How Long Is Shania Twain Concert?
How long is an average Shania Twain concert?
Currently, Canadian country pop artist Shania Twain is famous for her spectacularly choreographed concerts, vibrant and flashy costumes, pyrotechnics, video inserts, and active stage presence with no time for a breather. What is, however, little known is how long Shania's legendary live shows are. Let us look at what a fan can expect to see from the time Shania Twain is on that stage to the time she gets off the stage.
The Main Set
Even though every large concert tour has a shape, the main set is the largest part of any Shania Twain concert. This is the show where Twain does most of the major radio hits, along with some of the following and some songs that are not necessarily main hits but album tracks. Going by different fan accounts and feedback from the recent concerts from her Vegas residency and previous tours, Shania's main set is generally around 75–90 minutes.
In her show at Vegas known as Still the One, which she conducted for two years between 2012 and 2014, Shania entertained her audience with a high-tech 75-minute set that included varied costumes: cowgirl outfits, leopard skin outfits, and sparkly gowns for each successive song. Through the 75 minutes that the fans listened to, they got to hear gigantic Shania songs, which included That Don't Impress Me Much, Man! I Feel Like a Woman!, You're Still the One, and From This Moment On are other songs from her albums and versions of other songs.
Based on the reviews again, it is evident that during her Up!" tour between 2003 and 2004, in support of her record-breaking 1997 album titled Come On Over, Shania also had a principal set of 75–90 minutes. The original production was complex: there were stages, chutes or conveyor belts, trap doors and lifts, and Twain was able to dash from one song to another in different outfits. Because of all the motion and dashing around, it would take tremendous cardio endurance for Shania to achieve this!
The Encorges/Enchanted Forest
Following that fast-paced 75–90 minutes of Shania's main set, further performances typically include what Twain labels as Encorges and Enchanted Forest. These include an often acapella, slower part with some sort of visual theme to do with nature.
Her encorges are as simple as the singer dressed in jeans, boots and flannel shirts singing around a fake campfire stage with beautiful forest scenes on the backgrounds. This segment has been 8–10 minutes of singing in a less glamorous setting, country style, rather than the glamour of dancing with all the light and pyrotechnics in the main performance. The Encorges sets give both Shania and the audience the opportunity to take a breather, though in a very Shania Twain kind of way and still enjoy more hits.
Likewise, in some of her shows, such as her Up! 2003–04 concert, Shania incorporated a giant castle like a forest of trees and flowers, furniture, and anything else that would make it magical floating in mid-air. In this set, Twain would do another five to six ballads, such as You're Still the One and From This Moment On, to give the audience an opportunity to be spellbound by Shania in the Enchanted Forest before moving to the wild last segment.
The Finale
After a fun-filled session of Shania and her fans doing the Encorges/Enchanted Forest, comes the final concert scene. Usually, some of them are the hit-making party songs that her fans eagerly await, Shania brings her concert to a fitting close. The last part is another 15-20 minutes of Shania Twain's performance, during which she says goodbye and performs stunning effects of confetti cannons and pyrotechnics, as well as a finale with her main popular songs.
At the end of Still the One residency show, Twain sang with energy that some considered too aggressive for hering the house in red, white, and blue sequins for 16 minutes of dancing and singing. This encore medley involved foot-stomping singalongs to Rock This Country!" and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" as well as the ever-popular Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" song that Shania had been performing from an air-suspended platform.
Other recent Shania tours also ended with an energy-filled finale, such as the Up! Tour's finale number, a performance of If You're Not the One for the Love, Im Outta Here! accompanied by blinding lights and powerful bass. After over an hour and a half of performing, Shania does not only have a spectacular grand finale concluding the show, but also a grand finale that brings the audience home feeling satisfied and entertained.
The Total Show Length
Therefore, when tallying the usual parts, which comprise the 75-90 minute opening main set, the 8–10 song Encorges/Enchanted segment, and the finale medley of around 15-20 minutes, the typical Shania Twain show lasts between 2 hours and 2 hours and 15 minutes on average.
Of course, in Vegas, where you do not get a curfew, Shania was able to perform for just over two and a half hours each night and sometimes go even further if she was really enjoying performing on stage and also engaging with the crowd. But for the average tour stop, what fans should anticipate is 2 hours of continuous adrenaline rush at Shania's concerts until they are left panting and dizzy on their feet, asking for more!
As for live performances, Shania has been on stage for more than 30 years and has turned into one of the most cherished symbols of country music, but it is crucial to mention that she still performs extremely well on stage. The only times fan reviews suggest show length and production value spiking and diminishing in some occasions, fans are unanimous that those two hours inside a Shania Twain concert are as exciting and fast as a few minutes. Every time the lights go on, fans are always elated yet anticipative at the same time as they want the Queen of Country Pop to perform again!
