It’s been 16 years since Shania Twain last released a studio album “Up”. In that time, she ended a 14-year relationship with collaborator Mutt Lange and suffered the debilitating effects of a Lyme Disease affliction. Yet on a positive note, executed a residency in Las Vegas and supposedly, two years ago, launched a final farewell tour.
Well, the pride of Timmins Ontario is back! New management, a new album, “Now” ( out Sept 29th on Mercury Nashville) and a 42-date North American tour which includes 15 Canadian dates sees Twain firmly back in the spotlight. A recent appearance on the Jimmy Fallon late night show allowed to plug her latest single “Swingin With My Eyes Closed” and Twain will be omnipresent in the next few months, popping up to perform at the opening ceremonies of the U.S Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadow NY later this month as well as being scheduled to star as the half time entertainment at the 2017 Grey Cup Final at Ottawa’s TD Place November 26th.
“Right from the beginning, I was not going collaborate with anybody. For this one, this needed to be an independent experience,” Twain told the Los Angeles Times. “I hadn’t written by myself for a long time. I was married for 14 years to my collaborator and I really just needed to go back and do this myself and have an uninterrupted flow of creativity that was insular to see what I was made of and see what we have there.”
Of the 42 dates announced so far, Canadian cities benefit from 15 of those shows including multiple dates in Vancouver, Edmonton, London On and Toronto as well as single dates in Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary, Ottawa, Hamilton, Montreal and Quebec City.
The full tour so far is as follows:
May 03 Tacoma Wa – Tacoma Dome
May 5-6 Vancouver BC – Rogers Arena
May 9-10 Edmonton AB – Rogers Place
May 12 – Saskatoon SK – Sasktel Centre
May 13 – Winnipeg MB – MTS Centre
May 15 – St Paul MN – Xces Energy Centre
May 16 – Sioux Falls SD – Denis Sanford Premier Center
May 18 – Omaha NE – Century Link Centre
May 19 – Chicago Il – United Centre
June 01 – Fort Lauderdale Fl – BB+T Center
June 02 – Tampa Fl – Amalie Arena
June 04 – Duluth GA – Infinite Energy Center
June 06- Dallas TX – American Airlines Center
June 07 – Austin TX – Frank Erwin Center
June 09 – Houston TX – Toyota Center
June 10 – New Orleans LA – Smoothie King
June 12- North Little Rock AR –Verizon Arena
June 13- St Louis MO – Scottrade Center
June 15- Detroit Mi – Little Caesars
June 16-Cleveland OH – Quick Loans Arena
June 25 – Ottawa ON- Canadian Tire Centre
June 26- Montreal QC – Bell Centre
June 28- Quebec City QC – Videotron Centre
July 01- Hamilton ON- First Canadian Centre
July 03-04 – London ON – Budweiser Gardens
July 6-7 Toronto On – Air Canada Centre
July 11 – Boston MA – TD Center
July 12 – Philadelphia PA – Wells Fargo Center
July 14 – Brooklyn NY – Barclays Center
July 15- Washington DC – Capital One Center
July 17 – Pittsburg PA –PPG Paints Center
July 18 – Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
July 20- Louisville KY – KFC Yum Center
July 21- Nashville TN – TBD
July 24- Kansas City MO – Sprint Center
July 25- Des Moines IA – Wells Fargo Arena
July 27- Denver CO _- Pepsi Center
July 28 – Salt Lake City – UT- Vivint Smart Home
July 30 – Phoenix AZ – Talking Point Resort
Aug 01 – Fresno CA – Save Mart Center
Aug 03- Los Angeles CA– Staples Center
Aug 04 – Las Vegas NV- MGM Grand Casino