GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING ICON SHANIA TWAIN ANNOUNCES BRAND NEW ALBUM QUEEN OF ME AND UK + IRELAND TOUR
3ARENA DUBLIN 19 SEPTEMBER 2023
Album Available Everywhere February 3rd 2023
Pre-order Album For Pre-sale Tour Tickets
New track “Last Day of Summer” Teases New Album Sound
General on sale Friday November 4th at 10am
Tickets from Ticketmaster
Superstar status and genre-crossing appeal…an era-defining artist – NME
One of pop music’s great pioneers – The i
Shania Twain has had a meteoric impact on the music industry…[a] trailblazing star – Stylist
Gearing up for another monumental chapter, five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning legend and the best-selling female artist in country music history Shania Twain will release her new album, Queen of Me, on February 3rd 2023 via EMI – pre-order HERE. It notably stands out as her sixth original full-length offering and first record since 2017.
Rumours of a new tour began circulating on the internet in recent months and fans will be delighted to hear that, to celebrate this next era in style, Shania will embark on the Queen of Me Tour across the UK and Ireland. The tour marks the first time fans will get to see the queen in all of her glory in nearly five years. The Queen of Me Tour kicks off on Saturday September 16th at London’s O2 Arena, and stops in Dublin, Glasgow and Manchester before wrapping up in Birmingham on Tuesday September 26th.
Fans that pre-order the new album, Queen of Me, from the official store before 4pm on Tuesday 1st November will receive a pre-sale code for 2023 tour tickets. Pre-order now HERE
Additionally, Shania and Live Nation have announced that £/€1.50 per ticket sold (less deductions for tax and royalties) will be donated to Shania Kids Can (“SKC”). Established in 2010 by Shania Twain, SKC provides services that promote positive change in children’s lives in times of crises and economic hardship. SKC provides children with one-on-one consultations, academic support and group activities, as well as nutritious snacks and meal programmes where needed, all while in the safe, confidence-building environment that is the Shania Kids Can Clubhouse. These children are learning the skills to cope with and overcome family hardships which, in turn improves their ability to succeed in school. For more information about Shania Kids Can, please visit: www.shaniakidscan.com
She excitedly heralds the highly anticipated album with new song “Last Day of Summer”, offering fans a taste of what to expect from the upcoming new album – listen HERE. The track unfolds as a nostalgic and cinematic anthem set in the final moments of everyone’s favourite season. Delicate guitar melts into a steady beat and screen-worthy strings as she nostalgically recalls, “The last time we were together the first thing I remember every time September comes.” Shania will make it feel like summer forever, like only she can…
This follows the single “Waking Up Dreaming” which headed straight onto the BBC Radio 2 playlist upon release as Shania dropped by Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 show and The One Show to celebrate the new music. She’ll also join the panel of ITV’s Starstruck for its second season, set to air in 2023, alongside Adam Lambert, Beverly Knight and Jason Manford.
Shania Twain continues to be one of the world’s most popular artists, with over 100 million global album sales and 330 million streams in the UK alone. Her third studio album, Come On Over, is the UK’s 15th biggest selling album of all time. Her recently released blockbuster, career-spanning Netflix documentary, Not Just A Girl, was praised by NME, The i, Stylist and more for reminding audiences of her status as a cultural icon and music industry pioneer. Notable celebrity fans include Taylor Swift, Post Malone, Lewis Capaldi, Kacey Musgraves, Haim, Avril Lavigne and Harry Styles, who invited Shania to perform with him when he headlined Coachella earlier this year.
“Let’s go girls..”, the Queen has returned.
Pre-order/Pre-save Queen of Me for exclusive pre-sale access to the tour — HERE
Listen to “Last Day of Summer”— HERE
General sale – Friday November 4th at 10am from Ticketmaster
Tickets from €76.50 including booking fee/facility fee/charity donation.
SHANIA TWAIN ‘QUEEN OF ME’ 2023 UK + IRELAND TOUR DATES
9/16 London, UK O2 Arena
9/19 Dublin, IRE 3Arena
9/22 Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro Arena
9/25 Manchester, UK AO Arena
9/26 Birmingham, UK Utilita Arena
MORE ABOUT SHANIA TWAIN
Last month, she made a grand return with her latest single “Waking Up Dreaming.” In addition to generating 1.8 million Spotify streams, the headline-making music video racked up 1.9 million YouTube views. Right out of the gate, Vulture hailed it as “a motivational, synth-laden pop-rocker with few of the country touches you’d expect from Twain, all of the glamour.” Rolling Stone raved, “It gradually builds to a Shania-worthy maximalist sound, a dance party of gleaming guitars and unfettered bliss.” People affirmed, “Shania Twain is baring it all with her new era of music,” and The Tennessean proclaimed, “Country icon Shania Twain’s season in the sun continues with the release of ‘Waking Up Dreaming’.” Perhaps The TODAY Show summed it up best as “an absolute bop.”
“Waking Up Dreaming” marked her first release in five years since 2017’s critically acclaimed, Now, which bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Top Country Albums Chart upon arrival. It also arrives on the heels of her blockbuster career-spanning documentary Not Just A Girl—streaming on Netflix now. It was notably produced by Mercury Studios and directed by Joss Crowley. To accompany the film, she also presented the compilation album Not Just A Girl (The Highlights) available HERE. And in other news this once-in-a-generation Renaissance Woman joins the star-studded cast of Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration in the role of Mrs. Potts, premiering on ABC December 15 and streaming on Disney+ as of December 16.
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