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0309.30-Shania in Buffalo
FIRST PICS!!!
0309.30-Shania reaches her
fans
[Post
Gazette]:
How does Shania Twain do it? Performing at Mellon
Arena on the first U.S. date of her Up! World Tour Monday night, she
crammed hit after hit into her two-hour concert. She wore four flashy
outfits. She performed amid eye-popping sparkler showers and indoor
fireworks. But none of these was her most impressive feat. Twain's sheer
will to literally touch as many fans as possible while still managing to
sing with precision and feeling was truly jaw-dropping. The concert stage
was in the middle of the arena floor and Twain almost constantly patrolled
its outer edge to shake or slap hands, wave and trade smiles. She also
accepted marker after marker to sign everything from hats to T-shirts to
ticket stubs....For those who got close to their idol, as well as those
who just drank in the good vibes and popular tunes, it was an evening
pleasantly spent.
0309.30-Shania talks pets
[Animal Fair]:
 This
issue is available at Barns and Noble and Borders Bookstores. Shania talks
about pets. Shania is featured on the cover with her guard dog Tim. There
are two more pictures in the issue.
0309.30-Shania takes
Pittsburgh by storm [CMT]:
 At
first, Twain seemed to find the crowd a bit quiet and tentative, finally
admonishing them with a cry of, "Get off your butts! Come on!" as she
launched into "I’m Not in the Mood (To Say No!)." She soon met fans
halfway, though, as she began greeting them at the edge of the stage
during almost every song. Twain graciously accepted notes and flowers,
touched outstretched hands and even signed autographs while seamlessly
delivering every note and phrase. Twain did admit, "Sometimes I get
distracted reading your signs." She made a point of inviting two fans with
posters onstage between tunes. A fan named Ed caught Twain’s eye with a
sign reading, "You kissed my right cheek in ’98. How about the left?" Ed
received his kiss as well as a signature on his bright yellow Shania
T-shirt. Twain also brought up 17-year-old Misha who toted a poster to the
show proclaiming it was her birthday. Twain had the whole arena crowd sing
to the teen and also had Misha sing a few bars of "I’m Gonna Getcha Good!"
0309.30-"Hey, this is really
cool!" [Ottawa]:
Anthony, 13, a drummer for the Ottawa band Simply
Wow!, was one of 12 drummers picked to play onstage Saturday night at Ms.
Twain's sold-out show at the Corel Centre. The Grade 8 student was picked
from among 30 drummers to help perform (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm
Outta Here! The younger Di Millo said the weekend experience has made him
a big fan. "I think Shania is great. After that concert, I'm listening to
her CD all the time."
0309.30-Shania sets record
[Yahoo]:
 Shania's
tour is only 4 shows old, and Shania is already setting records. Mercury
has released the following press release:
As if becoming the biggest selling female solo
artist of all time wasn't enough, superstar Shania Twain sets a new record
in concert sales. The Grammy-Award winning singer dazzled the Canadians as
she kicked off the first date of her worldwide, "UP!" tour, setting an
all-time record at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario with an attendance
of 18,573 and a record-setting gross of $1,282,984 (USD). Twain followed
her opening night success with a sell-out crowd in Ottawa, Ontario, where
she grossed an astonishing $1,195,587 (USD), exceeding her country
cohorts, The Dixie Chicks.
Shania is
also winning over her critics, and getting ready to release her next
single:
The Toronto Sun says: "Twain's performance put most
politicians to shame ... The fans ate up every single Shania second of
it," and the Ottawa Sun calls the show, "Pretty much flawless ... 4 out of
5." The stage offers the fans an opportunity to get up-close and personal
with Shania. Set up "in-the-round," the show offers a high-energy
spectacle. Shania not only performs her recent chart-topping hits "I'm
Gonna Getcha Good!" and "Forever and For Always" but also gives the fans a
taste of her memorable classics, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" and "Still The
One." Shania is scheduled to appear later this fall on "OPRAH" with her
friend and idol, Dolly Parton, where she will perform her new single,
"She's Not Just A Pretty Face", which was just released to radio and is
already becoming an instant Shania classic.
0309.29-More behind the scenes
pictures [JD
Blair]:
Be sure to
check out the websites of Shania's band members. They are sharing some of
their behind the scenes pictures!!!!
JD Blair
Brent
Barcus
0309.29-Up! World Tour is on
its way [CountryStars]:
 Shania
Twain spent two weeks rehearsing in a place called Steeltown, near
Hamilton, Ontario, before kicking off her World tour in Hamilton's Copps
Coliseum before an estimated 20,000 fans. The two-hour (24 song set) lived
up to Shania's promise to keep in this tour many of the things that made
her last tour a success, including lots of audience participation and
giving back to the communities' efforts to feed hungry children.
Shania continues traditions she started with her Come On Over Tour:
her practice of allowing local talent onto a big
stage for the experience. She invited a group of local drummers to march
up on to the stage and play alongside her and the band for "(If You're Not
In It For Love) I'm Outta Here"! FOR CHARITY she spent time
before the show with a group of Make-A-Wish children and collected food
from arriving fans for local food banks.
GET READY AMERICA!!!!
Her first official U.S. tour appearance in
Pittsburgh, PA and on to Buffalo, tomorrow night. The Toronto Sun
described it as a great show, expansive in-the-round type open stage, with
best lighting and pyrotechnics money can buy.
0309.29-Her live shows are by
now the stuff of legend
[Buffalo
News]:
It is nice
reading an article like this....
 Sure,
it's nice to have racked up a handful of Juno awards, a mantel's worth of
Grammys, a Country Music Association statue or two. But having a your own
brand of lipstick? That's got to rock!
Shania Twain, who recently launched the Shania Red line, sales of which
will benefit the American Heart Association, has sold more records this
year than Johnny Cash did in his lifetime.
She's also been a bit of a litmus test for the ongoing battle between fans
of "old" and "new" country. Old-schoolers claim Twain's polished twang is
nothing more than pop music with a faux Southern accent - and she's not
even from the South. (Twain is Canadian.) Fans of the new C&W
sound could care less about Twain's credibility - they love her and gobble
up her albums by the millions. Art? Commerce? Does anyone actually care?
Twain's 2002 release, "Up," solidified a winning streak begun with the
1995 album "The Woman in Me." Working with husband/producer Mutt Lange
(prior to going country, Lange was best-known for his work with AC/DC and
Def Leppard), Twain has created an eminently hummable canon and in the
process made herself a mega-star on the international level. Her live
shows are by now the stuff of legend
0309.29-VOTE
for Shania!!! [ABC]:
Shania is
nominated for the Michael Jackson International Artist of the Year Award
at this years American Music Awards.
Vote for
Shania!!!!
0309.28-Keep Up! with Shania
and the Falls:
 Brent
Barcus will be keeping a journal of his travels as he tours with
Shania on her Up! worldwide tour. He has started to post pictures
from some of the shows she has already done.
Check it
out!!!
0309.28-CONGRATULATIONS
STNAOFC!!!
 The
Shania Twain North
American Online Fan Club has concluded its month long annual
fundraiser for one of Shania's favorite charities, America's Second
Harvest and Kids Cafe. The fan club raised $2,700,84.
Remember you can always donate to
America’s Second Harvest and the Kids café
online!
0309.28-Shania gives her fans
an eye-popping thank you! [Ottawa]:
Shania
brought her tour to Ottawa. Fans were treated to a high octane
performance. During the show Shania interacted with her fans, slapping
hands, and signing autographs. Shania brings her show to the USA
next, with a stop in Pittsburgh on September 29th.
From
the
Ottawa Citizen:
Shania Twain wore a purple fur bra in front of more
than 18,000 people at the Corel Centre last night but still managed to
come across as someone you could trust with your pre-schooler. In
fact, one mom in the audience did entrust her daughter to the Canadian
superstar for a moment. After her mother thrust her on stage, the little
girl stood there, not too sure of the situation, until Twain picked her
up, every so gently. As a mom herself, Twain obviously didn't want to make
the girl cry, so she stayed close to the parent and watched for signs of
discomfort. I'm not sure which was most impressive: the maternal instinct
of someone who looked that outrageous, or the fact that she did it without
dropping a note of Don't Be Stupid, (You Know I Love You). Either way, it
was a remarkable display of tenderness.
From the
Ottawa Citizen:
Thousands of Shania Twain fans lined up early in the
rain outside the Corel Centre yesterday, eagerly awaiting the country
superstar's concert.
Taking shelter in one of the huge white tents and dancing in anticipation,
Laureen Ashley, 44, came all the way from Halifax, N.S., to see the show.
Joined by her husband, Peter, and their friends, Chris and Karen Paley, it
was their first time in the city. "We're really excited to be here," she
said. "This is just a beautiful city, the people are great, and we can't
wait for Shania."
From the
Ottawa Sun:
Twain entered at floor level and danced through the
audience toward the stage in a turquoise bra, a furry purple bra top,
satin cargo pants and bright blue sneakers. The entire show was as
relentlessly upbeat as Twain and husband Mutt Lange's tendency to pepper
her albums with exclamation marks. She opened with Man! I Feel Like a
Woman! from her 1997, 34-million-copy-selling second CD Come On Over,
moved quickly to Up! from her latest CD of the same name and wrapped up in
a fury of fiddles, Canada Day-style fireworks and oodles of fluttering
confetti, twirling and singing Rock This Country! Twain provided her fans
with a solid, generous mix of old and new songs, lesser-knowns and bona
fide hits, even cramming When, You Win My Love, Come On Over and I'm
Holdin' On to Love (to Save My Life) into a medley.
0309.28-CMT Canada "Ultimate
Fan Contest"[CMT]:
![[ Ultimate Shania Fan Contest ]](../Pictures/Misc/header.jpg) The
search is on!This fall, CMT is looking for the Ultimate Shania Fan!
Just send us a letter...essay...picture...video...whatever it takes to
prove to us you’re Shania’s ultimate fan. If we pick YOU, you’ll be off to
Vancouver where you’ll hang out with Shania herself, catch her concert
backstage and star in a CMT network special: "Ultimate Fan Access". Don’t
miss your chance to hang out with AND star alongside Shania Twain in your
own TV special! Send Entries to:
Country Music Television Ltd. (CMT)
P.O. Box 310
Station C
Toronto, ON
M6J 3N1
*contest closes on Friday, October 24/2003
0309.26-Get to know her,
lyrically speaking:
 Heath McCoy
has written an excellent article on Shania and her music. Check out the
full article:
The Calgary Herald.
Excerpts:
Double Standard-ville
For all her all equality talk, however, Shania isn't as concerned with the
concept when it applies to men. When she catches her man stealing a glance
at a foxy lady who isn't her in Waiter! Bring Me A Water! she dumps her
drink on the cad. "There's gotta be a way to cool this clown," she sings.
But she chastises her man for his jealous ways in Don't Be Stupid (You
Know I Love You) when she says, "I don't appreciate it/ When I talk to
other guys ... And I get the third degree."
Then, of course, there's the hit Any Man of Mine, where she declares that
it's OK for her to be late for a date, "but he better be on time."
Furthermore, if she burns his dinner black he's supposed to lick his lips
and say, yummy. Oh yeah, and as for any mood swings that might occur, suck
it up, bub. (You mind your Ps and Qs). Poor Mutt.
The Hopeless Romantic
From This Moment On, You're Still The One, Forever and for Always: These
ballads are worthy of the Lionel Richie-Diana Ross treatment. Sappy sweet?
Sure they are. So was that infernal Dan Hill with his Sometimes When We
Touch tune. But, 26 years later, Hill still gets hearts gushing and people
singing along about a billion times a day on radio. Like Hill's, Shania's
sap is powerful stuff.
Tongue-In Cheek Humour:
C'mon. How much proof do you need? Read all the
lyrics above (save for the lovey-dovey stuff) and try to deny it. This is
a woman with her tongue planted firmly in her cheek.
And that might just be the secret to her success.
0309.26-Shania Up! to a great
start:
Last night Shania started her world wide Up! tour. Fans who went loved the
show, and the critics loved it too. The show's set list included fan
favorites from her albums, "The Woman In Me", "Come On Over", and her
latest Up!.
THE SET LIST
Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
Up!
Honey, I'm Home
C'est La Vie
Forever And Always
I'm Not In The Mood To Say No!
She's Not Just A Pretty Face
Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
When You Kiss Me
Love Gets Me Every Time
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
From This Moment On
No One Needs To Know
Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come ...)
The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)
That Don't Impress Me Much!
What A Way To Want To Be!
Medley: When/You Win My Love/Come On Over/I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save
My Life)
I'm Gonna Getcha Good!
In My Car (I'll Be The Driver)
(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!
ENCORES:
You're Still The One
Any Man Of Mine
Rock This Country!
From
the
TORONTO SUN:
 With
an open stage that had an incredible-looking lighting rig and speakers
mounted above it, all eyes were on the singer who wore some mighty
strange, sparkly outfits but still managed to look good. It's a testament
to her beauty -- and possibly the amount of bling-bling around her neck --
that she almost pulled off such flashy, off-kilter clothes...Still, from
the get-go, the audience was on Twain's side and she could do no wrong as
they jumped to their feet and remained there for much of the
night....Nearly half of the set list was from her latest album, Up!,
although she did throw in plenty of older hits from her juggernaut
release, 1997's Come On Over, along with 1995's The Woman In Me, much to
the crowd's delight. And every now and then fireworks were set off to
accentuate the beginning or ending of a song. Another show-stopping moment
saw Twain invite a group of local drummers to march up on to the stage and
play alongside her and the band for (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm
Outta Here! But really, in the end, it was all about Shania, and the time
that the audience got to spend with her.
From the
Globe and Mail:
While her nine-piece band introduced themselves,
Shania slipped away unnoticed, only to rise from a smoky haze onto an
elevated stage, dressed in a gathered black gaucho-style skirt and
platform sandals for a spectacular version of “From This Moment”. Later,
she appeared 20 rows up in the stands to deliver an intimate rendition of
“The Woman in Me”. After more than two hours and multiple costume changes
(she closed the show wearing a Hamilton Bulldogs jersey), the concert
closed in a cloud of confetti fired from four canons positioned in each
corner of the rink
From the
Hamilton Spectator:
....It was about this time, maybe 30 minutes into
the show, that Twain decided it was time to get intimate. She strutted
around the outer rim of the round stage at the centre of the stage,
touching every hand that reached for her, signing every book thrust before
her, snatching up every bouquet offered. If you were sitting within 15
feet of the stage, Twain made sure you came in contact with her. At times,
she even jumped into the crowd, sharing the microphone with an adoring
fan.
Check
out what the fans are saying....
STNAOFC Shania Board
Shania Forums
0309.25-FIRST
PICTURES HAMILTON CONCERT
0309.25-Shania and Second
Harvest
[STNAOFC]:
CMT Canada,
on CMT Central showed a short clip of Shania talking about her favorite
charity, America's Second Harvest. Shania talked about
growing up hungry. Shania's support Breakfast for learning helps
over half million children in Canada and has provided about 175 million
meals.
Shania
visiting America's Second Harvest in Chicago:
0309.25-Shania gives 2000 fans
a sneak peek
[STNAOFC]:
The tickets read "Dress Rehearsal." And last night
they gave about 2,000 lucky Hamilton fans the Shania Twain concert they
never expected.
A night before launching her world tour here, Twain let a select few
inside Copps Coliseum for the sneak peak of a lifetime. Some with very
little notice. While Twain's camp was mum, Copps staff say she gave about
2,000 tickets to the United Way and its agencies. Fans included kids from
Living Rock, Kiwanis volunteers, inner-city students. "Every
concert, I do this all throughout the year. I raise money and awareness to
help hungry kids," Twain said. Since 1998, when she donated proceeds from
her song God Bless the Child to Breakfast for Learning, she has helped
raised thousands of dollars for child nutrition in Canada.
0309.25-Want To Know Shania?
[Net
Music]:
Shania says
the best way to know her is through her music.
"I'm writing my own music so it's coming from my
heart, I mean it's coming from my own personality, my own perspective,
very true to who I really am. And you know, after that you¹ve just got to
hope that the fans like it," she reasons. "And what is intentional with my
music though, is that I do make it for the fans. I want the fans to relate
to my music, that¹s why I make it. My songs are like personal letters to
the audience," she explains.
Keep writing those letters Shania!!! We love listening to them!!
0309.25-"There will be a lot
of surprises,"
[Canoe]:
As Shania
talks about her latest tour:
Twain says she just wants to be close to her fans.
"With this tour, people will be as close to the stage as possible, with as
few barriers," she says. "It's going to be interesting." And audience
participation will figure prominently. "Absolutely," says Twain. "I always
include the audience. It's just the way I perform. The audience is my
show. I feed off them entirely." Twain describes the stage, designed
by Mark Fisher (Rolling Stones, U2, Pink Floyd), as twice the production
she had last time. "I knew I wanted to do it bigger than the last time,
and I guess for fun too," she says. "The more ideas you can come up with,
and the more things you can experiment with, the more fun it is. And it's
'play time' in a sense, putting a show together. It's like building a
house. You're going to live in it for a year.'" Despite the album's
title, she won't be airborne a la Celine Dion in Las Vegas. "I'm not
flying through the air or anything like that," she says. "But it will be
physically demanding and it's a big stage and there's lots of songs. It's
a long show for one person." In other words, expect lots of bells and
whistles. "There will be a lot of
surprises," Twain says. "Lots of pyro. Great lighting, like I mean super,
super-duper lighting, which I think is such a big part of it, especially
being in the centre. It's going to look so beautiful."
0309.25-Shania!
[National
Post]:
 On
the Eve of launching her world tour, Shania sat down with a reporter from
the National Post and talked about her music, her fans, and life on the
road.
The
Tour:
"Touring's great fun. It's tiring. [But] as long as
you get enough rest, it's fun. If you let yourself get burned out, then
it's stressful. That happened to me a few times on the last tour, but I
never had to miss a show. And it was never a big deal," she says. "It's
actually a fun environment. It's a whole new vibe for a period of time.
And you've got this world that moves around with you."
Does Shania feel any pressure to re-invent herself?
"I guess I don't really plan it that much -- I've
never really given it that much thought. I don't look at it that much,
just because I don't have that knack. I get excited by the fact that I
don't know. And it's a whole new fresh start every time I go to do
something," Shania! says.
"I love change, but I don't feel the pressure to reinvent myself. And I
don't know what I'm going to do next. I don't know what songs I'm going to
write next. And it's all part of the beauty of it. It's all part of the
exploration of it. You're creating your own way as you go."
How do you get to know Shania?
"I think the one department I lucked out in is that
I relate very well to people one-on-one and with the audience, through my
music," she says of her popularity. "For some reason, the personality gets
through the music and they really get to know the person. And they really
make that contact. That's what they tell me. So that's what I have to
conclude. It's just me. And they really have gotten to know me." "There's
not really that much more to know, you know? I don't have a deep dark
past, I don't have any drug problems, I don't have anything that I'm
hiding. I'm pretty much what you see is what you get," she says. "There's
different sides to that, but I think everyone has seen all that now.
They've seen pretty much everything that I am. They know who I am. They
know me now."
So, is it an act?
"All the songs I record, of course, are all coming
from me. They're all very personal," she says when her Rolling Stone
revelations are brought up. "But the ones that I don't record -- what
people have to understand is they're not really songs. They're just ideas.
It's like a musical diary that I have that I just don't want to develop.
Mutt [Lange, her husband/producer] sometimes goes in and pulls something
out of it, but it's really hard for me to let him do it, because it's such
a personal thing.
"There's a lot of stuff that I won't ever [release]. Not for any secretive
reason."
0309.24-Variety
is the "spice"
[CountryStars]:
 Shania
Twain's album UP!, has already passed 9 million copies sold worldwide, and
she says the spice that drives fans to the stores is variety.
"Just the variety," Shania affirms. "I think the fans themselves were the
inspiration because you know, if you come to one of my shows you'll see
the audience is so diverse. There's every age group, every type of person;
old, young, small, small children, teenagers, parents, guys, girls, it's
very mixed."
Because of that Shania says she's totally free to put a diverse mix of
tunes on her album.
"In talking to the fans over the years I've learned that they all seem to
like my music for different reasons. Some people love the uptempo stuff,
others are more into the ballads, and I realize I have a lot of different
types of audiences to make music for. And so it sort of gave me the
freedom to explore my own versatility, dig back to my roots, which happens
to be a bit of everything, and make an album for all the fans that I have.
So it just made it very interesting and fun. And that's also the reason
why there are so many songs on the CD," Twain concludes.
0309.24-Keep
Up! with Shania and the Falls:
Brent
Barcus will be keeping a journal of his travels as he tours with Shania on
her Up! worldwide tour. Here is a preview:
Countdown to Shania's First Show!
We just finished another long day of rehearsals for the upcoming Shania
Twain Up! Tour this fall. There's so much behind the scenes prep to put a
tour of this size together. It "takes a village" of people who live and
work together very closely to put on a show of this magnitude. I think
we're close to 90 employees at this point. Twelve semis of equipment and
10 buses to cart us chumps around.
The last 9 days or so have been grueling going over and over the songs.
We've pulling 12-hour days, refining the music and putting together the
right set list. The stage is now in place and it is quite a site to
behold. Really modern and cool.
It's the countdown to showtime so we're running the set at least three
times a day. Every song is very choreographed and there is a lot to
remember. We might have 2 or 3 cues per song. We have an extraordinary
crew who helps us musicians out between each song changing instruments.
I'll feature them more in a later journal.
The lighting crew is perfecting all cues on stage for solos and special
features. It's all timed perfectly with computers. This is the most hi
tech show I've ever been a part of.
We've been here almost two weeks working virtually nonstop ... but we did
manage to break out of here last week for a game of hockey. Shania was
generous to hook us all up with new hockey gear (score!) and we all
trekked over to the nearest ice rink ... and hit the ice. It turned into a
family affair, with Randall's daughter, Sophie in a pair of skates, as
well as little Eja
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0309.23-Shania
on CMT Canada Central [STNAOFC]:
 Shania
talked about her upcoming tour "I don't want the fans to know what to
expect". Shania also commented that this show is going to be "twice
the show the last one was in everyway from production to performance".
Shania also talked about her son Eja. She feels it's important that
Canadian culture be part of his upbringing, that he has a Canadian
passport ,his family is Canadian, and he is gonna grow up saying "EH".
Thanks Dax for the captures:
   
0309.22-Win
the shirt off Shania's back [BID HERE]:
 The
Toronto Sun presents....Win the Shirt Off Shania's Back!
The highest bidder will receive two front row tickets to the sold out
Shania Twain concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on October 3 AND
meet Shania backstage. The next day, you'll receive a shirt she wore
onstage in the concert autographed by Shania! All proceeds will go
to the Canadian Living Foundation's Breakfast for Learning. Presented by
the Toronto Sun, CANOE.ca and Universal Music."
BID HERE
0309.22-ETalk
Interview-[Shania
Twain City]:
 Shania taped
a short interview between rehearsing for her upcoming tour. Shania
and the band have been in Hamilton getting ready for their first show this
 Thursday,
September 25th. Shania talked about her show as a "party atmosphere with
lots of surprises, and with the round stage no bad seats" Shania also
plans on changing outfits 4 times a night!
0309.22-Emerson
Drive to tour with Twain
[CountryStars]:
Emerson Drive already had a high opinion of their
countrywoman, Shania Twain, before she invited them to open some of her
Canadian dates on her upcoming World Tour. "Shania Twain, she's really
one of those artists that's affected everybody in the world," says the
group. "She opened the door for a new style of country music and for us
being a little more edgy than everybody else, she really helped us and she
was a big influence for a lot of people."
DETAILS - Emerson Drive will open the first
four Canadian dates of Shania Twain's UP! Tour: Sept. 25 in Hamilton,
Sept. 27 in Kanata and Oct. 2-3 in Toronto.
0309.22-Putting
Up! together [CountryStars]:
It was over 3 years between Shania's COME ON OVER CD
and her new one, UP!, so why the long delay? Shania says it comes down to
a pursuit of quality.
"Yeah, it does take time to put together I think a good quality record,"
she says. "(It takes) more time for me, I think because I write my own
music, so you know, of course it's just more time consuming. And then you
know, all the studio time. MUTT is just very, he's a perfectionist and
very creative guy so the whole process takes quite a long time. And then
we had a baby of course amongst all of that, so it ended up being about 3
1/2 years."
0309.22-Next
Single October 6th:
According to
allaccess.com Shania's next single is "I'm Not Just A Pretty Face"
START REQUESTING THE SONG ON YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS!!!!
 0309.20-SHANIA
LIVE IN CHICAGO DVD!!!
 Are
you ready???? I said are you ready!!! for the NEW Shania DVD. Mercury has
announced in an email newsletter that on November
18th, Shania will be releasing her latest special "Shania
Live In Chicago", which was filmed in Grant Park on July 27th.
The disc features 150 minutes of footage!!
If you watched the 2 hour special, they aired roughly 85 minutes of
footage, without commercials. If you were in the Park, like I was you know
they cut 5 songs for the TV show. With the length of this DVD, it would
appear it is the entire concert plus additional footage. This will be a
treat for Shania fans who were not able to be in the Park, and for the
ones that were, a chance to re-live the excitement. Check back for
pre-order information.
0309.18-VOTE
FOR SHANIA:
 Shania
is Up! for 3 Country Weekly Fan Favorite Awards. Favorite Female artist,
Favorite Album, and Favorite Vocal Collaboration.
SO VOTE
FOR SHANIA!!!!!
0309.16-American
Music Awards:
Shania has
been nominated for 2 American Music Awards.
Country Female Artist
Country Album
CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA!!!!!
The Award
show will air November 16th on ABC.
0309.15-Coat
of Many Colors [Sugar Hill Records]:
 Shania
Twain, is joined by a group of female artists singing on the Dolly Parton tribute
album "Just Because I'm A Woman". Shania sings "Coat of
Many Colors, and Alison
Kraus, and Dolly Parton sing harmony. "Coat Of Many Colors",
is a
song close to Shania's heart. Visit
Sugar Hill Records to listen to clips
of the album. Shania's track is now available to preview. To
purchase the album, click on the album picture.
0309.12-Shania
talks, motherhood, tour, and CMA
 Shania
talked with the Hamilton Spectator while preparing for her upcoming tour.
In an article By Graham Rockingham, Shania discusses life on the road with
the family, her tour, her snub at the CMA, and Johnny Cash.
Shania Twain: Home is Hamilton while she
prepares for world tour show.
Shania Twain is sitting cross-legged in a tiny curtained cubicle of a room
on a big black comfy chair, her brown hair threaded through the back of a
ballcap. T-shirt, denim jacket and jeans.
A scented candle burns on a table beside her, masking the kitchen aromas
filling the Copps Coliseum basement. Twain and her crew have their own
private catering outfit from England working the arena. The company is
called Eat Your Hearts Out. Today's luncheon special, seafood linguine,
seems to permeate everything.
She's really quite petite, 5-foot-3 to be exact. The makeup is minimal,
subdued. Charming. Sweet. It's hard to believe this 38-year-old woman has
sold more than 60 million records during her 10 years in the recording
business.
Her German shepherd Tim lies on the floor. ("Don't try to pet the dog, or
even make eye contact with him," her publicity handler advises reporters.)
A second German shepherd is roaming the halls.
Twain is relaxed and smiling despite working through five interviews in a
row. Members of her nine-piece band are waiting for her about 50 feet away
where they've set up a makeshift rehearsal area at the foot of the
escalators. 
Inside the rink, workers are busy setting up scaffolding above the round
stage that will be Twain's home for most of the next year. She arrived in
town mid-week and is trying to get the promotional stuff out of the way
before rehearsals for her world tour begins in earnest. She'll be here for
another two weeks before the tour kicks off with a sold-out show Sept. 25
at Copps. Exactly where she's staying is a forbidden topic, but it's
nearby. Her days are long enough without adding a commute. She needs to be
close to her son Eja, who just turned two last month.
"I don't want to be too far away," she says near the start of a
wide-ranging interview about the tour, life as a Nashville outsider,
Johnny Cash, free speech, shopping, her fans and the power of celebrity.
"I haven't had a chance to get around," she says about her time in
Hamilton. "I've been pretty much locked in here the whole time. No
sightseeing. Any spare time that I have, I spend with my family."
Twain and her husband Robert 'Mutt' Lange -- who have a permanent 100-room
residence in Switzerland -- decided to start her tour in Hamilton for a
number of reasons. It had to be in Ontario, because it still feels like
home (she's a Timmins native). She needed rehearsal space and Copps was
available. Besides, it's not Toronto.
"There's a nice sense of familiarity in Ontario, and Hamilton's a great
place to do it," she says. "It's quieter than Toronto. It's a great
location."
Gone are the days when Twain could just walk down the street without
drawing a crowd. She found that out last week when she ventured into
Toronto's Yorkville shopping district.
"When I went shopping that day in Toronto, people were out there with
cameras, and we just said, 'OK, when we come out I'll be happy to pose for
a picture for you. Then would you mind if I carried on quietly without
you.'" The cameramen did their duty and then left without a fight.
Now that the stage has arrived its unlikely she'll have time for anymore
shopping expeditions. Twain sums up her routine for the next two weeks
succinctly.
"I spend the mornings with my son and then I come to rehearsal," she says.
"Then I have lunch, rehearse in the afternoon and have dinner with my son.
Then I put my child to bed. And then I have an evening rehearsal. It's a
long day. I leave around 11:30 every night."
It doesn't take long to realize that this woman is in total control. Ask
her how involved she is in the details, the design of the stage, for
example.
"It's like building your own house," she says. "You're there designing
everything you want. You pick out your own details. Oh, yes, I'm very,
very involved ... I'm in there everyday seeing what's going on. I'm in on
all the decisions. There are no decisions made without me. It's a very
personal thing. I'm going to live on that stage for the next year or so.
I'm a big part of the creation, of the design."
She's well aware of the pitfalls of a centre stage. It can be a
distraction trying to follow a group like the Dixie Chicks around a large
stage. Shania wants maximum fan contact.
"People are going to be able to touch the stage," she says. "There's not
going to be any barrier."
The fans, Twain says, are everything. It's a concept she's given up trying
to explain to the industry types in Nashville, where she remains an
outsider. Despite the fact that her current album Up! has stayed near the
top of the charts for the past 10 months, despite the fact that she is now
the most popular female recording star in the history of the business,
Twain received no nominations for the
upcoming Country Music Awards in Nashville.
"I've been in this business long enough to know that it's not about how
much the fans like you," Twain says. "It's got nothing to do with that. It
doesn't matter how well your album is doing. These are just a very small
group of people who decide who they want to represent their show. It's as
simple as that. I've never really had a shoe in there. I'm Canadian. I'm
not traditional ... Everyone is always asking me for the formula. There's
no formula to success. I make music for the people, for the fans."
It's that outsider image that made her relate to Johnny Cash, the
legendary country star who died yesterday. Twain had received news of
Cash's death yesterday morning. She never had a chance to meet him.
"But he was definitely one of those outsiders, too," she says. "He was
everything, gospel, country, rock. He was his own man. I feel like a part
of my own musical history has been stamped somehow (by him)."
It's that wide variety of musical influences that Twain believes has made
her difficult to fit record company niches. But it's also part of the
secret to her success. Her music cuts across generations. What other
artist would pack her albums with two versions of each song, as she did
with Up? The red CD contains the pop/rock versions. The green one contains
the banjos, the dobros, the down-home, country feel.
Twain is acutely aware of the power of her celebrity. Her fans hang on
every word. They follow every change of clothing (there will likely be
four during each of her two-hour concerts). Twain is highly involved in
charity. Net proceeds from a new line of Shania Red lipstick are going
entirely to the American Heart Foundation.
But she's careful to stay out of politics.
"I personally made a decision never to talk in public about religion and
politics," she says. "If you want to make it public then go stand in line
with the rest of the voters."
Twain is not sure about the wisdom of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines's
comments condemning President George Bush and the war in Iraq.
"I don't like war. I don't think anybody likes war," she says. "But at the
same time, if you speak out you run the risk of offending somebody. What
about the people who have sons and daughters over there fighting and they
hear you say that?"
Yet she defends Maines's right to say what she thinks.
"That is the very unfortunate thing about what happened," Twain says. "Now
people are almost saying, 'You guys don't have a say.' Well of course we
have a say. We're like everybody else. But you have to choose very
carefully which forum and how you say it."
Twain's thoughts soon return to the stage.
"We get on the stage, I think tomorrow night," she says, looking forward
to the gruelling rehearsal schedule. "We'll run two or three shows a day."
0309.12-Twain
on Thanksgiving [Country
Nation]:
 According
to a story on Country Nation, Shania will air her next TV Special on NBC
this Thanksgiving. This will be Shania's second special on that holiday.
Her last Thanksgiving Day special got her highest ratings ever.
Westwood One News, quoting well-placed sources, is
reporting that Shania Twain’s second NBC special will air on November
25th, and that it will be taped in NYC in early November.
Reportedly, Shania will perform in front of an intimate crowd of "500 or
so people," with the aim of capturing the feel of the Elvis Presley "’68
Comeback Special."
0309.11-Shania
on Oprah [OFC]:
Shania will
perform her new single "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" -- as well as "Coat
of Many Colors" with Dolly Parton. Date to be determined.
0309.11-Shania's
opening act [CountryStars]:
Mercury Records new artist
James Otto, whose
current single "Days Of Our Lives" is one of this week's R&R Top 5 Most
Added singles, has just been confirmed to open for all of Shania Twain's
US dates this fall. Otto will be performing acoustically in-the-round
before the megastar hits the stage. Look for more Shania tour dates to be
announced today.
Shania's tour kicks off September 25th in
Hamilton, Canada. OTTO appears first in the U.S. Sept. 29th in Pittsburgh,
PA.
0309.11-Shania
promises "Best show yet!"
[CountryStars]:
"This will be my best show yet. I'm putting a lot of
time
 and
effort into the stage design, just everything," Shania brags.
"The lights, the pyro(technics), the whole production of
it's going to be really exciting so.. I'm trying to come up with all kinds
of new, fresh ideas that
nobody's seen before and just make it as exciting
as possible. Of course it's going to be high energy and very, very
audience friendly. I always like to draw the audience in and make them a
part of the whole show, so it's just a lot of what I'm like communication.
It's just going to be great, I'm looking really, really forward to it."
0309.11-All
the worlds her stage [Canoe]:
 Shania
is preparing for her world tour in Hamilton, Canada. In two weeks Shania
will launch her latest tour in support of her new album Up!. So, what will
be different this time around: "The last time it was
very, very, very different," said Twain. "We've already, musically,
pretty much done most of our rehearsing because we just did the television
special.
"Of course, it's the same band so we're not starting from scratch with the
songs. "So (the) two weeks -- it's more production rehearsal.
Because the production, of course, is completely different from the
special. So the whole two weeks is pretty much just spent on that." As of
yesterday, the stage had yet to arrive. But Twain's stage designer this
time out is A-lister Mark Fisher (Rolling Stones, U2, Pink Floyd), whom
she talked with at great length in London about her "in the round"
setting. The two also "spent a ton of time on the phone and e-mail," said
Twain. "The main thing that I wanted to do was have access to the
audience as much as possible," she said. "The design of the stage is
interesting. There's a lot of ramps and stuff. But the crew and everybody
are on the stage. It's like a ship. And no one can leave. Once the show
starts, we're all there for the rest of the night." Shania
will also sport a different look on stage. Shania plans on four costume
changes during the show. Twain also plans to make
four costume changes with the clothes chosen by her but not designed by
longtime collaborator Mark Bouwer. "I'm going in a very different
direction. I'm doing more sportier. Not to say that none of the clothes
will be designer. But it will all be put together by me."
0309.11-See
Shania back in 1993
Back in 1993
when Shania was just starting her career in Nashville she sang back up
vocals on Sammy Kershaw's "Haunted Heart", and she appeared in
Tracey Lawrence's
"A Second Home" video. Toby Kieth is in the video as well.
0309.10-Among
Friends [CountryStars]:
 Shania
Twain says that songwriting is her passion, but appearing before a live
audience is her favorite thing, like visiting with friends.
"I mean song writing is definitely where my passion is, that is something
that I would do regardless, even if I hadn't made this my career. I would,
I just enjoy song writing.
But of course being on stage is the most rewarding because you've got...
it's like being with your friends and you're all just sitting around
talking about the same things and sharing the same laugh. You have so much
in common because you're there for the music and you all know the music so
well, so it's just a really special experience."
0309.10-Finding
new talent [CountryStars]:
Although
Shania has put a new show together for her latest tour, one carry over
from her hugely successful "Come On Over Tour" is finding and showcasing
local talent. "Yeah, that's great fun. I always like
to feature amateur talent and give people a chance to get up there and see
what it's really like on the big stage and what they might be in for in
real life if they were to pursue it. Or just even a chance to get
discovered by somebody."
0309.10-"Face
Time" [CountryNow]:
 "She's Not Just a
Pretty Face" will be Shania Twain's next
single, according to Mercury Nashville. Meanwhile, a Billboard Airplay
Monitor poll of country music and program directors reveals that
SHANIA TWAIN and Martina McBride are tied
at the top of the list of core female artists.
For more on Shania and to check out her brand-new website, click here:
Shania Twain -- Official Site
0309.08-...and
the winner is...SHANIA TWAIN!!
 The results
of the
CCMAs are in. Shania Twain picked up
4 awards, she won in the
following categories:
Female Vocalist
CMT Video of the Year for "I'm Gonna Getcha
Good!"
Album of the Year
Top Selling Album of the Year
Shania also
inducted Sylvia Tyson into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. The
funniest moments at tonight's award show:
Each nominee
was introduced by the host with a song parody. Another funny moment
occurred when Sylvia came on stage and told Shania "I promise I won't kiss
you." a reference to the VMA- Madonna / Britney kiss, but the reference
went over Shania's head. Shania gave Sylvia a hug. Then, when Shania
accepted the female vocalist award, Shania brought up a list, which
happened to be little sister's shopping list...lol
CONGRATULATIONS SHANIA!!!!!!
Also
CONGRATULATIONS to Cory Churko, for winning best fiddle player!!!
More
Shania quotes from the show.....[Ottawa]
 Shania Twain, nominated eight times in seven
categories, picked up honours for best female artist, video, album and
top-selling international album for Up! "I really don't feel deserving of
this," said the native of Timmins, Ont., who has now collected 23 CCMAs in
her career. "I never dreamed that I'd ever be here. It seems so many great
things have happened to me over the years, I just want to say thank you."
....
Twain, who now lives a Swiss mansion with her
producer husband Mutt Lange, paid tribute to the talents of the other
nominees. .....
 "There is so much humility in this room tonight - there don't seem to be
any airs and I love it," she said. "There is so much talent here and I'm
so proud." .......Twain's Up, which has sold more than a million copies in
Canada alone, has been an international sensation. It was the first album
in five years for Twain, who retreated from the limelight to have a baby
after the phenomenal success of Come On Over, which sold 35 million copies
worldwide. Twain presented a lifetime achievement award to folk legend
Sylvia Tyson, noting that her songwriting abilities paved the way for
other Canadian women. "Thank you, Shania, I promise not to kiss you," said
Tyson, referring to the open-mouthed liplock between Madonna and Britany
Spears at the recent MTV awards.
0309.08-Sylvia Tyson: Shania Impresses her [Canoe]:
 On tonight's
CCMA Awards, Shania will be inducting Sylvia Tyson into the Hall of Fame.
Sylvia talked about Shania.....
Tyson expressed gratitude towards the CCMA and said
she was pleased superstar Shania Twain would be presenting her with the
award tonight. "We've not met, but I was very flattered that
not only would she do it but that she would come all the way here to do
it," said Tyson. "I think she's a really good singer and songwriter.
I really admire the way she sidestepped the whole Nashville country
machine and basically just did it."
0309.08-Single
Correction, no Nah! [CountryStars]:
CountryStars.com posts a correction to their story on Friday...
Last week we quoted
www.shania.com, a
Shania-friendly, but not official, Shania site, saying her next single
would be "Nah." Turns out, according to her label,
her next single is to be "SHE'S NOT A PRETTY FACE."
Shania's label states that her only official sites are
www.shaniatwain.com
and
www.shania-twain.com (the label site).
0309.06-Eja's
favorite song, next single [CountryStars]:
According to
Shania, Eja's favorite song from Up! is Nah!. Eja loves the Nah na na na
part. It is also Shania's next single. No date has been announced
for the release.
0309.06-Shania
talks pets [Yahoo]:
 As
we all know, Shania has three dogs, and a lot of horses. Shania was asked
about adopting a homeless pet. Shania says
Celebrities speak out on why adopting a homeless pet is a rewarding
experience for everyone involved.
"Animals make a wonderful gift. Don't love them and
leave them and they will love you unconditionally forever and for always."
0309.05-"When
You Kiss Me" [Country
Stars]:
 What
is the secret to Shania's marriage?
Shania Twain tells us her marriage to
writer/producer, Mutt Lange, is a success because they have so much in
common. They both love making music, they have similar tastes in music and
life-style, they have a zillion dollars between them, so there's no money
problem, they have a wonderful young baby together, plus they are madly in
love with each other.
0309.04-"Kiss
This!" [CountryNation]:
 Shania
Twain has partnered with BeneFit Cosmetics and Glamour magazine to create
the new lipstick, "Shania Red." All net proceeds from the sale of the
lipstick will be given to the American Heart Association.
Shania picked her favorite shade of red to be the Shania Red lipstick, a
sweetheart sheer red color. $14 at Sephora stores and benefitcosmetics.com.
Shania will be on the cover of the October issue of Glamour -- and I
assume the CMA knows where to kiss it.
GREAT MENTION
COUNTRYNATION!!!
0309.04-More
about the Fan Con at the STC [STC]:
 "Shania's
fans hold near and dear to their hearts what Shania does," says Tracy
Hautanen, Customer Service Manager, Shania Twain Centre. To prove they do,
the fans who took part in the World Wide Shania Twain Fan Club Convention
collected money for the South Porcupine - Porcupine Food Bank.
On the night of the banquet dinner at the McIntyre restaurant, fans
collected $310.42 Canadian and $70.00 American.
The fans said they made the donation in honour of the Shania Twain Centre
Staff for all the hard work and preparation involved to organize the first
ever event.
To read more about the Fan Club convention and the back stage tour they
received, please use the tNN.com search function and key words: Shania's
Fans.
Way to go Shania Fans!!!!!!
0309.04-Shania
& American Heart Assoc.
[Mercury]:
 Shania
Twain has partnered with BeneFit Cosmetics and Glamour magazine to
create the lipstick, SHANIA RED - on sales only from Sept 3rd -- Dec
31st! ALL net proceeds from the sale of SHANIA RED will be given
to the American Heart Association. Shania picked her favorite shade of
red to be the SHANIA RED lipstick, a sweetheart sheer red color. SHANIA
RED lipstick, $14, will be sold nationwide at Sephora stores and
benefitcosmetics.com.
Shania
Red
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BeneFit Cosmetics & Glamour magazine.
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0309.04-Shania will also be on the cover October Issue of
Glamour
 Magazine. It was reported on the
Shania Forums
:
The magazine will be supporting heart disease.
Shania, on the front cover, among other famous women will be supporting
heart disease. All of them will be wearing red.
The woman from the magazine mention that Shania's
grandmother died form the disease. You can purchase lipstick (that Shania
as on) and a pin to support the disease.
0309.03-In
her Jeep? [Starlocity]:
It is being
reported that Chrysler Jeep is showing some interest in Shania's song "In
My Car" for possible use in its advertising campaign for their Jeep
vehicles.
First it was Celine Dion who "Drove All Night" to
promote US car company Chrysler. Then Madonna pocketed £1 million for a
role in a BMW commercial. Now Music Insider NinetyNine tells us that
Chrysler's Jeep division may well be about to chase Canadian diva Shania
Twain, to help sell their wheels.
It is one of Twain's catchy, up-beat tracks that has reportedly caught the
attention of advertisers. Her current album "Up!" contains the fun and
empowering tune, "In My Car, I'll Be The Driver!". Twain sings:
"You can choose the channel when we're watchin' the TV. Oh, babe it's
okay. And you can pick the flavor when we're orderin' ice cream - I don't
mind! Yeah, that's fine, I'd do anything for you - But in my car I'll be
the driver! In my car I'm in control! In my car I come alive.. and in my
car I am the driver. Watch me now!"
The Shania details are yet to be officially confirmed, but we think that
"I'm On My Way!" (or Shania, in Ojibway Indian) would be the best slogan
to accompany such a promotion - if Jeep were to give it the green light.
0309.01-For
Shania, things are Up! [Starlocity]
 To say
that things are going very well for Shania Twain at the moment is an
understatement. The Canadian beauty's current opus, "Up!" is fast
approaching sales of 10 million copies worldwide. In Europe, the latest
track to be lifted from the album is "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday
Come So Soon)", whilst in the USA, Mercury is gearing up to release the
catchy "Nah!". Twain will begin her "Up!" tour in the USA in September. 20
dates have currently been announced. In the new year, the tour will extend
to South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Twain will bring husband
"Mutt" Lange and their 2-year-old son Eja on the road with her.
0309.01-Shania
deserves better [Country
Nation]:
Reaction
to the CMA nominations continues. The latest site to react to Shania not
being nominated for any awards is
countrynation.com.
Up/Down
-- Up: Shania Twain's recent NBC special has pushed her album, "Up!"...
well, up. A jump of 15 notches -- along with a 70% increase in sales to
No. 19 on the Billboard 200. The show drew 8.9 million viewers and ranked
21st among the week's TV programs.
Down: Despite her continued success, Shania got the big CMA Awards
nomination-door slammed in her face last week. Yet, when the CMA wants
to put a better face on country music sales, they're sure quick to include
her huge numbers. Sad. She deserves better treatment.
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