Twain switching to a full Westworld, black-leather cowboy outfit for an energetic line dance to Any Man of Mine and the hoedown showdown Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? For the build-up to the relatively stripped-back You’re Still the One, Twain plucks some fans from the audience and artfully extracts heartwarming anecdotes before gamely posing for a selfie.

If there is a game, she is absolutely on top of it. Even a slight dip in energy toward the end – where her hunky Swiss support act Bastian Baker reappears for the seduction duet Party for Two – feels like a necessary breather before a triumphant Man! I Feel Like a Woman, its aggressive clapback synth hook the equivalent of plugging the crowd into the mains. Pointedly, there is no encore; Twain knows when her work is done.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/20/shania-twain-review-sse-hydro-glasgow

All eyes on Shania Twain in Glasgow

It is true. She should treat everyone the same way. Didn’t know she was not flying.
As she is not singing live (98%) it is really my nice for cutting off threee songs without replacing by hits in Europe. (As Playback it should be not a big deal) Germany mostly know her for kaching and FaFa

I mean most of the attendees of the show do not look up what she sang before. But I don’t see the reason for the shortage
I payed thousands of euros for the shows and bringing many friends

Also it was the start. Si she can not be tired. Let’s see what will happen endbut she should make some kaching (song and money)

This is Allison Cornell on Twitter:

twitter.com/allisoncornell/status/1042857448107900928

I wonder if the first show in Glasgow has only been a transition show... that "lots of changes and a fresh production" are making me think tomorrow's show could be different.

Anyway... Ka-Ching! is SOOOOOO cool!!!

matteotempo wrote:

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This is Allison Cornell on Twitter:

twitter.com/allisoncornell/status/1042857448107900928

I wonder if the first show in Glasgow has only been a transition show... that "lots of changes and a fresh production" are making me think tomorrow's show could be different.

Anyway... Ka-Ching! is SOOOOOO cool!!!

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I don't think tomorrow's concert will be different. I'm sure the changes and fresh production Allison is talking about were in place last night. I mean it wasn't the same concert that was in North America. Why would tomorrow's (or future) concert be different than last night? They had 6 weeks to get ready for the European leg.

Looks like Shania Twain made it after visit to Glasgow bar

SHANIA TWAIN might have had dinner at Buck’s chicken restaurant but she admitted to me that she didn’t eat any birds on the night - because she’s a vegetarian.

By Beverley Lyons | Evening Times | September 20, 2018

Bev with Shania (left) and the singer posing at the bar's loos (right)

Shania checked into her City Centre hotel around 7pm on Monday along with her five guitars and crew ahead of their two-night run at the SSE Hydro.

She had snuck through a side door at her hotel and I actually thought initially she’d gone to bed – maybe 'cause she was still on transatlantic time. 

But then, a little tipster told me she’d gone for some dinner at Buck’s Bar and was still there. 

I ran and after a wee bit of waiting around I spoke to her as she walked outside with her crew. 

She was a lovely gal, so down to Earth. 

She told me she’d just been in Glasgow two hours and that she hadn’t had a chance to explore but was looking forward to spending the next four days here. 

When I asked her how her chicken dinner was, and admitted I thought she was veggie, she laughed. “Yes, most of us are vegetarian, but there was still plenty for us to enjoy.”

I have it on good authority that the much impressed Shania enjoyed vegan option The Umami Tsunami – crispy tofu with a miso mushroom sauce, and salad in honey lime dressing.

The singer also drank a couple glasses of Sauvignon Blanc and her pals enjoyed some pints of Drygate Gladeye IPA each.

The rest of the party also indulged in Thai Style Hot Wings and Halloumi Nuggets with 25 ingredient BBQ dip.

A spokesperson for the bar said later: “Funny thing is that she was served by our Canadian waitress, Sadie. 

As Shania was leaving, Sadie turned round to her manager and said ‘that woman looks a bit like Shania Twain. No-one in the place recognised her.”

After Shania posted up a picture of her toilet trip with the signs reading C0cks for men and Hens for women, some cheeky fans wondered if she’d change the name of her famous song to “C0ck, I feel like a Hen.”

Seeing her standing outside the loos, another joked: “Looks like she made it.”

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16891417.beverley-lyons-looks-like-shania-twain-made-it-after-visit-to-glasgow-bar/

Tonight's concert was the same as Wednesday. "Ka-Ching!" interlude and ended with "MIFLAW". She didn't sing "Rock This Country!".

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Thank you Glasgow! Manchester, it’s your turn tonight 😘

5:10 AM ET - 22 Sep 18

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Review: Shania Twain at Manchester Arena

The Canadian superstar comes to Manchester with a sophisticated and classy show

By Danielle Roper | Manchester Evening News | September 23, 2018

Shania Twain: 3 out of 5 stars

You've got to love an artist who sang about being a woman in a pop world where Girl Power was touted as the ultimate aspiration for half of the population.

For there is nothing girlish about the world-weary lyrics of country music, and although the sassy Canadian multi-platinum selling superstar's latest Now album in particular is distinctly pop infused, it tells the story of someone who has seen it all and come out on top, and what is more irresistible than that?

Erupting onto the stage in a glittering slit to the thigh black dress and cowgirl hat, the 53-year-old kicks off her first show in Manchester in 13 years with new album track Life’s About to Get Good. But to tell us who she's become she needs to remind us of who she was and Up!, one of a handful of heroes from her golden back catalogue, and sung, appropriately, from atop a series of leopard print cubes, does just that.

Poor Me, a lament penned following her high-profile divorce from cheating ex-husband and producer Mutt Lange, is next and is a surprising high point. Then comes a biggie with Don’t Be Stupid, a track that gets everyone on their feet.

That Don’t Impress Me Much should be up there in the top three songs of the night but somehow feels a bit rushed, which is a shame.

Delivering more what is expected of them are romantic smash You're Still The One, the perfect hoedown tune Any Man Of Mine and the bouncy Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under. Shania looks every inch the country queen in her third of seven outfits of the evening comprised of black taffeta and red glittery stiletto boots but, although surrounded by incredibly high energy musicians and dancers, the star still seems to be conserving hers somewhat.

What she lacks in energy, she makes up with some entertaining audience interaction but the crowd are still waiting for that ultimate concert buzz.

New tracks Swingin' With My Eyes Closed and (If You're Not In Love) I’m Outta Here! pave the way and there is suddenly a bit more za za zoom in the room.

Then, better late than never, it comes, THAT longed for point in the show with what has to be THE Shania anthem: Man! I Feel Like A Woman, the only time the night truly lifts off.

This is a sophisticated production for sure. It just lacks a little of the grit you expect from country somehow. Shania's vocals could do with a little injection of oomph sometimes too and it is definitely more show than substance at times but, thanks in no small part to some excellent musicians, a fabulous female drummer and female violinist among them, it is unarguably a good one and Shania fans leave happy.

Setlist:

• Life's About To Get Good
• Come on Over
• Up!
• Poor Me
• Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
• That Don’t Impress Me Much
• Any Man of Mine
• Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under
• Honey I'm Home
• I’m Alright
• You’re Still The One
• More Fun
• From This Moment On
• I’m Gonna Getcha Good
• Party For Two (with Bastian Baker)
• Swingin' With My Eyes Closed
• (If You're Not In Love) I’m Outta Here!
• Man! I Feel Like A Woman

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/review-shania-twain-manchester-arena-15188887

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See you tonight Birmingham!

12:10 PM ET - 24 Sep 18

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