Shania Twain In The News December 2003

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0312.30-Shania tops Billboard Poll [Billboard]:

Fans Voted Shania #1 in Billboard's online "Favorite Album of the Year" with a whopping 116,723 votes!!! Way to go Shania fans!!!!!

The Mercury set, which also topped Billboard's year-end Top Country Albums tally and was No. 3 on The Billboard 200 wrap-up, drew 40% of the vote.

0312.29-Shania, Entertainer of the Year [MacLean's]:

SHE MIGHT want to call the next album Ubiquitous! Years don't get much better than Shania Twain's 2003. She was on the cover of Rolling Stone, sang at the Super Bowl, hosted the Junos, had two major TV specials, received a slew of awards, and CBS is making a movie of her life. Up!, her comeback disc, has sold more than nine million copies. Now, she's our readers' choice for Canadian Entertainer of the Year.
CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA!!!!!

0312.28-Happy 10th Anniversary Shania & Mutt!!!!!!

0312.24-Shania Red still the one! [Benefit Cosmetics]:

Benefits Cosmetics has posted an interview with Shania on their website. Click on the link above to read the whole article.

Some highlights:

JF: If we were to open up your purse ...what would we find inside? (Don't worry, I'm not the paparazzi, I'm not actually going to do this)
ST: A photo of my son, Eja, cell phone ( of course), music (I always have music with me), a small notebook to write lyrics and Shania red!

JF: Your look is so fun! You mixed red hot sexy rocker with wholesome country sweetness! What your secret? How do you know when to turn up the heat and when to turn on the natural charm?
ST: I decide every day depending on my mood. Sometimes I feel like wearing an outrageous outfit, and sometimes I just want to wear a baseball cap and a comfortable sweatshirt.

JF: Mom to mom, I know getting read with kids running around is tough, what's your beauty regime when you're just hanging around the house?
ST: No makeup, hair back in a ponytail...that's it.

Remember, December 31st is the deadline, so order yours today!!!

0312.24-2004 CMT Flameworthy Awards [CMT]:

Time to nominate Shania Twain, for her song "Forever and For Always". You can send your emails to: flameworthy@cmt.com. Tell them why the song is so special to you. Also, post on their message board as well. Shania won in 2003 for "Best Concept Video" for her debut video from Up! "I'm Gonna Getcha Good"

0312.22-Radio and Records names Shania #1:

Top female airplay went to Shania Twain.

0312.22-Shania sets another record [RIAA]:

Not only is the Shania the only artist in history to have 3 consecutive Diamond certified albums, but she is now the best selling female country artist in history. CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA!!!!

From the RIAA:

Shania Twain made music history by becoming the only artist to earn three consecutive RIAA Diamond awards when her latest, "Up!," was certified Gold, Platinum and ten times Platinum. She achieved another milestone with this certification by becoming the best selling female country artist in history with certified album sales in excess of 42 million copies.

0312.22-People's Choice Awards [CBS]:

Shania has been nominated for a People's Choice Award for "Favorite Female Musical Performer". Remember to VOTE for Shania, when the category is opened.

0312.22-Shania ends the year on top [CountryStars]:

According to Billboard Shania is #1 for the year in several categories.

(Country) Shania is -#1 Artist Of The Year

#1 Female Artist Of The Year,

#9 Artist Of The Year-Singles

#1 Artist Of The Year-Albums

#1 Album Of The Year-UP!
ALSO - Shania ranks high in other formats:
[POP] -#10 Artist Of The Year

#5 Female Artist Of The Year

#3 Top 200 Albums Artist

#3 Album Overall-UP!

#2 Female Top 200 Albums Artist

#7 Internet Album-UP!

#40 Hot 100 Singles Artist
[AC] -#8 Artist Of The Year

#10 Single Of The Year-"Forever And For Always."

AND…Shania wrapped up the first leg of her North American tour at Mandalay Bay Casino Saturday. She kicks off her International tour February 11th in Paris France.

0312.20-Billboard- Top albums of 2003 [Billboard]:

To all the critics and Nashville hacks who have said repeatedly that Shania was washed up, and that her latest album was a bomb, may want to pick up the latest issue of Billboard Magazine. Seems you got it all wrong. Up! was recently awarded the RIAA certification of Diamond, signifying 10 million albums sold. This makes Shania the only artist in history to have 3 consecutive Diamond Awards. Now, on the heals of Shania's triple victory at the Billboard Awards, the magazine has released their end of year top album list. Twain finishes 2003 as the top country artist of the year and the top female country artist. She also comes in at No. 3 on the year-end Billboard 200 chart. "Up!" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in the Dec. 7, 2002, issue and remained there for six weeks. The project places Twain at No. 1 on the list of Top Country Albums titles for 2003. Twain is the only female solo artist to place among the top-10 country acts. Shania's album Up! ranks at #3 on the overall album list. This makes Up!'s second appearance on the list. It held the #3 spot in 2002. One would also have to return to 1999 to find the last time Shania Twain placed an album in the top-3. Her "Come On Over" (Mercury) landed in third place that year, as "Up!" does for 2003. Twain is one of three country acts in the top-10, an improvement on the past three years.
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM OF 2003 CLICK HERE!!!

0312.20-"Man, I feel like a woman????" [NYT]:

On the heels of their "You Win My Love" ad during NASCAR season, Chevrolet is once again using a Shania song in their ads. This time for their biggest baddest truck the Colorado, whose message is that "it's the biggest, baddest truck in its class with plenty of room, but with attitude and a smile," Ms. Kosak said, the ad "My Man," one of four, features five young men riding in the truck blasting "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain. One man becomes caught up with the song - not to the appreciation of his buddies. The punch line is, "If you're ever uncomfortable in the new Chevy Colorado crew cab, it won't be because of lack of space."

0312.20-Shania a network darling [STNAOFC]:

When TV and Music try to work together, sometimes you get some lemons, as witnessed by the disastrous ratings of Justin Timberlake and Xtina. So, what is a TV Network to do? Well, they turn to artists like Shania Twain. Mainstream stars with a lot of showmanship -- Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Cher -- can draw big numbers, said CBS research chief David Poltrack. "It's a very small list," he said. Twain, who had two well-received NBC specials this year, said she thinks her shows succeed because her music bridges generation gaps. "How many social events are there for people from the ages of 3 to 83?" Twain said. "My audience is very diverse."

0312.20-Shania's quite a woman! [SignOnSanDiego]:

.......In an era dominated by pop music divas with huge egos, tiny talent and even tinier outfits, the country-rocking, pop-savvy Twain seemed as if she might have dropped in from a far more wholesome planet. She didn't make one reference to her latest release, "Up!" just named Billboard's top-selling country album of 2003 (even though the double-CD features country and pop versions of the same 19 songs). Nor did she mention that her lucrative North American tour has just been extended by several months, or allude to her lofty status as the world's biggest-selling female artist of the past decade in any idiom. In fact, from her concert-opening "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" to her closing encore of "Rock This Country!", the exclamation-happy Canadian singer-songwriter didn't say anything about herself to her nearly 11,000 multigenerational fans. She also ignored such de rigueur diva behavior as bump-and-grind dance routines, faux orgasmic moans posing as soulful vocal inflections and bouncy aerobic routines.......It was an endearing victory of pitch-wandering vocal authenticity over prefab artifice. Just as startling was Twain's conservative stage attire, especially for an artist whose sexy, navel-baring videos turned Nashville's country-music establishment inside out in the mid-1990s. Combined with Twain's unfailingly sunny disposition and devotion to her fans – has any other pop star ever signed more autographs while singing on stage? – her concert seemed as American (or Canadian) as apple pie.

0312.20-TOUR DATE CHANGES [OFC]:

Shania's site has listed some tour date changes for her European leg of her highly popular Up! Tour

Feb. 11 Paris, France
Feb. 13 Sheffield, England
Feb. 14 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Feb. 16, 17 London, England
Feb. 19, 20 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Feb. 22 Glasgow, Scotland
Feb. 23 Birmingham, England
Feb. 26 Manchester, England
Feb. 28 Hamburg, Germany
Mar. 1 Stuttgart, Germany
Mar. 2 Munich, Germany
Mar. 4,5 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mar. 7 Birmingham, England
Mar. 10 Glasgow, Scotland
Mar. 11 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Mar. 14 Stockholm, Sweden
Mar. 16 Helsinki, Finland
Mar. 18 Oslo, Norway
Mar. 20 Berlin, Germany
Mar. 22 Vienna, Austria
Mar. 23 Munich, Germany
Mar. 25, 26 Frankfurt, Germany
Mar. 29 Cologne, Germany
Mar. 30 Antwerp, Belgium

0312.17-Can you feel the love tonight [North Shore]:

You have to check out this excellent review of Shania's Vancouver concert. I think the reviewer has captured what we love about Shania.

.....But I did notice that Shania is not a conventional stage performer. She sings beautifully, of course, but mostly she just spills large quantities of love onto the crowd, and then spends the balance of the evening sponging it up. The Vancouver crowd just loved its Shania Twain sponge bath. And I noticed that Shania doesn't spend much time on that extraordinary oval masterpiece of a stage that her people lug around the world for her, at great cost. She seems to prefer tip-toeing through the crowd - which makes sense, I guess, because that is where she spilled her love.....But I don't care what others have said about Shania's taste in stage costumes. I love the way she dresses, forever and for always. As far as I'm concerned, Shania Twain could duck waddle on to the stage wearing a bean bag chair and she would still be the most attractive biological entity on the planet.

0312.17-"Forever and For Always, year's best" [CMT]:

CMT USA, has picked "Forever and For Always" one of the year's best ballads. Shania Twain, "Forever and For Always" (Mercury):
Without a perky "Let's go!" or even a "whoo!" Twain offered the most romantic ballad of 2003. Nice rolling rhythm underneath the melody, too.
Shania Twain, "Forever and For Always" (Mercury):
At this point, even their detractors would have to admit that Twain and her producer husband know how to make great sounding records. With so many of Twain's songs designed as arena anthems, it's nice to hear something that would work in an acoustic club.

0312.17-Shania's wonderful gesture [CountryStars]:

Shania's high-energy, world-class, all-hit, great-sounding Up! Tour rolled into Anaheim, CA's The Pond arena last night. Twain was fighting a cold that sometimes forced her to sing in a lower register to get through some songs, but she sucked it up nicely and gave the crowd everything she had. PLUS, she also gave a little more to one special fan.
Twain likes interacting with the crowd and does so several times during the show. At one point she stopped signing autographs for fans pressed up against the stage. She suddenly stepped down from the stage and said, "Please let me get by, there's somebody I have to talk to." At that, Shania headed toward a fan that seemed be a cerebral palsy victim who she'd seen struggle to stand up in front of her wheel chair just as the rest of the fans around were on their feet cheering for their favorite star. Twain approached this special fan, hugged her and spoke to her briefly, before returning to the stage." It was a very sweet, spontaneous moment.
This is why Shania is such a special person

0312.15-Shania makes history [PR News Wire]:

Shania is now the first artist in history to have back to back to back Diamond albums. Shania's latest album, Up! has been certified 10x Platinum by the RIAA. Up! now joins the rank of Shania's two previous albums, "The Woman In Me", and "Come On Over". This tops off a great year for Shania, from the Super Bowl to her record setting opening of her current Up! World Tour. As a gifted and passionate recording artist and songwriter, Shania has emerged as a driving force in contemporary music," stated Luke Lewis, Chairman of Universal Music Nashville/President of Lost Highway Records. "We are all incredibly delighted with the success of 'UP!' and we're looking forward to taking the project even further." Released one year ago, "UP!" heralded Shania's return to the top of the charts. The album debuted at #1 with sales of over 800,000. Spawning hit singles such as "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!, " "UP!," and "Forever and For Always." Her current, "She's Not Just A Pretty Face," is now making its way up the charts across the country. Moreover, her international "UP!" Tour recently kicked off with record-breaking sales and rave reviews. The Washington Post exclaims, "The biggest female artist in pop-country offers a kind of perfection, in song and appearance, a radiance that at moments seems superhuman and effortless." She has announced dates in the US up through June 2004.

0312.15-Lights, Camera, Action! [STNAOFC]:

Shania Twain, who was named country artist of the year, took a brief break from music this year to film a small role in the upcoming Jude Law film "I Heart Huckabee's." However, don't expect to see much more of her on the silver screen. "It was my first time on a movie set. I enjoyed it, but would I want to put everything else aside and dedicate myself to doing something like that? I don't know," she said. "I've got so many more songs to write. I think I'd get a bigger thrill writing something for a movie, a screenplay. I'm certainly not an actress, that's for sure."

0312.15-Shania for Christmas [Yahoo]:

In a VH-1 Poll, Shania's CD Up! was listed as one of the discs people would like under their tree this Christmas. this is the second time Up! has been on this list:

1. The Beatles - "Let It Be ... Naked"
2. Eagles - "Very Best Of"
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Greatest Hits"
4. Bruce Springsteen - "The Essential Bruce Springsteen"
5. Dave Matthews - "Some Devil"
6. Sheryl Crow - "Greatest Hits"
7. Johnny Cash - "American 4: Man Comes Around"
8. Alan Jackson - "Vol. 2-Greatest Hits"
9. Matchbox Twenty - "More Than You Think You Know"
10. Shania Twain - "Up!"

0312.14-"Every Time You Say Goodbye" [CMT]:

Check out this new video by Alison Krauss. There are some behind the scenes images from Shania's recent special "Up! Close".

0312.14-A cold didn't chill her genuine warmth [Oregonian]: Shania performing with a bad cold Thursday night in Portland, impressed her fans much! But Twain was throttled back a bit Thursday night, fighting a cold, although she was in good form and fine voice. Once, during a chorus of "The Woman in Me" which she sang seated in the crowd with one of her guitarists, she slipped off her stool with a yelp but recovered quickly. "Too much Sudafed," she joked. But a cold didn't chill her genuine warmth toward her fans. She knelt to sign autographs and photos while she sang, slapped hands with the people thronged around the stage and took notice of the dozens of homemade signs held aloft. GET WELL SOON SHANIA!!!!!

0312.11-In your car, she'll be the driver [Net Music]:

Anheuser-Busch conducted a poll to find out what celebrities folks would most like to have as their fantasy designated driver, and Tim McGraw came out on top. Thirty-three percent of respondents voted for him. Celine Dion was top female with 27%, followed closely by SHANIA TWAIN with 26%. "Choosing a designated driver is a responsible and important decision, and it just makes good sense," said Tim McGraw. "I am delighted that I would be their choice!"

0312.11-Feeling Young [Las Vegas Sun]:

After Shania's big win at the Billboard Awards. Some of the local media asked her if she would consider a long term gig in town. Shania responed:

"I may consider it when I am old or something," she said. "Isn't it something that old people come and do? I mean I have too much energy to settle in one place. I'd get bored." The audience gasped. Shania a bit shocked, replied, "What was so controversial about that?" asked Twain, apparently surprised by the negative reaction to the inference that Vegas is a boneyard for past-their-prime entertainers. Well, isn't???

0312.10-VICTORY!!!!!! [CJAD]:

Shania talked to the media about her Billboard victory tonight:

Country superstar Shania Twain walked away from the Billboard Awards on Wednesday with three trophies. The singer was named country artist of the year and her album Up, which debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, was named country album and country albums of the year. The record, which includes the hit I'm Gonna Getcha Good, has remained on the Billboard country charts for more than a year "It's been a terrific year for me. Fans have been so great," Twain said after performing She's Not Just a Pretty Face, surrounded by school children. "I'm always so grateful and humbled."

0312.10-Shania takes home 3 Billboard Awards!!!!

Country Artist of the Year
Country Albums Artist of the Year
Country Album of the Year - for "Up!"

Finally Shania is recognized here in the States for Up!

CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!

0312.09-Local girl sings with Shania [Herald Tribune]:

"It was so cool. It was exciting," said Tenille, who shared the stage with her idol on Friday night at Rexall Place in Edmonton. "She put her hand out, grabbed my arm and pulled me onstage. We danced around and sang What a Way to Want to Be. Then she asked me to sing a solo so I sang a chorus of a song by myself, with no band or anything. I wasn't nervous at all. Shania was right there. I didn't really care about anything else." Holding a sign that said "Shania, Can I Sing With You?" and sporting a Twain-like outfit and hairstyle in the front row, Tenille and her mom, Monique, were first noticed by a security guard who encouraged them to keep the sign up. Shania Twain has been Tenille's favourite singer since she was five. "While I was up there with her I told her she has an amazing voice and that she's beautiful and my hero," she said. "It was a dream come true."

0312.09-NEW Shania Up! DVD-A:

On December 16th, Up! will be released as a DVD Audio Disc.

Content Album: Unknown what version the album will be on the disc.

Videos:

"Up!"

"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"

"Forever And For Always"

Shania Bio/Lyrics/Catalog/Photo Gallery; Advanced Resolution Surround Sound (96kHz/24-bit) in DVD-Audio Players; Dolby Digital Surround Sound in DVD-Video Players. DVD-Audio discs are playable in any DVD-compatible CD player or DVD-Video player. This format offers high-quality surround sound audio, and the potential for bonus content such as video clips and photo galleries. DVD-Audio releases have been remastered and remixed from the original multi-track master tapes.

[DVD description from shania.com]

0312.09-Shania sweet as sugar [Vancouver Sun]:

A record crowd of 17,000 -- diverse by both gender and age -- at Pacific Coliseum Sunday night were on their feet from the first distinctive staccato blasts of Man! I feel like a woman! and kept the positive vibes flowing throughout a high-energy concert, which lasted almost two hours. As the music and swirling lights intensified, Twain appeared on an oval centrestage that featured walkways, steps and a raised centre platform rimmed with lights. She wore a Vancouver Canucks jersey, blue jeans, red running shoes and lots of sparkly jewelry around her neck and wrists. (During the second half of the show, Twain did her male fans a favour, tossing the baggy jersey for a yellow tank top with a peek-a-boo view of a black lace bra.) "It's so beautiful here," announced Twain, whose chatty, bubbly personality rarely results in any comments of substance. "It really is gorgeous here. Even in the rain, it's beautiful.".....At one point, she launched herself into the audience, (which included her brother, Mark) only to get lost when she couldn't find an aisle. "Oh, I can't get there," she said. Back on the safety of the stage, someone suggested she walk over the crowd next time. "Crowd surfing? I've never done that before. Some of you guys might grab my butt, and I wouldn't like that."

0312.09-Watch Chicago online [Sympatico]:

Click the link above to watch a part of Shania: Up! Live In Chicago.

0312.09-Pollstar Rates Shania #1 [Pollstar]:

Pollstar has rated Shania's Up! Tour, #1 this week!!!!! Congratulations Shania!!!!!!

1 Shania Twain 1.000
2 Sting .914
3 Eric Clapton .823
4 Phil Collins .806
5 blink-182 .803
6 Radiohead .680
7 David Bowie .618
8 Linkin Park .616
9 Enrique Iglesias .581
10 Ozzy Osbourne .530

0312.09-Billboard Music Awards [OFC]:

Shania will be performing this Wednesday night (12/10) on the Billboard Awards. The show will be aired on Fox from 8-10 pm Eastern and Shania is slated to perform just after 9:00 pm. Check out the Billboard site for more information. According to the Official Fan Club, Shania will be joined on stage by 100 children.

0312.09-Emerson Drive [Calgary Sun]:

Emerson Drive has been touring with Shania on the Canadian leg of her Up! Tour, and was recently added to her last group of dates in the USA. Here are some comments that the group has made about the tour, and Shania Twain:

“We knew we had the Canadian dates with Shania Twain,” says Emerson Drive lead singer Brad Mates, “but we got a call after the award show to say we had some of the U.S. dates too. Obviously we were flipping out.
“It’s been amazing playing to 20,000 people a night with the biggest star in the world,” adds the Grande Prairie singer. “We have to pinch ourselves every day.” Normally, an opening act is limited to a portion of the stage, but not on Twain’s tour. “The stage will blow your mind. She told us we could use the whole stage if we wanted. Her generosity is amazing.”....Not only is the gig a dream-come- true, being backstage also rocks. “The catering backstage is amazing. It’s like going to a five-star restaurant every night … Subway kind of goes out the window.” The tour has also allowed Emerson Drive the chance to meet another of their heroes — Twain’s husband and legendary producer, Robert (Mutt) Lange. “She’s so down-to-earth and sweet and he’s great. The first time he was introduced to us, the first thing he said was ‘Sorry we took so long (at sound check)’ — and it’s their show!” They also managed to shock Lange when they played Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You). “He stopped in his tracks … he’d forgotten he’d written it,” chuckles Mates.

0312.04-Shania's 3 Grammy Nominations!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA on 3 Grammy Nominations:

Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for "Forever and For Always"

Best Country Song, for "Forever and For Always" [This is a songwriters award]

Best Country Album, for Up!

The show airs February 8th on CBS, at 8pm EST.

Check the complete list, click here.

0312.04-What makes Shania sexy? [Edmonton Sun]:

....A discussion of Shania's hottitude would not be complete without mentioning what some have called her greatest marketing tool - her navel. The almost ubiquitous appearance of Twain's bare bellybutton is as much a part of Shania's career as Dolly Parton's large breasts were a part of Dolly's career. They get your attention. Then you get the music that hopefully lives up to the arresting image of the artist. Result - a superstar.
During an interview with the Edmonton Sun in 1998, Shania played dumb and asked of her own navel, "Why is mine so famous? I'll never know."
She addressed the issue of using sex to sell music: "I don't think that it's a belly button that makes somebody sexy. Somebody can be incredibly unsexy and show their belly button." (Talk about pointing out the painfully obvious.) "So it's got nothing to do with what you reveal. I think it's the music that dictates that. It's the voice that dictates that. I don't think it would matter what I wore. I think that there's just a sexy way about the way I translate my music." She can say that again.

0312.03-More Tour Dates [Billboard]:

Here are Twain's upcoming tour dates: The current leg of the tour ends in Las Vegas. Shania will then be off to Europe, then return to North America for the third leg of her Up! World Tour:

Dec. 4: Calgary (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Dec. 5: Edmonton (Skyreach Center)
Dec. 7: Vancouver (GM Place)
Dec. 11: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden)
Dec. 13: Sacramento, Calif. (Arco Arena)
Dec. 14: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion)
Dec. 16: Anaheim, Calif. (The Pond)
Dec. 17: San Diego (Cox Arena)
Dec. 19: Phoenix (America West Arena)
Dec. 20: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay Event Center)
Jan. 20: Helsinki (Hartwall Arena)
Jan. 22: Oslo (Oslo Spektrum)
Jan. 24: Stockholm (Stockholm Globe Arena)
Jan. 26: Frankfurt (Messehalle)
Jan. 28: Cologne (Cologne Arena)
Jan. 29: Berlin (Max Schmeling Halle)
Jan. 31: Vienna (Stadthalle)
Feb. 2: Antwerp, Belgium (Sportpaleis Antwerpen)
Feb. 3: Paris (Palais Omnisports)
Feb. 13: Sheffield, England (Hallam FM Arena)
Feb. 14: Newcastle, England (Telewest Arena)
Feb. 16-17: London (Wembley Arena)
Feb. 19-20: Belfast (Odyssey Arena)
Feb. 22: Glasgow (S.E.C.C.)
Feb. 23: Birmingham, England (NEC Arena)
Feb. 26: Manchester, England (Manchester Evening News Arena)
Feb. 28: Hamburg (Color Line Arena)
March 1: Stuttgart (Schleyerhalle)
March 2: Munich (Olympiahalle)
March 4-5: Rotterdam, Holland (Ahoy)
March 7: Birmingham, England (NEC Arena)
March 8: Sheffield, England (Hallam FM Arena)
March 10: Glasgow (S.E.C.C.)
March 12: Sheffield, England (Hallam FM Arena)
April 6: Sunrise, Fla. (Office Depot Center)
April 7: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
April 10: Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena)
April 12: Orlando, Fla. (TD Waterhouse Center)
April 13: Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola Civic Center)
April 16: New Orleans (New Orleans Arena)
April 17: Birmingham, Ala. (BJCC Arena)
April 19: Greenville, S.C. (Bi Lo Center)
April 23: Atlanta (Phillips Arena)
April 24: Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Bolling Arena)
April 28: Columbia, S.C. (Colonial Center)
April 30: Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Coliseum)
May 1: Raleigh, N.C. (RBC Center)
May 4: Richmond, Va. (Richmond Coliseum)
May 5: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Arena)
May 13: Charleston, W.Va. (Charleston Civic Center)
May 14: Fort Wayne, Ind. (Allen County Memorial Coliseum)
May 16: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Van Andel Arena)
May 19: Louisville, Ky. (Freedom Hall)
May 21: Columbus, Ohio (Schottenstien Center)
May 22: Cincinnati (US Bank Arena)
May 24: Moline, Ill. (Mark of the Quad Cities)
May 25: Omaha, Neb. (Quest Center)
June 3: Green Bay, Wis. (Resch Center)
June 4: Minneapolis (Xcel Energy Center)
June 5: Fargo, N.D. (Fargodome)
June 8: Winnipeg (Winnipeg Arena)
June 9: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Place)
June 18: Seattle (Key Arena)
June 19: Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena)

According to Shania's offiicial site, more dates are in the works!!!

0312.03-Nashville gets run over by a Twain

The Edmonton Sun is doing a week long series of articles on Shania. So far a lot of the articles are riddled with errors, but their latest article is interesting. It focuses in on just why Nashville does not like her, and how hypocritical they really are:

One of the funny things is that most of the anti-Shania whining came from the very heart of the country music establishment - Nashville (Music Row refers to the street where record label offices are located) - which had already given us Achy Breaky Heart and the massive success of Garth (who blew the grade curve for all future country album sales expectations). It was a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black, or in this case, white.

To read the rest of the article go here. To read the entire series, and read fan comments check out the STNAOFC Message Board.

0312.02-People's Choice Awards:

Shania was nominated for a People's Choice Award. The show airs on CBS, January 11th. Shania is up for "Favorite Female Musical Performer"

0312.02-She's got legs [Calgary]:

..and she knows how to use them, even though Shania says she does not like her short legs. But in 1996, only a year after breaking into mainstream music, Twain confessed her unlikely fault to Chatelaine magazine. The comment began as a deflector from the bigger story: her bare belly. "This is the midriff year," she said. "Who knows what it will be next year? I hate my legs, so I'll never have a leg year." Since then, Shania has appeared in short skirts, in her "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" video, and some outrageous outfits. So, what is Shania's secret? Her secret is that she wears them with long, body-hugging jackets, midriff-baring tops and thigh-high boots (no leather, however; she's an animal lover). "She's got a brilliant stylist," says Heather Mitchell of Holt Renfrew. "What she wears draws your eye away from her leg because she's wearing something so over-the-top," says Mitchell, recalling the Givenchy buckle dress as one of Twain's most outrageous.

0312.02-Traveling with Eja [CountryStars]:

Shania told CountryStars:

As Shania Twain's tour extends into next year one thing she's thankful for is that her baby boy, Eja, is such a trooper. "It's kinda good, it all feels very comfortable, it's not a really big problem," says Shania about traveling with her toddler. "He's still young enough that he's not in school and he just goes with the flow and we get to go visit city zoos and museums and it's interesting. And I like being on the move and he's very good about it, so we manage just fine."

0312.01-Keith Urban talks Shania [CountryStars]:

Regarding Shania Twain's acceptance at country and pop radio, Keith Urban recently weighed in, saying her effect on what's acceptable to country purists is an example of the ever evolving nature of country music.
"I think Shania making the record she did (Come On Over) changed the acceptance of what country could be. I mean albeit hers being an extreme version of that, but I mean good lord, country is always evolving, it's always got records being made that are extreme versions of what it could be and then watered down versions come out that are a little closer to acceptance. Chet Atkins, he came in and added lush strings and the music community, the purists, hated it. Now he's got a street named after him! So you just ... it's a constant evolution and same as it ever was at the end of the day."

0312.01-Shania nominated for Billboard Awards

Shania has been nominated for "Country Artist of the Year", and album of the year for Up! The awards are broadcast on December 10th at 8pm on FOX Shania is scheduled to perform!!!

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