Now Tour (Shania Twain)

The Now Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by Canadian recording artist Shania Twain, in support of her fifth studio album Now (2017). The tour began on May 3, 2018, in Tacoma, and was initially scheduled to conclude in Las Vegas on August 4, 2018^[1][2] but was later extended to conclude in Dunedin on December 22, 2018. The tour marks Twain's first since 2015's Rock This Country Tour, which, at the time, Twain announced would be her final run out on the road.^[3]

Now Tour

Tour by Shania Twain
Associated album	Now
Start date	May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)
End date	December 22, 2018 (2018-12-22)
Legs	4
No. of shows	46 in North America 1 in South America 18 in Europe 12 in Oceania 77 in total
Box office	US$76 million
Shania Twain concert chronology

Background

During an interview with ET Canada, on June 29, 2017, Twain stated that she had a change of heart and was ready to hit the road again to support her upcoming album, Now, stating "Now that I've got new music, I'm really motivated to do that music live".^[4]

On August 16, 2017, while appearing on The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon announced that Twain will be embarking on the Now Tour in 2018. The following day on August 17, 2017, Twain confirmed that she will be going on tour to support her upcoming album Now, through social media with tickets going on sale the following week.^[5][6]

Following on from various promotional appearances for Now in the UK, including an exclusive set at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park,^[7] Twain announced the UK/Ireland dates on September 20, 2017. Revealing her excitement over her tour news, Shania said, "It's time to get back out there and give the music a chance to live a life!" Tickets for shows in Dublin and Belfast sold out within minutes, prompting Twain to add a second Dublin show.^[8] Additional dates for both Glasgow and London were announced after tickets for the initial dates quickly sold out.^[9] Due to demand, extra dates were added for Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland.^[10] An additional concert for New Zealand was added for December 22 in Dunedin after the first two in Auckland sold out.^[11]

On February 26, 2018, she was announced as headliner for the Festa do Peão de Barretos, her first concert in Brazil.^[12] Negotiations for this to happen took over 20 years and Twain was paid over 1.1 million to perform for 55,000 fans who came from multiple countries of South America.^[13]

At the end of 2018, the tour placed at number 34 on Pollstar's "2018 Year-End Top 100 Worldwide Tours" list, estimating that it grossed $51.5 million and that 596,972 people attended throughout the year.^[14] In July 2019, Pollstar ranked the tour on number 69 at the Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2019 with $8.5 million and 74,533 of tickets sold in 7 shows.^[15]

Overall according to Pollstar, the tour grossed $60 million in 59 dates for a total attendance of 671,505 people in an average of 11,381 fans per concert paying $100.40 for each ticket. According to Touring Data, which combines published and non-published boxscores in Pollstar and Billboard magazine, the tour had an estimated gross of $76 million in 76 dates and 860,000 tickets sold worldwide.

The tour is the best-selling tour for a country female artist in 2018 and the seventh best-selling for a female artist overall in the same year.^[14] The Now Tour helped secure Twain's place as the second highest-grossing country female artist in the decade with over $190 million collected, only behind Taylor Swift.

Critical reception

The tour opened to positive critical reception. Fish Griwkowsky of the Edmonton Journal called the tour Twain's best,^[16] while Matt Olsen of the StarPhoenix complimented the show saying it was "filled with extravagance and punctuated with genuine emotion".^[17]

Opening acts

On April 11, 2018, Swiss singer Bastian Baker confirmed he would be the opening act for all of the tour's 77 dates. Baker previously opened for Twain on the final two dates of her 2015 Rock This Country Tour.^[18]

The Shires joined Twain and Baker for the UK and Ireland dates.^{[19][non-primary source needed]}

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on May 3, 2018, at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.^{[citation needed]}

1. "Life's About to Get Good"
2. "Come on Over"
3. "Up!"
4. "Poor Me"
5. "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)"
6. "That Don't Impress Me Much"
7. "Let's Kiss and Make Up"
8. "Any Man of Mine"
9. "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"
10. "Honey, I'm Home"
11. "I'm Alright"
12. "Soldier"
13. "You're Still the One"
14. "More Fun"
15. "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" (Video Interlude) (contains elements of "You Win My Love", "Don't!" and "Forever and for Always")
16. "From This Moment On"
17. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
18. "Party for Two"
19. "Swingin' with My Eyes Closed"
20. "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
21. "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
22. "Rock This Country!"

Additional Notes

• "Rock This Country!" was cut from the set list beginning with the July 27 Denver show.^[20]
• "Let's Kiss and Make Up" was cut from the set list beginning with the August 1 Fresno show.^{[citation needed]}
• Brazil's show was set with no moving cubes and a slight change to set list.^{[citation needed]}
• "Soldier" was cut from the set list beginning with the September 19 Glasgow show.^{[citation needed]}
• "Soldier" was replaced by an interlude of "Ka-Ching!" performed by the backup dancers and singers for the Europe leg of the tour.^{[citation needed]}
• For the Europe leg, no encore number(s) were performed, and the final song is "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"^{[citation needed]}

Shows

List of concerts showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America[3]
May 3, 2018	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome	13,753 / 13,753	$979,630
May 5, 2018	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	26,375 / 26,375	$2,301,320
May 6, 2018
May 9, 2018	Edmonton		Rogers Place	26,183 / 26,183	$2,756,837
May 10, 2018
May 12, 2018	Saskatoon		SaskTel Centre	12,533 / 12,533	$1,310,375
May 13, 2018	Winnipeg		Bell MTS Place	11,552 / 11,552	$1,175,928
May 15, 2018	Saint Paul	United States	Xcel Energy Center	14,167 / 14,167	$1,266,557
May 16, 2018	Sioux Falls		Denny Sanford Premier Center	8,950 / 8,950	$737,774
May 18, 2018	Omaha		CenturyLink Center Omaha	13,236 / 13,236	$1,023,280
May 19, 2018	Chicago		United Center	12,451 / 12,451	$1,134,116
June 1, 2018	Sunrise		BB&T Center	8,172 / 8,172	$630,470
June 2, 2018	Tampa		Amalie Arena	12,524 / 12,524	$1,195,568
June 4, 2018	Duluth		Infinite Energy Arena	8,661 / 8,661	$653,875
June 6, 2018	Dallas		American Airlines Center	12,194 / 12,194	$1,168,083
June 7, 2018	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	7,771 / 10,630	$664,423
June 9, 2018	Houston		Toyota Center	10,118 / 10,118	$966,244
June 10, 2018	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	10,959 / 10,959	$899,089
June 12, 2018	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena	11,118 / 11,118	$648,185
June 13, 2018	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	12,025 / 12,025	$947,964
June 15, 2018	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena	12,357 / 12,357	$1,118,221
June 16, 2018	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	12,706 / 14,353	$1,135,361
June 25, 2018	Ottawa	Canada	Canadian Tire Centre	13,430 / 13,430	$1,195,923
June 26, 2018	Montreal		Bell Centre	12,467 / 14,402	$1,060,608
June 28, 2018	Quebec City		Videotron Centre	12,189 / 13,415	$1,008,070
June 30, 2018	Hamilton		FirstOntario Centre	12,043 / 12,787	$1,212,035
July 3, 2018	London		Budweiser Gardens	17,198 / 17,198	$1,483,923
July 4, 2018
July 6, 2018	Toronto		Scotiabank Arena	28,360 / 29,233	$2,718,044
July 7, 2018
July 11, 2018	Boston	United States	TD Garden	12,818 / 12,818	$1,169,006
July 12, 2018	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	11,932 / 14,276	$677,648
July 14, 2018	Brooklyn		Barclays Center	10,286 / 13,678	$850,953
July 15, 2018	Washington, D.C.		Capital One Arena	12,076 / 13,541	$964,316
July 17, 2018	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena	12,482 / 13,465	$759,533
July 18, 2018	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	10,601 / 10,601	$818,874
July 20, 2018	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	13,433 / 15,171	$987,841
July 21, 2018	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	16,264 / 16,264	$1,441,204
July 24, 2018	Kansas City		Sprint Center	12,671 / 12,671	$1,055,738
July 25, 2018	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	11,858 / 13,051	$1,036,654
July 27, 2018	Denver		Pepsi Center	12,075 / 12,823	$1,029,394
July 28, 2018	Salt Lake City		Vivint Smart Home Arena	10,256 / 10,776	$916,303
July 30, 2018	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena	12,822 / 12,822	$1,177,835
August 1, 2018	Fresno		Save Mart Center	9,830 / 10,993	$613,419
August 3, 2018	Los Angeles		Staples Center	11,954 / 13,293	$919,244
August 4, 2018	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	11,516 / 11,516	$1,008,100
South America[21]
August 18, 2018	Barretos	Brazil	Parque do Peão	100,000 / 100,000[22]	$1,400,000
Europe[23]
September 19, 2018	Glasgow	United Kingdom	SSE Hydro	21,125 / 21,238	$2,097,620
September 21, 2018
September 22, 2018	Manchester		Manchester Arena	14,331 / 14,548	$1,425,280
September 24, 2018	Birmingham		Arena Birmingham	10,713 / 10,713	$1,055,379
September 26, 2018	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	24,606 / 24,606	$2,157,346
September 27, 2018
September 29, 2018	Belfast	United Kingdom	SSE Arena	9,543 / 9,543	$704,094
October 2, 2018	London		The O2 Arena	20,652 / 25,485	$2,009,010
October 3, 2018
October 5, 2018	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	—	—
October 6, 2018	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
October 8, 2018	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena	4,500 / 4,500	$350,174
October 10, 2018	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	—	—
October 11, 2018	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
October 13, 2018	Hamburg	Germany	Barclaycard Arena
October 14, 2018	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena
October 16, 2018	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
October 17, 2018	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
Oceania[24]
November 30, 2018	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena	11,499 / 12,633	$1,310,410
December 2, 2018	Adelaide		Botanic Park	—	—
December 5, 2018	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	17,831 / 17,831	$2,208,308
December 6, 2018
December 8, 2018	Hunter Valley		Hope Estate	—	—
December 11, 2018	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	23,459 / 30,000	$2,597,647
December 12, 2018
December 14, 2018	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena	21,744 / 22,000	$2,455,260
December 15, 2018
December 18, 2018	Auckland	New Zealand	Spark Arena	15,765 / 19,664	$1,739,870
December 19, 2018
December 22, 2018	Dunedin		Forsyth Barr Stadium	—	—
Total				742,134 / 783,796 (94.6%)	$66,898,979

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