A fan in Manchester was absolutely stunned last night when Shania Twain came out on stage wearing an outfit he’d designed for her.
Ewan Job from Northwich had managed to catch the Queen of Country’s eye after sharing videos of his creation on social media.
And all his dreams came true last night when Shania popped up on stage, dressed in the pink two-piece design he’d made her.
Video shared by the country star shows her striding out onto stage wearing Ewan’s ‘Primaewan’ design, while he gasps in shock in the audience.
And then she went one step further, pulling him up on to the huge AO Arena stage with him.
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Shania Twain said on X: “Ewan posted this gorgeous Queen Of Me inspired outfit on Instagram and campaigned with the fans to get it seen and, well, it worked! Thank you @primaewan, it’s an honor to wear one of your designs… and I’m glad you approved of my Shania’d version!!”
Ewan posted this gorgeous Queen Of Me inspired outfit on Instagram and campaigned with the fans to get it seen and, well, it worked! 💖 Thank you @primaewan, it’s an honor to wear one of your designs… and I’m glad you approved of my Shania’d version!! 😂 pic.twitter.com/OXPkTEN6qk
Speaking to Gaydio today, he said: “I didn’t expect any of it. Nobody told me what was going to happen. I just went in thinking I was going to see Shania Twain.”
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Ewan said he decided to just ‘try his luck’ and reach out to Shania, who he said is his ‘dream person to design for’.
The young designer had shared videos of the outfit – a hot pink co-ord covered in flame-shaped rhinestones – on social media.
He wrote: “Hey @shaniatwain !! I met you in London for the album signing this year and you said you loved my jacket I made.
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“I’m seeing you in Manchester on Monday and it’d be a DREAM for you to wear one of my designs! It’s yours if you want it.”
Turns out – Shania really did want it.
Designer Ewan was stunned in the audience at the sight of Shania Twain in the outfit he designedShania Twain wearing Ewan’s creation
The star’s manager got in touch with Ewan and asked if he could drop the outfit at her hotel – which he did, in an Asda gift bag.
Shania then customised the outfit further, turning the sleeves into knee-high boots and adding long layers of hot pink tulle.
She asked Ewan on stage: “I hope you don’t mind that I Shania’d it?”
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Ewan told Gaydio: “It was unreal because obviously there was the whole anticipation of her coming out, she came out and she was in a big coat so you couldn’t see what she was wearing underneath.
“Then the second song she came out on this lift thing and she was wearing it, and I was like ‘ooh my god’.”
Fans are preparing to pay tribute to Mani from The Stone Roses ahead of his funeral service
Danny Jones
Stone Roses fans and Greater Manchester locals alike are getting ready to pay their respects to the late, great, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, following his tragic passing last month.
As well as details surrounding his funeral being announced earlier this week, the iconic Manc musician’s cause of death has also finally been revealed.
While Hatton’s service featured a high-profile cortège which started all the way from his hometown of Hyde, past multiple landmarks and ending at the Etihad Stadium, those local to Mani’s family home on the edge of Stockport are also being welcomed to help send him off.
It's the funeral of Mani of the Stone Roses on the 22nd. He lived locally. This poster is asking people to line the route of his funeral cortege to "show that he truly was adored". pic.twitter.com/X0DYHl10Hp
He had been struggling with emphysema for some time; he was declared dead at his home in the suburb of Heaton Moor, and is said to have died peacefully in his sleep.
As you can see from the posters put in various places around the area, residents wishing to pay their own tributes to Mani before his private funeral service at Manchester Cathedral are encouraged to line the long street leading down from St Paul’s and Heaton Moor United Church as he heads towards the city.
Departing Parsonage Road from 10am on Monday, 22 December, before turning right onto Heaton Moor Rd, then Wellington and eventually on to the Cathedral, you can expect plenty of people to show up.
One of those people will be his former bandmate and another influential guitarist, John Squire, who is one of many famous musical names to have honoured him in their own way over the last few weeks.
Other members of The Stone Roses, as well as Primal Scream (who he joined in 1996), are expected to join the close family and friends at the service itself.
Nevertheless, we have no doubt that plenty will be observing the funeral in their own way.
So, for those of you also looking to honour him, you know what to do; and to quote the poster itself, “together we can show this local legend and his family that he was truly adored.”
Boyzone to reunite for exclusive New Year’s Eve special on the BBC
Danny Jones
2025 has very much been the year of the comeback – be it Oasis, Britpop fashion in general, or short bobs and pixie cuts – so it’s only fitting that we round off the calendar with one last reunion, as throwback boyband Boyzone are set to feature on a TV special on the BBC this New Year’s Eve.
Turns out ‘All That I Need’ to make a year memorable is a load of 1990s nostalgia.
Now, obviously, despite plenty of other music names enjoying a second renaissance over the past 12 months or so, nothing is ever going to be quite as big as the Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour.
However, if you asked us to guess which group from the era were also going to reunite this year back in January, there’s not a chance we would’ve said Boyzone.
Boyzone are telling us about coming back together for one final run in their most unforgettable concerts yet 🎤
After news first began circulating earlier this week, it has now been confirmed that musician turned presenter Ronan Keating will be getting back together with two of his former bandmates.
Joining the 48-year-old for ‘Ronan & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party’, ex-Boyzone members Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch are part of an exciting live music lineup.
Other names include actor and singer, Shona McGarty, who recently starred on season 25 of I’m A Celeb, as well as fellow 90s pop artist Louise Redknapp and singer-songwriter Calum Scott.
The exclusive reunion comes after the success of the recently aired Boyzone: No Matter What documentary show.
Spread across three parts on Sky, the docuseries (named after their hit song from 1998) looks back on the career and journey up the charts back in their heyday, all the way up to the present. After seemingly striking a chord with fans and the lads themselves, it looks like they’re not done after all…
Yes, not only is the festive TV special going to see three of the original members performing alongside each other again, but
Here’s hoping that turns into a springboard for something even bigger, and we get a Manchester arena show sometime soon.
As for the programme itself, ‘Ronan & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party’ will be broadcast on BBC One and made available on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday, 31 December 2025.
Daisy Jackson -
26th September 2023 
