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2018 "NOW" tour (continued)

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2018

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RE: 2018 "NOW" tour (continued)

matteotempo · Guru

She will definitely return to Vegas but I don't think this will be her last tour. Now that she's found a way around her voice using backing tracks she'll tour again, maybe not a world tour like this one though.
I find the way Celine does to be a very smart one. A residency in Vegas and once a year a tour in a specific country. It's quite manageable I think.

Tommy · Guru

She's still the one

By Elena McPhee and Ben Waterworth | Otago Daily Times | December 22, 2018

"Are you ready Dunedin?"

With those words Shania Twain has sent a Forsyth Barr Stadium packed with 18,000 fans into meltdown after hitting the stage on what could be her last ever live performance.

High fiving the crowd from the stands to the beats of the Queen classic We Will Rock You, the Canadian Queen of Country jumped on the stage with a beaming smile and a glowing dress to the delight of her adoring fans.

Opening with Life Is About To Get Good from her latest album Now before quickly giving the crowd a favourite in Come On Over from her classic album of the same name, Twain showed the crowd that tonight certainly was going to get good.

The long southern daylight meant organisers arranged for the concert to start just after 9pm.

In between numbers the Canadian pop star and former owner of Queenstown's Motatapu Station addressed the crowd and spoke of her love for New Zealand.

Earlier in the evening, fans braved chilly conditions while they waited for Shania to hit the stage.

A variety of brightly coloured outfits and plenty of cowboy hats and boots are filling the seats in anticipation of the show, the final stop on her worldwide Now Tour.

Swiss singer Bastian Baker has been warming up the crowd with a variety of up-beat songs that already have the crowd cheering.

Limited seats were available ahead of the show which has visited 16 different countries since May this year.

The show is expected to be a special treat for Twain fans as not only is it the last gig of her tour, but it is expected to be her last ever show after she announced earlier this year the tour would be her final run on the road. (For the record, Shania never announced this would be her last tour. She said that in 2015 before her "Rock This Country" tour.)

Dunedin's Octagon was fairly quiet earlier this afternoon ahead of the concert, with most people staying inside and not venturing out into the rain.

However a few groups of fans could be spied enjoying a quiet drink ahead of the performance at the Forsyth Barr Stadium, which begins at 7.30pm this evening.

Biggie's Pizza worker Jordan Hulleman got dressed up in a checked shirt and cowboy hat in honour of the Shania Twain concert on Saturday along with Victoria Treymane.

Ms Hulleman said Biggies', on Stuart St, had only had a few customers in town specifically for the concert.

"But that's OK, we are still excited," she said.

Her all-time favourite Shania Twain song was "Man I Feel Like A Woman".

By about 5pm concertgoers were starting to head down towards the Stadium , and 13-year-old busker Rylan Urquhart played country tunes to entertain concertgoers as they headed along Anzac Ave.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/shes-still-one

Tommy · Guru

Review: Shania shines and she's still the one

By Ben Waterworth | Otago Daily Times | December 23, 2018

There may be some things that don’t impress Shania Twain much, but one thing is for sure - her fans certainly were left impressed by the final show of her Now Tour at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.

With barely an empty seat in the house, the Canadian Queen of Country Pop took the audience through a collection of her best known hits on Saturday night and some of her most recent tracks which will surely go on to become classics in their own right.

High-fiving the crowd from the stands as she entered to the beats of the Queen classic We Will Rock You, the Canadian Queen of Country jumped on the stage with a beaming smile and and a sparkling dress to the delight of her adoring fans.

The 53-year-old quickly transitioned into a crowd favourite in Come On Over from her classic album of the same name, setting up a night of fun and entertainment for the 18,000-strong crowd.

Despite accusations of lip syncing in her Auckland shows earlier in the week, the crowd didn’t seem to care at all with plenty of dancing, screaming, cheering and everything else in between throughout the night.

Twain was quick to open up on her love for New Zealand, declaring it her “second home” as well as her love of New Zealand people who she said she took heart from when travelling the world.

“I don’t know what I was waiting for, but all I can say is thank you for your outstanding welcome to your country.”

Her fans didn’t have to wait long to get their first taste of one of her most well known songs That Don’t Impress Me Much which saw the crowd singing along note for note as Twain was joined by energetic backup dancers which seamlessly interacted with video cubes and loads of leopard skin print on stage.

Other classic hits taking fans on a nostalgic journey in time included Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?, Honey I’m Home and Any Man of Mine before the packed stadium was back in sing along mode as Twain belted out her iconic ballad You’re Still The One.

The crowd continued to be in raptures throughout the entire night, taking part in kiss cams and dancing out into the aisles as dancing and bright lights helped pump up the energy on stage.

Three lucky fans were brought up on stage to take a selfie with the singer who even took the time to answer the phone of one of her lucky guests, much to the delight of the audience.

And just when things seemed to be slowing down, some of her biggest hits followed as the show reached a crescendo including From This Moment On, I'm Gonna Getcha Good! and (If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!

But perhaps the biggest moment of the night and by far the biggest cheer was saved for her signature song Man! I Feel Like a Woman! which had every fan on their feet singing and dancing and showing nobody wanted to go home.

Twain then left the stage to a standing ovation and a large bouquet of flowers, thanking the crowd for their support.

Whether or not she tours again, one thing is for certain and that is Twain remains the undisputed Queen of Country Pop.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/review-shania-shines-and-shes-still-one

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain's 'homecoming' hits the right notes for Dunedin crowd

By Tom Kitchin | Stuff | December 23, 2018

Shania Twain
Now Tour
Forsyth Barr Stadium, December 22

Shania Twain's Dunedin concert felt like a homecoming, even though she'd never played in the city before.

"Thank you so much for this incredible welcome back to your outstanding country," she told the 18,000 strong audience at the Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday night.

"It's so beautiful here and for many years now I've considered New Zealand my second home."

Twain, 53, played the last show of 77 of her Now Tour in Dunedin. It was her third show ever in the country, after two recent performances in Auckland.

The Dunedin show could be Twain's last ever, as she said earlier in the year this would be her last time out on the road. Southern fans were left with a gift.

And what a show it was. Certainly entertaining and visually impressive, even if the musicality left you confused.

Twain began the show walking through the crowd, high-fiving fans as she made her way to the stage. She played a mix of the old and the new, beginning with Life's About to Get Good from her latest album Now.

But the audience were definitely holding out for the hits such as Come On Over, That Don't Impress Me Much and the finale Man! I Feel Like a Woman!.

Twain has a history in the region – she hit local headlines when she and her ex-husband Robert "Mutt" Lange bought high country stations in Central Otago in 2004.

But her marriage ended in a bitter divorce and she lost the land.

Twain told The Project that New Zealand was her place to hide.

"The time I spent [in New Zealand] was more to get away from what I do as a professional ... but now that it's my ex-husband that owns the property I feel more open about performing there now."

Her love of New Zealand and her ability to throw banter with the audience made her feel more genuine to the crowd.

Three lucky fans were brought up to the stage for a selfie and chat with the queen of country pop herself.

She even told one about her trip to Wanaka earlier in the day: "Today I flew over from Wanaka and I enjoyed the high country over there."

So, even though her personality seemed genuine, what about the music?

There were two big questions that left me confused – was she lip-syncing and were there backing tracks?

Twain took a long hiatus in 2004 after being diagnosed with Lyme disease and dysphonia which nearly ruined her signing voice.

So did she have the power to sing as well as she sounded after 76 shows?

It was also difficult to know if all her backing band were playing live, as some instruments were hidden from view. How much was real and how much was just playing through the speakers was certainly up for debate.

Although it may have been more about entertainment than genuine music, most fans wouldn't have left disappointed.

Shania is the queen of entertainment and for any fan she would have hit the right note.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/109558379/shania-twains-homecoming-hits-the-right-notes-for-dunedin-crowd

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Thank you Dunedin ❤️

5:15 AM ET - 23 Dec 18

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Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @shaniatwain

Thank you for last night Dunedin... My #ShaniaNOW Tour is officially over. I'm full of so many emotions... Thank you to every single one of you who came to a show, I love you and I'll see you soon ❤️

5:54 AM ET - 23 Dec 18

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Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

2018 has been an amazing year and I got to spend so much of it with you guys!! Thank you for all your support ❤️

Video clips from NOW tour - https://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain/status/1079406762275557377

11:00 AM ET - 30 Dec 18

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Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

January bluesssss. Thinking about how amazing the NOW tour was 😭😍

12:30 PM ET - 13 Jan 19

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Tommy · Guru

Swiss Superstar Bastian Baker Talks Career And Touring With Shania Twain

By Chris Malone | Forbes | January 18, 2019

Year after year, Switzerland ranks among the happiest countries in the world in the annual World Happiness Report and Global Peace Index, along with surveys conducted by entities like U.S. News & World Report and The New York Times. Why? Perhaps it has to do with the fact that the tiny European nation hasn't engaged in any conflict — global or regional — in over 200 years; or that healthcare and quality of life are top national priorities; or maybe it's just a natural result of being idyllically nestled in the heart of the Alps. Along with Canadians, the Swiss are regarded as some of the most genial people on the planet, so it's no wonder why one of the Great White North's most accomplished performers permanently relocated to this small mountainous country two decades ago. It was here, in the land of Helvetia, that Shania Twain first met Bastian Baker.

Born and raised along the banks of Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Bastien Kaltenbacher was a soon-to-be professional hockey player with a knack for the guitar. Since the age of 7, Bastien embraced music as his creative outlet, performing his original songs for his classmates every Friday and honing his craft as he grew through adolescence. Though he always knew he was a talented musician, he never considered making it his career until a party in his late teens — a date he remembers to this day: May 29th, 2010.

It was his friend's birthday party, and after playing a few songs around 2 in the morning, a partygoer approached him and asked if he had a producer, or any plans to do anything with his songs. What he expected to be a boring party that he wasn't excited to go to (and almost skipped) ended up leading to the creative epiphany of his young adult life: "In that moment I realized that there were people who were actually excited to work on musical projects with me, and that’s what changed my mind about where I was in terms of music," he tells Forbes. "I just never thought it could actually be something."

What came next was a string of events that led to one fateful balmy summer day in the Swiss countryside.

"I was really in for the ride, you know? I was already blessed and grateful, and it all happened so fast." At the age of 19, he was whisked away to a studio in Paris to record a song, and three months later he almost crashed his car after hearing it on the radio for the first time. He looks back on the sprouting of his career not with a sense of nostalgia, but with a fondness for his innocence. "The beginning is a moment you can never recreate," he reminisces.

That following summer in 2011, with a newly anglicized name, Baker was playing at the iconic Montreaux Jazz Festival and gearing up for the release of his debut album when his entirely acoustic performance caught the attention of an incognita Shania Twain. After his set, he hosted a small unofficial show at the festival founder's home, where the founder told him he wanted to introduce him to a Canadian singer. "I love Canadians! Let's meet the Canadian!" Baker thought. From the first time he met Shania Twain, Baker says they clicked; in the years since, as his career grew with an impressive discography, they saw each other more and more, and have become what Baker calls "a little family": he had plans to play tennis with Twain's husband after speaking with Forbes, and often plays with son Eja. "They’re awesome people," he remarks. "It’s awesome to have some people that stay grounded even though they’re as successful as they are, and that support you and help you and your journey."

Through he and Shania's years of friendship, he picked up pieces of advice that she often bestowed upon him. One that stays with him, though, is to always stay true to himself:"There's a lot of people out there trying to be like everybody else, but you just got to stay yourself, know who you are, and good things will happen." He followed that wisdom as he wrote and released four albums over the span of a decade, eventually landing him in a spot similar to the one who gave him that advice. "I’m in a position now [where] no one can actually tell what I do," he says, often explaining his straddling of pop and country to others as "a bit of Shania Twain." "The fact that I’ve worked for her definitely is a strong encouragement for me to not try to just try to fit in a box.

When Shania was gearing up to kick off her worldwide Now Tour in the spring of last year, she knew exactly who she wanted to take on the road as her opening act. Baker performed with nothing more than his voice and guitar to crowds numbering as high as 100,000 as the show crisscrossed the globe. Every night on the nearly 80-city tour, he joined Shania onstage for a rendition of her beloved "Party For Two" duet; despite being a certified crowd-pleaser, he noted that they have no plans of recording a new version. "To record a duet just to record a duet doesn’t make sense; I feel like there has to be a creative point, it has to match, it has to be the right timing, it has to be the right song... And I don’t think neither her nor I are only focused on the commercial aspect of the music industry, like recording something together just because we’ve been on tour together." He doesn't, however, rule out the possibility of collaboration in the future: "The good thing is I live 10 minutes away from her in Switzerland, so we've got plenty of opportunities to do something together in the future."

After an already unforgettable tour, Baker recalls three moments that he knows he'll never forget for the rest of his life. Singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" in his home town of Montréal—in the Bell Centre, where Baker once dreamt about playing hockey—was an overwhelming moment for him. "After I sang the first couple of notes, the sound that came from the crowd was just insane. It gave me goosebumps all over." More pressure than singing a Leonard Cohen classic in Cohen's hometown, though, was performing to a sold-out crowd in Nashville. Though Baker was worried about facing judgment from thousands of aspiring artists in Music City, he instead remembers it as his favorite show of the whole tour. In addition to the crowd's warm reception, he had to pinch himself after playing in the Bridgestone Arena, the same venue that hosts the Nashville Predators hockey team, of which his good friend Roman Josi is the captain. His most memorable moment, however, came in Barretos, Brazil, where he performed in front of a crowd of over 100,000. He laughs thinking about the basic Portuguese that he learned to communicate with the audience, and calls it a "beautiful moment, realizing that wherever you are in the world, music brings people together."

Fresh off a well-deserved week of rest, Baker is currently spending his time gearing up for a tour of his own this year. He's spending the spring and summer playing around Europe, and in the fall, he plans to expand the tour around the globe (again), stopping everywhere that the Now Tour had the most success. "Nothing like going on vacation or going on a break on my mind right now," he says, noting that he learned from the best.

As he looks towards making the next big steps in his career, Baker still acknowledges the ever-present hand of fate that got him to where he is now. "It’s a matter of being at the right place at the right time," he muses. How else can someone go from meeting their first producer at a party they almost blew off to touring the world with one of country music's biggest superstars? "It's a bit of karma, it's a bit of luck, and it's a bit of 'meant to be.'"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cmalone/2019/01/18/swiss-superstar-bastian-baker-talks-career-and-touring-with-shania-twain/#192808132a30

Tommy · Guru

President says Shania Twain wants to return to Barretos

O Diario | January 21, 2019

Singer Shania Twain expressed an interest in performing again at this year's Peon Festival after the success of 2018. The information is from President Ricardo Batista da Rocha citing that the singer's manager contacted the association Os Independentes and opened this possibility.

The official confirmed that the sale of tickets of the Barretos Festival continues at the Os Independentes store on Avenida 43 and warned that the number will be limited, including to meet safety requirements for the maximum public in Parque do Peao. "We want to publicize the complete schedule of the Festival at the end of March or the beginning of April," Ricardo Rocha said.

http://www.odiarioonline.com.br/noticia/81145/PRESIDENTE-DIZ-QUE-SHANIA-QUER-VOLTAR-A-SE-APRESENTAR-EM-BARRETOS

matteotempo · Guru

2018

Tommy · Guru

RE: 2018 "NOW" tour (continued)

Tanya · Guru

2018

Tommy · Guru

RE: 2018 "NOW" tour (continued)

Tommy · Guru

Tommy wrote:
Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain
Make sure you go see @Bastian_Baker!! ❤️
12:00 PM ET - 21 Jan 19
http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Bastian performed last night at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City and sang "You're Still The One". He's doing a few concerts in North America and then going on tour overseas in March.

Video - https://www.instagram.com/stories/jamjamshabam/

Tommy · Guru

Shania NOW Tour - #1 Money-Making Female Country Tour In 2018

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

BOX OFFICE: Shania Twain's #NowTour grossed around $75-77 million with 855-860,000 tickets sold in 76 shows worldwide. It was the highest-grossing Country tour by a Female Artist in 2018. - Reported Concerts

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1098689344385236993

4:02 PM ET - 21 Feb 19

http://twitter.com/boxofficetours

***It looks like they posted the available boxscores reported by Billboard. Pollstar has reported many more boxscores which I posted HERE. Hopefully the remaining boxscores will be reported soon.

LJ-R · Senior Member

Yes got an update with 3 unposted boxscores so far:

8/10 Lanxess Arena Cologne (Germany) 4500/5000 (90%) $350.174
5/12 Brisbane entertainment centre (Australia) 9525/9674 (99%) $1.223.922
6/12 Brisbane entertainment centre (Australia) 8306/8418 (99%) $984.386 (smaller capacity only 2 rings went on sale for this one)

Tommy · Guru

LJ-R wrote:
Yes got an update with 3 unposted boxscores so far:

8/10 Lanxess Arena Cologne (Germany) 4500/5000 (90%) $350.174
5/12 Brisbane entertainment centre (Australia) 9525/9674 (99%) $1.223.922
6/12 Brisbane entertainment centre (Australia) 8306/8418 (99%) $984.386 (smaller capacity only 2 rings went on sale for this one)

Thanks Luuk!

Tanya · Guru

Tommy wrote:
Shania NOW Tour - #1 Money-Making Female Country Tour In 2018
Tour Updates @boxofficetours
BOX OFFICE: Shania Twain's #NowTour grossed around $75-77 million with 855-860,000 tickets sold in 76 shows worldwide. It was the highest-grossing Country tour by a Female Artist in 2018. - Reported Concerts
https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1098689344385236993
4:02 PM ET - 21 Feb 19
http://twitter.com/boxofficetours
***It looks like they posted the available boxscores reported by Billboard. Pollstar has reported many more boxscores which I posted HERE. Hopefully the remaining boxscores will be reported soon.

They also mention 76 shows, not 77.

Tommy · Guru

Tanya wrote:
Tommy wrote:
Shania NOW Tour - #1 Money-Making Female Country Tour In 2018
Tour Updates @boxofficetours
BOX OFFICE: Shania Twain's #NowTour grossed around $75-77 million with 855-860,000 tickets sold in 76 shows worldwide. It was the highest-grossing Country tour by a Female Artist in 2018. - Reported Concerts
https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1098689344385236993
4:02 PM ET - 21 Feb 19
http://twitter.com/boxofficetours
***It looks like they posted the available boxscores reported by Billboard. Pollstar has reported many more boxscores which I posted HERE. Hopefully the remaining boxscores will be reported soon.
They also mention 76 shows, not 77.

The concert in Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil wasn't "officially" part of the tour. Shania was paid around US$1 Million to perform.

Tanya · Guru

Tommy wrote:
Tanya wrote:
Tommy wrote:
Shania NOW Tour - #1 Money-Making Female Country Tour In 2018
Tour Updates @boxofficetours
BOX OFFICE: Shania Twain's #NowTour grossed around $75-77 million with 855-860,000 tickets sold in 76 shows worldwide. It was the highest-grossing Country tour by a Female Artist in 2018. - Reported Concerts
https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1098689344385236993
4:02 PM ET - 21 Feb 19
http://twitter.com/boxofficetours
***It looks like they posted the available boxscores reported by Billboard. Pollstar has reported many more boxscores which I posted HERE. Hopefully the remaining boxscores will be reported soon.
They also mention 76 shows, not 77.
The concert in Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil wasn't "officially" part of the tour. Shania was paid around US$1 Million to perform.

Why wasn't it oficially part of the tour when the date was in the same list other dates of the tour were on her official website? As well as though a bit different, the performance pretty much based on the Now tour concerning the setlist and outfits.

Tommy · Guru

Tanya wrote:
Tommy wrote:
Tanya wrote:
Tommy wrote:
Shania NOW Tour - #1 Money-Making Female Country Tour In 2018
Tour Updates @boxofficetours
BOX OFFICE: Shania Twain's #NowTour grossed around $75-77 million with 855-860,000 tickets sold in 76 shows worldwide. It was the highest-grossing Country tour by a Female Artist in 2018. - Reported Concerts
https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1098689344385236993
4:02 PM ET - 21 Feb 19
http://twitter.com/boxofficetours
***It looks like they posted the available boxscores reported by Billboard. Pollstar has reported many more boxscores which I posted HERE. Hopefully the remaining boxscores will be reported soon.
They also mention 76 shows, not 77.
The concert in Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil wasn't "officially" part of the tour. Shania was paid around US$1 Million to perform.
Why wasn't it oficially part of the tour when the date was in the same list other dates of the tour were on her official website? As well as though a bit different, the performance pretty much based on the Now tour concerning the setlist and outfits.

I just know Brazil had been trying to get Shania to perform there for many years. And obviously the only way she would go was if she got paid. They also had to pay for Shania and her band's travel expenses from Los Angeles to São Paulo.

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

The #ShaniaNOW Tour is in storage but I’m keeping my guitars!

12:05 PM ET - 26 Feb 19

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 OCEANIA TOP FEMALE TOURS:

1. @Pink's 'Beautiful Trauma Tour' ($80.9 million)
2. @TaylorSwift13's 'Reputation Tour' ($26.6 million)
3. @CelineDion's 'Live 2018' ($22.4 million)
4. @KatyPerry's 'Witness: The Tour' ($16.2 million)
5. @ShaniaTwain's 'Now Tour' ($14.1 million)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1100942154007040000

9:13 PM ET - 27 Feb 19

http://twitter.com/boxofficetours

Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 TOP 5 FEMALE BOXSCORES | @ScotiabankArena, Toronto:

1. @Pink - $4,497,956 (2 shows)
2. @ShaniaTwain - $2,718,044 (2 shows)
3. @Shakira - $1,224,134 (1 show)
4. @LanaDelRey - $1,062,700 (1 show)
5. Demi Lovato - $936,240 (1 show)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1101535342153383936

12:31 PM ET - 1 Mar 19

http://twitter.com/boxofficetours

Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 TOP 5 FEMALE BOXSCORES | @ManchesterArena, Manchester:

1. @BritneySpears - $1,518,932 (1 show)
2. @ShaniaTwain - $1,425,280 (1 show)
3. @KylieMinogue - $998,705 (1 show)
4. @KatyPerry - $860,252 (1 show)
5. @Flo_tweet - $811,272 (1 show)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1101904202480136193

12:56 PM ET - 2 Mar 19

http://twitter.com/boxofficetours

Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

Pollstar's Year End Female Tours 2018:

1. 345.1M: @TaylorSwift13
2. 169.2M: @Pink
3. 76.4M: @_Helene_Fischer
4. 65.2M: @CelineDion
5. 55.3M: @KatyPerry
6. 54.3M: @BritneySpears
7. 51.5M: @ShaniaTwain
8. 40.7M: @Shakira
9. 33.7M: @JLo
10. 27.1M: @LadyGaga

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1074707847563370497

11:48 AM ET - 17 Dec 18

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Tour Updates @boxofficetours

Pollstar's Year End North American Female Tours:

1. 277.3M: @TaylorSwift13
2. 95.3M: @Pink
3. 45.6M: @ShaniaTwain
4. 33.7M: @Jlo
5. 25M: @Shakira
6. 24.6M: @KatyPerry
7. 18.2M: @LadyGaga
8. 17.8M: @DDLovato (Demi Lovato)
9. 15.5M: @LanaDelRey
10. 14.1M: @BritneySpears

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1074721289036812290

12:41 PM ET - 17 Dec 18

http://twitter.com/boxofficetours

Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 NORTH AMERICA TOP FEMALE ARENA-TOURS:

1. @Pink's 'Beautiful Trauma' ($95.7 million)
2. @ShaniaTwain's 'Now' ($46.8 million)
3. @Shakira's 'El Dorado' ($25.5 million)
4. Demi Lovato's 'Tell Me You Love Me' ($20.1 million)
5. @LanaDelRey's 'LA to the Moon' ($15.5 million)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1102253610082201600

12:05 PM ET - 3 Mar 19

http://twitter.com/boxofficetours

Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 GERMANY TOP 5 FEMALE TOURS:

1. @_Helene_Fischer - $68.5 million (43 shows)
2. @Shakira - $2.8 million (3 shows)
3. @BritneySpears - $2.2 million (2 shows)
4. @KatyPerry - $2.2 million (2 shows)
5. @ShaniaTwain - $1.6 million (3 shows)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1102332503459876864

5:18 PM ET - 3 Mar 19

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Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 TOP 5 FEMALE BOXSCORES | @LanxessArena, Cologne, Germany:

1. @_Helene_Fischer - $2,501,050 (2 shows)
2. @KatyPerry - $1,330,383 (1 show)
3. @Shakira - $986,682 (1 show)
4. @ShaniaTwain - $350,174 (1 show)
5. Bonnie Tyler - $331,027 (1 show)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1103042619914051586

4:20 PM ET - 5 Mar 19

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Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 EUROPE TOP FEMALE ARENA TOURS:

1. @Shakira ($22.5 million)
2. @KatyPerry ($20.8 million)
3. @BritneySpears ($20.2 million)
4. @ShaniaTwain ($15 million)
5. @KylieMinogue ($13.8 million)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1103405096157802498

4:20 PM ET - 6 Mar 19

http://twitter.com/boxofficetours

Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 EUROPE TOP FEMALE AVERAGE GROSS (ARENAS):

1. @BritneySpears ($1.263 million)
2. @LadyGaga ($1.140 million)
3. @Shakira ($1.125 million)
4. @KatyPerry ($0.990 million)
5. @ShaniaTwain ($0.833 million)

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1103422260373803008

5:29 PM ET - 6 Mar 19

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Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 OCEANIA TICKET SALES:

1. @edsheeran, 1,006,387
2. @Pink, 559,361
3. @taylorswift13, 266,388
4. @BrunoMars, 261,677
5. @foofighters, 257,397
6. @katyperry, 158,149
7. @celinedion, 145,682
8. @ShaniaTwain, 128,074
9. @rogerwaters, 118,459
10. @cher, 115,776

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1105939951231946752

5:13 PM ET - 13 Mar 19

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Tommy · Guru

Tour Updates @boxofficetours

2018 OCEANIA TICKET SALES (Female):

1. @Pink, 559,361
2. @taylorswift13, 266,388
3. @katyperry, 158,149
4. @celinedion, 145,682
5. @ShaniaTwain, 128,074

https://twitter.com/boxofficetours/status/1105940144987750402

5:14 PM ET - 13 Mar 19

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Tommy · Guru

Ticketmater Honors 17 Acts With Inaugural ‘Touring Milestone Award’

By Francisco Rendon | Pollstar | March 14, 2019

Ticketmaster announced March 8 the winners of its newly created Touring Milestone Award, recognizing excellence in total numbers of tickets sold from 17 of its clients.

All the winners ended the year with more than 500,000 tickets moved. The list includes Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, U2, Roger Waters, Bruno Mars and many other names which also appear on Pollstar’s 2018 Top 100 Tours chart. The full list is pasted below.

“When you look at the tours that wrapped this past year, it’s incredible to see the caliber of artists that were on the road. These artists are unmatched in their ability to transport an audience to another place through their music, performance and production. This Touring Milestone Award is intended to recognize their commitment to their fans, to their art, and to the live experience,” the ticketing giant wrote in a statement. “Looking forward to the next class of awardees, Ticketmaster is anticipating outings from P!nk, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Chris Stapleton, New Kids on the Block, and Lynyrd Skynryd to be among the top selling tours of the year.”

Overall, the company boasts of more than 700 tours serviced and 500 million tickets sold globally in 2018.

Prior to the awards, Ticketmaster recently announced its collaboration with Amazon’s cloud-based voice service Alexa to purchase tickets through voice-controlled devices. The company also acquired Moshtix in Australia in February.

The 2018 winners of Ticketmaster’s “Touring Milestone Award”:

Lady Gaga, Joanne World Tour

Guns N Roses, Not in This Lifetime… Tour

JAY-Z and Beyonce, OTR II

Depeche Mode, Global Spirit Tour

Roger Waters, Us + Them Tour

Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold Tour

U2, eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour

Bruno Mars, 24K Magic World Tour

Taylor Swift, reputation Stadium Tour

Kenny Chesney, TRIP AROUND THE SUN TOUR

Kevin Hart, The Irresponsible Tour

Imagine Dragons, ƎVOLVE World Tour

Luke Bryan, What Makes You Country Tour

Shania Twain, Now Tour

Dave Matthews Band, Summer 2018 Tour

Drake, Aubrey & The Three Migos

Jason Aldean, High Noon Neon Tour

https://www.pollstar.com/article/ticketmaster-honors-17-acts-with-inaugural-touring-milestone-award-137531

Tommy · Guru

Are backing tracks and lip-synching killing live music?

By Neil McCormick | The Telegraph - UK | April 24, 2019

What makes live music live? It might sound like a silly question, but if you were to attend a concert where the vocalist was miming and musicians playing to pre-recorded backing tracks, would you feel cheated? Because that is what is happening every night in venues across the land. Indeed, the bigger the venue and the performer, the more chance what you are hearing is not really live at all.

As a professional music critic, I go to a lot of shows. And I struggle to know what to make of the blatant fakery. Vocals are beautifully mixed into choirs of harmonies from invisible backing singers. Rhythm tracks thunder with percussion that would require the drummer to have at least eight arms. You hear saxophone solos from groups without horns, lead guitar from bands with no stringed instruments and lush orchestral arrangements that appear out of the ether. Meanwhile, singers dance energetically, never out of breath, never missing a note, even when they mysteriously neglect to put the microphone to their lips.

Country-pop superstar Shania Twain toured the UK last year with a band of dancing musicians perfectly replicating her big-production recordings, despite the fact that there was no bassist, no keyboard player, and the drummer spent at least half of the show detached from her kit. Twain herself, once a fantastic vocalist, relied on the increasingly ubiquitous autotune effect that artificially adjusts notes so that they are always perfectly in tune.

Yet I am loathe to single out Twain for criticism, because, frankly, they are (almost) all at it. I once saw Madonna drop a microphone during a dance routine with no discernible effect on her vocals. Modern pop has become shameless in its use of backing tracks, with stars from Britney Spears to Justin Bieber barely even bothering to disguise their miming. It often occurs to me, watching visibly bored pop stars, that they might not only enjoy themselves more if they actually tried singing live, they would be getting better every night. Because faking it never improved anyone’s skill.

Hip hop, at least, has the excuse of being rooted in samples and breakbeats, albeit once upon a time this involved skilful manipulation by DJs rather than just pressing play on a laptop. When Post Malone performed solo to 20,000 fans at the O2 Arena last month, he missed a cue and was forced to ask his sound engineer to restart the backing track. It was actually the most live thing that happened all night.

This is a trend that has crossed into all popular music genres. Rock star Meat Loaf collapsed on stage in Edmonton, Canada in 2015 while his voice continued to boom from the PA. Country superstar Dolly Parton was accused of miming at Glastonbury in 2014 (she denied it). R’n’B superstar Beyoncé admitted that her rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at Obama’s inauguration in 2013 was pre-recorded. Mariah Carey was caught lip-synching at a New Year’s Eve performance in New York in 2016. But these are just the most public incidents. What is more common now is that singers perform with their voice wrapped in protective pre-recorded layers, so that there is no possibility of hitting a bad note. It is as if nothing can be left to chance, or talent, any more.

This is an open secret in the industry, although details are guarded by an omertà-like code of silence. I have spoken to road crew but none would go on the record for fear that it would jeopardise future work. But asked how many bands play to pre-recorded tracks these days, a veteran sound engineer replied with a shrug: “I think they all do.” A former monitor engineer for a British household name told me that this revered singer used a secret hand signal to indicate when to bring up backing tracks. “It’s not that he can’t do it any more, he just can’t do it for a two-hour show, and there’s lots of notes he can’t reach.”

Age wreaks havoc on vocal cords, and veteran singers have taken to autotune every bit as enthusiastically as their young counterparts. Among BBC producers and engineers, there is much discussion about whether musicians can really perform. “If you have to mime, you won’t be booked for one of the big live shows [such as Later… With Jools Holland],” an insider said.

There has always been a degree of artifice in popular music, of course. During his Las Vegas period, Elvis Presley employed a sound-alike backing singer. Whenever Presley’s increasingly ravaged voice failed him, the backing Elvis would be mixed up to take over. And that is what we call showbusiness.

The pop duo Milli Vanilli were a lip-synching front for German music producer Frank Farian. That was always considered somewhat disreputable, however. On the live circuit, a general expectation persisted that musicians should be able to play. When the truth emerged about Milli Vanilli in 1990, they had to return their Grammy and were sued for consumer fraud.

Nevertheless, advancing technology in electronic music has been shifting notions of what musicians can get away with on-stage for decades. Once drummers started playing to click tracks (a metronome to keep them in time), all manner of pre-recorded elements could be integrated to match multilayered recordings.

“If you’ve got drums that aren’t live, then you can’t trust anything,” an engineer told me. As far back as 1990, David Bowie’s Sound + Vision tour was hugely reliant on synched material. Keyboard player Rick Fox was so bored triggering samples that, in protest, he wore headphones and listened to other albums during the show. It has only got worse since.

Or better, depending on your point of view. Gigs in the past were often messy affairs, beset by sound issues. These days, a big show is almost always pristine. And it seems to be what the public want. Andrew Fletcher, synth player with Depeche Mode, suggested my attitude was old fashioned. “All the painstaking work we do for weeks in rehearsal, perfecting the sound, is actually part of the live show.”

Not every artist employs these techniques, however. There are still musicians who revel in their ability to do it completely live every night, from such veteran road acts as Bruce Springsteen and Steely Dan to stubbornly authentic players such as Jack White and Mumford and Sons.

What you sacrifice when you rely on tech is a sense of jeopardy, the possibility that something could go wrong, or even right. Imagine a gig where it might not sound like the record … but actually sound better. Where something could happen on that night, in that venue, with those musicians and that audience that nobody could have predicted. If all we want is proximity to our idols in slick shows that sound exactly like recordings, then you can’t really accuse musicians of cheating their audience. But they might be cheating themselves.

When it comes to backing tracks and lip-syncing, do you prefer concerts to be faultless - or can live music only be truly live without a technological aid?

Have you been to a performance that was ruined by lip-syncing?

Tell us in the comments below.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/backing-tracks-lip-synching-killing-live-music/

Tanya · Guru

2018

Tommy · Guru

RE: 2018 "NOW" tour (continued)

Tommy · Guru

Shania's NOW tour started one year ago today in Tacoma, Washington!

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Itching to get back onstage again... #TBT #ShaniaNOW

Vancouver concert closing - https://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain/status/1129041313805078536

11:10 AM ET - 16 May 19

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***Shania must be hinting at the Las Vegas residency announcement she'll be making next month.

Tanya · Guru

2018

Tommy · Guru

2018 "NOW" tour (continued)

Tanya · Guru

Tommy wrote:
Tanya wrote:
I wonder if every show in North America ended with confetti falling down? I don't remember such thing in Stockholm where I attended. Was it Vancouver where she allegedly filmed the concert for a future release? Or such ending was at all NA concerts?
Yes, all U.S./Canadian concerts had confetti at the end. We did here in Atlanta. As far as filming the concert, it was the Toronto shows where Shania announced they were filming.

I see. Thank you for making it clear.

kristinaz · Member

Tanya wrote:
I wonder more about Now Tour being released on DVD/Blu-ray. Why isn't there any news about it? :(

Tommy wrote:
Tanya wrote:
I wonder if every show in North America ended with confetti falling down? I don't remember such thing in Stockholm where I attended. Was it Vancouver where she allegedly filmed the concert for a future release? Or such ending was at all NA concerts?
Yes, all U.S./Canadian concerts had confetti at the end. We did here in Atlanta. As far as filming the concert, it was the Toronto shows where Shania announced they were filming.

I do kinda fear with the possible residency announcement that maybe the Now Tour dvd ended up being shelved otherwise...what's taking so long? Unless they are waiting to announce it AFTER they announce the residency???

Tanya · Guru

2018

Tommy · Guru

2018 "NOW" tour (continued)

Tommy · Guru

Is Shania Twain Going on Tour Again?

By Joanna Blackford | Cheat Sheet | June 26, 2019

Canadian singer and songwriter, Shania Twain, was a household name in the ’90s. Her albums broke records and earned her Grammys. Shania Twain’s songs mixed the lyrical ballads typical of country music with the sounds and flair of ’90s pop hits making her a popular artist in both genres.

Her albums, literally flew, off the shelves and we found ourselves being inspired by her lyrics. People couldn’t help singing along with her catchy tunes all across the US, Canada, and eventually, worldwide.

She stepped out of the spotlight in the late 2000s to preserve some of her privacy as she endured the fallout from discovering her husband and best friend had been having an affair. After her divorce from her husband, Robert John “Mutt” Lange, she kept to herself for a while.

Now, the country superstar is making a comeback with her long-awaited album “Now” (2017) and news of her upcoming residency on The Strip in Las Vegas.

Shania Twain already had a farewell tour

In 2015, Twain announced that her “Rock this Country” tour would be her last. She told Entertainment Tonight that she was promoting her upcoming album and retiring from touring with a “fun, party show” because she wanted to go out with a bang.

Twain didn’t want to end her concert career at Vegas. She wanted to bring herself back to her fans in a fun and positive way. She has promised that she did not intend to stop making music but just wanted to put the touring lifestyle behind her.

Shania Twain toured again after that

Two years later, Shania hit the road again. She told fans that her “Rock this Country” tour reminded her that she really did like the atmosphere of being on the road. So, she announced her 2018 tour for her album “Now”. It was so popular, she had to add some more dates on to the end of her tour.

It’s no secret that the star has some pretty loyal fans. It was 15 years since she had released an album when “Now” came out in 2017. But it still landed the number one spot on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Her year-long tour after the album’s release was completely sold out. She clearly hadn’t lost her pizazz.

Shania Twain’s 2019 Las Vegas residency

As one of the top-selling female country artists of all time, Shania Twain, has been invited to the Las Vegas Strip for a residency that begins late in 2019. Her show, “Let’s Go!” The Vegas Residency, is opening at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.

Rolling Stone reminds us that the last time she was in Vegas was in 2014 for her “Shania: Still the One”, show. She performed for two years at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, though her new residency appears much shorter with tickets for sale only into June of 2020. [***Note: Shania has announced it's a two-year residency.]

Fans speculate on another tour for Shania Twain

In 2014 when she was wrapping up her first residency on The Strip, Twain announced that she was planning to embark on her “Rock this Country” tour because she couldn’t stand the idea of ending her concert career on a Vegas stage.

If she didn’t want to end her concert career on the Vegas strip back in 2014, then it leads fans to believe that this residency will not be the last we see of Shania in concert. In fact, if her previous behavior is any clue into the pattern the star may follow we can expect that Shania Twain will begin planning a tour or album release soon after completing her current residency at the Zappos Theater.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/is-shania-twain-going-on-tour-again.html/