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08-19-2003, 01:59 PM
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TWAIN KEPT A ROLLIN'
Shania Up! Live in Chicago
(8 pm/ET, NBC)
After a three-and-a-half-year hiatus from the concert circuit, country singer Shania Twain takes to the stage for a full-length show done especially for NBC. Tapes were not available; however, I did get a change to chat with the songstress during a recent conference call about the challenges of performing for live and television audiences at the same time.
"In a sense [performing for the cameras] makes it more exciting because the audience also knows that they are on TV and I think that they get more animated and stuff," Twain told TV Guide Online. "It adds an edge to things."
The audience in question was a crowd of 50,000 Chicago residents who crowded Grant Park on July 27th to get a glimpse of the diva's big return to the stage. But in addition to the music, fans at home will get the bonus of watching her enjoy some of the Windy City's famed attractions.
With renditions of her crossover hits, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" and "That Don't Impress Me Much" sure to be on the docket, the Canadian-born performer is sure to present a lively two-hours. "I choose to release up-tempo songs simply because when it comes to live performance I'd rather spend two hours energized," she says. "I like slowing the pace down every once and a while to catch my breath and just get my heart rate back to normal and get more personal. Otherwise, I do prefer to spend the night rocking and being in that energized spirit."
Twain will also be belting out tunes from her most recent CD, Up! — which was released in both country and pop versions in order to make all her fans happy — including her new single "Forever and for Always." And just in case you thought you'd skip tonight's show because you were planning on seeing the diva in person when she heads out on tour this fall, Twain herself promises lots of surprises in both venues. "This was just especially designed for the NBC special... and very different from what the tour is going to be," she insists. "I was just kind of anxious to do a summertime concert between now and the time the actual tour starts."
And since Twain herself was very geared "up" for the special, hopefully this big budget event will "impress" all her viewers. — Angel Cohn
http://www.tvguide.com/tv/review/
TWAIN KEPT A ROLLIN'
Shania Up! Live in Chicago
(8 pm/ET, NBC)
After a three-and-a-half-year hiatus from the concert circuit, country singer Shania Twain takes to the stage for a full-length show done especially for NBC. Tapes were not available; however, I did get a change to chat with the songstress during a recent conference call about the challenges of performing for live and television audiences at the same time.
"In a sense [performing for the cameras] makes it more exciting because the audience also knows that they are on TV and I think that they get more animated and stuff," Twain told TV Guide Online. "It adds an edge to things."
The audience in question was a crowd of 50,000 Chicago residents who crowded Grant Park on July 27th to get a glimpse of the diva's big return to the stage. But in addition to the music, fans at home will get the bonus of watching her enjoy some of the Windy City's famed attractions.
With renditions of her crossover hits, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" and "That Don't Impress Me Much" sure to be on the docket, the Canadian-born performer is sure to present a lively two-hours. "I choose to release up-tempo songs simply because when it comes to live performance I'd rather spend two hours energized," she says. "I like slowing the pace down every once and a while to catch my breath and just get my heart rate back to normal and get more personal. Otherwise, I do prefer to spend the night rocking and being in that energized spirit."
Twain will also be belting out tunes from her most recent CD, Up! — which was released in both country and pop versions in order to make all her fans happy — including her new single "Forever and for Always." And just in case you thought you'd skip tonight's show because you were planning on seeing the diva in person when she heads out on tour this fall, Twain herself promises lots of surprises in both venues. "This was just especially designed for the NBC special... and very different from what the tour is going to be," she insists. "I was just kind of anxious to do a summertime concert between now and the time the actual tour starts."
And since Twain herself was very geared "up" for the special, hopefully this big budget event will "impress" all her viewers. — Angel Cohn