Shania Twain, the queen of country music, will visit Manchester next week on her huge tour.
It’s her first world tour in almost five years (though there was a lengthy Las Vegas residency in between).
Shania Twain is set to perform at the AO Arena in support of new album Queen of Me on 3 February 2023 – her sixth full-length album.
The 49-date tour will see her performing in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester next year.
Shania, a five-time Grammy Award-winner, has become the best-selling female artist in country music history thanks to hits like That Don’t Impress Me Much, Man I Feel Like A Woman, and I’m Gonna Getcha Good.
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Here’s everything you need to know.
Tickets for Shania Twain in Manchester
It’s slim pickings for tickets for Shania Twain’s AO Arena gig.
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At the time of writing, the gig isn’t completely sold out, but most of the tickets are single seats.
There’s better availability in a couple of blocks which are essentially behind the stage, and that means an obstructed view. So not ideal.
Tickets are priced at £83.50 each, with quite a few tickets also being sold through Ticketmaster’s resale service.
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What are the stage times?
Exactly stage times for Shania Twain aren’t likely to be announced until the week of the event itself.
But we do know that doors to the AO Arena will open at 6pm, and the show will start at 7.30pm.
Based on stage times from previous shows, Breland will perform at 7.30pm.
Shania Twain is then likely to hit the stage at around 8.30pm.
We’ll be sure to update this article as soon as stage times for Manchester are announced.
Country and hip-hop star Breland – who has long cited Shania Twain as an inspiration for his music – will be supporting her on her Manchester tour date.
He stunned audiences across the US supporting that leg of the Queen of Me tour, and will now be heading over to this side of the pond too.
Breland’s breakout single My Truck established him as a force on the current music landscape ahead of releasing debut album CROSS COUNTRY last year.
Setlist for Shania Twain’s Manchester concert
The below is Shania Twain’s setlist from The O2 in London earlier this month, which is likely to be simiiar (if not the same) as what we’ll get in Manchester.
Waking Up Dreaming Up! Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) I’m Gonna Getcha Good! Come on Over You’re Still the One Giddy Up! Any Man of Mine Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? Honey, I’m Home Inhale/Exhale Air (with Breland) Party for Two (with Breland) Nah! / She’s Not Just a Pretty Face / Waiter! Bring Me Water! / When / Thank You Baby! (for Makin’ Someday Come So Soon) Pretty Liar From This Moment On Come on Over (A capella snippet with fan) When (A capella snippet with fan) Number One Forever and for Always Rock This Country! Encore: That Don’t Impress Me Much Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
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The venue
The AO Arena has a few strict policies to keep gig-goers safe, so make sure to check entry requirementscarefully before you travel.
For example, only one small bag per person is allowed, and bags like backpacks, travel cases and laptop bags are not permitted inside the arena.
All bags are scanned on entry to check for prohibited items like laser pens, flares, projectiles, weapons, drugs and alcohol, and even selfie sticks.
Liam Gallagher says what everyone’s thinking about SNL’s Oasis sketch dubbed ‘the worst skit ever’
Danny Jones
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has responded to the recent SNL sketch about the band’s reunion and, like virtually everyone else on the planet, he struggled to find it funny.
Put it this way, his reaction was much more short and sweet than most people’s.
In case you missed it, the legendary US comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live (more commonly known as SNL) recently tried to hop on the bandwagon of the worldwide Oasis buzz following the announcement of their comeback.
With no exaggeration, it’s one of the biggest pieces of news not only in music but that the entertainment industry has seen in a long while so, naturally, the long-standing satirical comedy show felt like they had to comment on it. We just kind of wish they hadn’t…
There is a very good chance that this Oasis skit from SNL is the worst thing you will see today, perhaps this week and quite possibly ever. It is grim.
The Saturday Night Live Oasis sketch is bafflingly and embarrassingly bad. I implore you not to watch it, as I did, thinking people were exaggerating its awfulness. Forget the lack of any humour, what were those accents? Essex?
Let us caveat this by assuring you that there have been plenty of genuinely great SNL sketches down the decades and there’s a reason the series has been going for nearly half a century – this just sadly isn’t one of them. Brace yourselves.
Panned by both native and British viewers alike, the attempt to tap into the excitement and poke fun at the ever-amusing Gallagher brothers wasn’t just a swing and miss, it was a complete strike-out as the Yanks would say.
As just one of countless people put it on social media: “Don’t even know where to start with this. Legitimately one of the worst skits I’ve ever seen. Even worse than that Sydney Sweeney dog cheerleader one they did, and that’s saying something.” Seriously, people hate it.
Despite the fact that there’s always been a rich vein of comedy around Oasis – be it the Burnage boys’ perpetual squabbling and unwavering egos, the caricatured look plus the almost overly performative Mancunian persona of the band and their fans – they couldn’t tap into it any of it convincingly at all.
Naturally, Liam Gallagher himself obviously saw the sketch, which has now been dubbed “excruciating”, “beyond cringe” and perhaps “one of the worst ever” online, and when asked his opinion replied in typically dismissive LG fashion:
Put in the nicest way possible, the whole thing just feels like a skit written by someone who clearly isn’t much of a fan and has very little real knowledge of Oasis whatsoever, but who also fundamentally has no real grasp of any real British culture, let alone anything to do with Manchester.
Nevertheless, the Oasis reunion has seemingly brought joy to most of us here in the UK and indeed many other countries around the world including the US, as Manchester’s most famous sons have also sold out all over their North American tour dates despite never quite making it quite as big there.
You can watch all three minutes and 27 seconds of the now infamous Oasis SNL sketch down below but we will warn you now, as good as some of their skits have been over the years this one is genuinely like pulling teeth…
Featured Images — SNL (via YouTube)/Stefan Branding (via Wikimedia Commons)
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PlayStation ‘The Concert’ is coming to Manchester’s Co-op Live next year
Danny Jones
Coming to Manchester and the rest of the world for the very first time, PlayStation™ ‘The Concert’ descends upon the Co-op Live in 2025.
The industry-leading entertainment venue is the largest of its kind in Europe and is already welcoming a whole host of incredible events in its first full calendar year, with countless gigs, the UFC, WWE Live and even Salford poet John Cooper Clarke set to play the arena.
But now Co-op Live is expanding its debut programme with even more variety, including Sony and PlayStation’s ‘The Concert’ World Tour, which will see live orchestras perform some of the platform’s most soundtracks in front of your very eyes.
Landing in Manchester next April, this is one of just six UK dates named as part of the landmark new show and whether you love gaming or simply enjoy a good movie/TV score, this one is for you.
Kicking off in Dublin, it does exactly what it says on the tin: each evening will see the music and soundscapes from some of the most iconic games ever made brought to life by fully-fledged live orchestras like never before.
Bolstered by a state-of-the-art sound system and the level of high-fidelity visuals gamers have come to expect from Sony Entertainment and generations of PlayStation titles, they’re promising a groundbreaking experience.
The first iteration of this live event came with an initial one-off event at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2018 and after growing concept and production value since then, PlayStation The Concert is now coming to over 200 different cities around the globe.
An innovative multi-screen design, combining advanced LED and projection technologies, will enhance the event and deliver the most iconic moments and imagery from these games. Coupled with surround sound, the show delivers breathtaking visual and audio depth, creating an immersive experience that will allow the audience to relive their gaming adventures like never before.
Set to deliver legendary scores from composers like Gustavo Santaolalla (The Last of Us), Joris De Man (Horizon), Ilan Eshkeri (Ghost of Tsushima), and Bear McCreary of the rebooted God of War franchise will reach new heights, offering fans a unique, deeply immersive live concert experience.
2025’s PlayStation The Concert world tour starts its British leg in Birmingham before arriving here in Manchester on 22 April.
General admission tickets for the tour go on live this Friday, 18 October at 3pm but, as per with events at this venue, Co-op Members can access pre-sale from today (Wed, 16 October).
VIP packages are also available. You can get ready to grab yours HERE.