With a sea of people before her, Shania Twain thanks Glastonbury for inviting her to perform in the so-called Legends Slot. She comments on how she can feel the support from the crowd and how special it is to perform at the festival. Twain made sure to prepare extensively for the show by talking up her performance for months. She also took a tour before the show, wanting to know every inch of the “whole city” that is Worthy Farm. Twain even reached out to the previous night’s headliner for tips to improve her own performance.
Twain hoped to arrive at the festival on horseback and convinced Great Western Railways to change the branding of some of their trains to “Shania Trains”. Although she was not able to get a stallion on stage like she hoped, Twain made an entrance, being walked on stage by drag queens and six accompanying dancers with colourful hobby horses.
Instantly launching into one of her most famous songs, That Don’t Impress Me Much, Twain had the crowd on their feet. Twain was adorned in a rhinestone-studded cowboy hat, a black mini-dress with a cascading pink cloak that she twirled around with a flamboyant abandon. She commented on how the atmosphere was “amazing” and how she could see everything, including “a lot of cowboy hats and leopard print.”
Twain’s booking was a stroke of genius in a year where country music has returned to the charts, with the likes of Beyonce and Kacey Musgraves. Twain was one of the first “crossover” stars in the 1990s and there is no doubt that she has influenced many of today’s modern-day country singers. Her extensive discography includes empowering anthems that speak to women, such as Man! I Feel Like A Woman and You’re Still The One. Sitting down with an acoustic guitar, Twain asks her audience to join in with singing You’re Still the One which is met with an almost deafening chorus of voices.
Twain was more than happy with the response she received after her show. Fans raved to the BBC about how amazing she was and what a fantastic show she put on. One fan commented on how she was “girl power, completely.” Twain’s 14-song set was an amazing mix of her classics and newer songs, which included Honey, I’m Home, From This Moment On, Man! I Feel Like A Woman!, Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You), and any fans’ personal favourites
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