SHANIA TWAIN’S QUEEN OF ME TOUR
Country singer heads to Hollywood Bowl with a post-pandemic dose of cheery tunes
As Shania Twain was coming up with song ideas for a new album, she wanted to create something to lift her own mood.
The COVID-19 pandemic had just hit, and as she was hunkered down at home, she felt inspired to “put a little up in my giddy,” Twain said during a recent phone interview.
The end result was the single “Giddy Up!” off of her sixth studio album, “Queen of Me,” which dropped this year. It’s an upbeat, country dancepop tune, drenched in feel-good vibes that gave Twain her first Top 10 single in years.
“It was a way to cheer me up,” Twain said of the track ahead of her Queen of Me Tour stops at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday and Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert on May 31.
“The whole album ‘Queen of Me’ ended up being very much in that same spirit,” she continued. “It was like, OK, come on, it’s time to cheer up!”
That sentiment has translated well to the tour shows, Twain insists, which kicked off April 28 in Washington state. It’s also very different from her “Let’s Go!” Las Vegas residency, which played inside Zappos Theater from late 2019 through September 2022.
“It’s been fabulous,” she said of the tour. “We’re having a lot of fun, and the crowds are in great spirits and I’m energized by sharing this music. It’s a variety of music, and that’s really fun for me because I’m doing stuff from way, way back and then new stuff; it’s just a mix of everything.”
And because she knows fans like to take lots of pictures and post videos of the shows on social media, she likes to change things up a bit at each stop to keep it fresh.
With: Hailey Whitters
When:
7 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles
Tickets: Starting at $145 at Ticketmaster.com
Also: 7:30 p.m. May 31 at Acrisure Arena, 75702 Varner Road, Palm Desert.
Tickets start at $95 at Ticketmaster.com.
Country singer Shania Twain promises happy songs and plenty of outfits during her current tour.