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I'm assuming some residency print interviews will be posted online this week. No TV interviews show up on my on-screen program guide. Not even "Entertainment Tonight". In the past they've gone to Las Vegas to do a pre-residency interview with Shania.

Melissa wrote:

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Tommy wrote:

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I'm assuming some residency print interviews will be posted online this week. No TV interviews show up on my on-screen program guide. Not even "Entertainment Tonight". In the past they've gone to Las Vegas to do a pre-residency interview with Shania.

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There's been hardly any promotion and she's using photos from her Queen of Me tour. Kinda strange.

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 Well, I think this residency will be the Queen of Me Tour 2.0, only in Vegas. There'll be some songs not performed during the Tour, but in the end it'll be the same thing. More hits, less QoM songs. 

I hope she retires the bleach blonde and fire-engine red wigs because they look the worst. On one hand I can admit it’s petty to make a fuss over her hair — she’s having fun, enjoy the show… —but on the other hand, I agree it’s a distraction for the audience and a needless one on her part. She looks best with her signature brunette and reaction online overwhelmingly reflects that. Does her team shelter her from the negative responses?

From Shania's Instagram Stories

Rehearsals

https://www.instagram.com/stories/shaniatwain/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9NaCTZ8UVc

aj1995 wrote:

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I hope she retires the bleach blonde and fire-engine red wigs because they look the worst. On one hand I can admit it’s petty to make a fuss over her hair — she’s having fun, enjoy the show… —but on the other hand, I agree it’s a distraction for the audience and a needless one on her part. She looks best with her signature brunette and reaction online overwhelmingly reflects that. Does her team shelter her from the negative responses?

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 She is simply doing what makes her happy. She’s made that clear in recent interviews.  If fans don’t want to go to a show because of the color of her hair, so be it; stay home. I assume Shania would be at peace with that. 

I for one attended two of the Queen of Me shows and had a great time and will be in vegas next week to catch the show! Not a huge fan of some of the wigs but she looks like she is actually enjoying herself and that is good enough for me! Anyone else going to be that the show on the 15th?

Bakkt Theater

She’s still the one 😍

@shaniatwain’s COME ON OVER The Las Vegas Residency - All The Hits begins TOMORROW @phvegas ✨

Elevator inside Planet Hollywood/Bakkt Theater - https://www.instagram.com/p/C6wwDFxS983/

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

“I’m definitely going to focus on fashion for the upcoming shows. It will be a different wardrobe than anyone has ever seen, but it’s also an entirely different show from anything I’ve done before. It’s going to be more athletic, more dynamic in terms of the talent on stage. It’s going to feel more energized than ever.”

An Invitation For The Ages: Shania Twain wants you to "Come On Over" to Sin City in celebration of her iconic album's 25th anniversary–and her third Las Vegas residency.
https://hauteliving.com/2024/04/why-shania-twain-is-in-her-making-the-most-of-life-era/747517/

https://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain/status/1788978017491959816

1:02 PM ET - 10 May 24

http://twittter.com/ShaniaTwain

I’m not sure why you think she looks unhappy. She has an expression that is indicative of high fashion in the shoot

I started watching the livestream at YTSO. Here is the set list after that:

YTSO
NONTK
FAFA
COO
AMOM
Giddy Up!
I Ain't No Quitter
Boots
HIH
FTMO
TDIMM
Party for Two (w/ Lindsay Ell)
RTC
IOH
MIFLAW

Everything was completely live except for FTMO. Her voice sounds really rough and playback should be added imo. MIFLAW sounded absolutely ridiculous - somehow it's even worse than the version from the QoM tour.

MIFLAW: https://twitter.com/SchreiberEvan/status/1789167834687537554?t=PWtnaGZRimzmRvtkBuf5Bw&s=19

Melissa wrote:

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I disagree, I think she sounded amazing 😍 

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I think the overall sound production is greatly improved from the QOM tour with the one exception being MIFLAW. I think most of the songs sounded pretty good, I'm just concerned about the condition of her voice. It sounded pretty rough and I worry that it can't handle singing almost an entire show completely live each night.

 

In regards to MIFLAW, she is singing the harmony instead of the melody again but the difference this time is that you can actually hear it appropriately. I just don't understand why she doesn't either rearrange the song in a lower key where she will be able to hit those notes or just bring back the backing track from Let's Go.

It seems that the concert is a combination of Let’s go and QoM tour. Nothing new in terms of creativity. I don’t know why she still takes out her MIFLAW outfit. The show is promoting recycling.

However, she finally sings live for the whole show, esp the ending of MIFLAW

Shania Twain launches third Vegas residency

The new Planet Hollywood show is light on production and heavy on the hits, to the delight of Twain’s fans

By Matt Bailey | The Music Universe | May 10, 2024

Shania Twain kicked off her third Las Vegas sit-down on Friday (May 10th). The Come On Over residency is her second at Planet Hollywood.

Shania proved she is still a big-ticket draw as she packed fans in from around the globe for this opening night at Bakkt Theater. They sang every word, hanging on to the emotion of every hit that Twain performed.

The Come on Over residency is certainly Twain’s most stripped-down Vegas show. It draws inspiration from last summer’s Queen of Me trek. Twain’s space-age world-building expands for the massive OLED wall and proscenium. Stunning desert traffic accompanies the acoustic guitar section. The Starship ST returns for “Up,” and many more surprises come to life on the back wall.

Shania also got exceedingly intimate with the crowd. For the families, there was the wholesome interaction with a nine-year-old to whom Twain gave the mic to sing a few a capella bars of “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” to a massive ovation. For the stays-in-Vegas crowd, she blurted out that she lost her virginity at 15 to a boy from Toronto. Such revelatory moments made it feel like the show was between her and a few thousand “girlfriends.”

Musically, the show is exactly what you’d hope for from Shania Twain. Poppy singalongs, feminine ballads, and tongue-in-cheek numbers combine to make her iconic and oft-cited country-pop catalog. As promised, all of her hits were present. Shania also took the opportunity to showcase where newer songs including “Waking Up Dreaming” and “Giddy Up” fit into that repertoire. And the latter is definitely an earworm still ringing.

Another highlight: Twain surprised the inaugural crowd with Canadian country star Lindsey Ell. The pair performed on the duet “Party for Two.”

Shania’s backing band was tight, and carried on even in moments where the technology keeping them in time—that is, in-ear monitors and the wedges providing “stage sound”— betrayed them. (Though those should be smoothed out in short order, should her team’s notorious attention to detail be counted on.) All four core string players, including a harpist, shined on a musical interlude leading into “From This Moment On.”

The coolest thing about Come On Over is that it’s the most “concert-style” show Twain has mounted since making her live comeback over a decade ago. The huge set pieces, floating boxes, and stage-sized top hat have gone (Well, except the Twain Town Saloon, where her biggest fans get to share a bar top with their hero). 

What’s left is a legendary performer who seems to finally be able to bask in her close relationship with her fans, and has found a confidence in her voice that she was searching to regain over the last decade. It’s clear that she finally understands that her fans care for her as much as she does them. They’ll Come On Over any time Shania Twain extends the invitation.

https://themusicuniverse.com/shania-twain-launches-third-vegas-residency/

Yes! I have been to all of Shania's tours since day one! I have loved each of them differently! I will always be a fan no matter what! I'm just glad she is back and gave us two new albums and two tours!

Shania Twain Talks 20-Lb Dresses, Wigs and Losing Her Virginity as She Kicks Off Latest Vegas Run (Exclusive)

The musical icon talked to PEOPLE the day after the first show of her new Vegas residency

By Mark Gray | PEOPLE | May 12, 2024 

Shania Twain began her third Las Vegas residency on Friday, May 10, and it was a crowd-pleaser! 

The first evening of the Come on Over residency show at Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater was not only energetic, but it was also personal — so personal that the country superstar, 58, told the opening night crowd about losing her virginity at 15 years old to someone from Toronto.

“I’m comfortable with the environment and I feel friendly with everybody, so I feel at home,” she explained to PEOPLE of the moment during a conversation the following day.

Twain also shared her delight at how the first performance of her new residency went, saying “I’m not just relieved, I'm really happy.”

“I was really able to enjoy the adrenaline, because adrenaline can also throw you off," she added.

In the months leading up to the new residency show, Twain, spoke lovingly about showcasing fashion in Come on Over, which includes her wigs. However, as she explained to PEOPLE, the size of her collection is "not bad."

“I probably have 10 natural wigs that are my natural hair just for bad hair days kind of thing,” she said. "Then I have 10 color wigs. I don't have a ton. Twenty is not bad.”

Her latest favorite, she says, is her fair pink wig, which she’s been rocking for the better part of the year.

“It's the closest to what I will look like when I'm completely gray,” she joked.

“She's called Fiona and she probably weighs, I am guessing, around 20 pounds, maybe more, maybe even 20 to 30 pounds. She is a structure. I designed her,” Twain said of the dress, adding that took “weeks” to make.

“I already knew what it was meant to be and then it was just about adding the right amount. It was kind of like putting a puzzle together. But I already knew what puzzle was going to look like, what it wanted it to look like. It's a production to get her in place, to get her on, to get her off," she explained.

https://people.com/shania-twain-talks-20lb-dresses-wigs-and-losing-her-virginity-as-she-kicks-off-latest-vegas-run-8647222

 
She's sounds very good live on this one! Her voice is getting stronger and stronger




On DBS she forgot to lipsync soms parts though

Love Gets Me Everytime sounds incredible.

I also love the addition of fiddle and harp on the acoustic songs.

This is the best she has sounded in years...did she have another throat surgery? Because something seems different.

It is 100% live (or almost). It's awesome. She does less choreography and is more passionate about singing (the main thing after all). On the other hand, her promises of an incredible wardrobe are nothing crazy. Her giant transparent ball is not. Reused sets and even outfits, nothing incredible. But the music is the main thing.

I think this is her best sounding band since the first residency, maybe even the Up tour. I was worried with Derek Frank's comment about Shania turning to prerecorded instrumentals but I have no complaints at all.

The strong instrumentals really carry her and supplement in certain parts of songs that are difficult to sing. Everything is blended well and the background singers don't overpower her like they did on the QoM tour. There are certain songs where I would prefer playback like FAFA and MIFLAW but I love that she's singing live again.

It seems Brent Barcus is trying a slightly different production on several of the songs rather than the production that has been used for the past several shows and residencies. It sounds much closer to Mutt's original production and the instrumentals really shine. There are many subtle changes throughout the show that differentiate it from the previous instrumentals.

The instrumentals are much tighter, cohesive, and brighter sounding than the QoM tour and the Let's Go and NOW bands in my opinion.

I created a page for all the residency videos. I will add "I Ain't No Quitter", "Rock This Country!" and "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!" when they are uploaded on YouTube.

http://shaniasupersite.com/shania_gallery59_videos.html