OMG anyone else watching Shania Twain at Glasto?

Did anyone read her book? Again, I was surprised by it. She's always seemed a private person but it had loads of details about losing her virginity, her husband cheating on her* and her stepdad touching her.

*page after page of how angry she was at her best friend/PA. She seemed to blame her much more than the husband.

I saw her in Glasgow a few years ago and she was great.

I feel like I'm watching the musical equivalent of Joe Biden.

She was such a recluse for such a long time as well. Even before the Lyme disease. When she was with the weirdo husband. Can't understand what is making her come and hawk herself around every festival this summer. Does she have money problems or is she having a last hurrah before retiring? Sort of a late mid-life crisis where she's trying to prove she still has it?

I was supposed to be seeing her at Stirling Summer Sessions but I cancelled when I realised it was "standing in a field" as opposed to something civilised! Can't say I'm sorry now tbh.

I'm sorry to say all these things.

I see it's already been pointed out to you how ridiculous this comment is 😂

I was a chef, but a neuro condition damaged my hands and wrists. I no longer get paid to cook.

She may “look great”, but she doesn’t look like Shania Twain, does she?

sorry but shhe was bad time to all it a day

at one point she forgot what te next song was

if illness has damage her voice then stop she an affor to

Oh my - that made my day!

She was diabolical... Compared to how fantastic Cat Stevens was last year!! He was brilliant!!! Mum and I watched him at home. After seeing Bruce at Hyde Park CS was the highlight of my year!

She is a particularly technically skilled singer, like Mariah Carey. Most mainstream singers, even very famous ones, haven't got that level of skill. (I'm leaving off theatrical singers.)

Céline Dion reportedly managed perfectly when her ear piece failed. There is someone with perfect pitch, and a true singer.

It's all so subjective. I'm trained in music to a reasonably good standard so can tell if somebody's out of tune but have a friend who will listen to the same thing and declare it to be "pitch perfect"

I always think the legend spotters should always be given a bit of leeway with how good they sound, it's more about the singalong(drowning out the now dodgy vocals of our old favourites) and the feel good vibes. I expect total top tier standard of vocals from the headliners (which is why macca & Elton should have been doing the legend spot also!) IMHO 😁 although this thread has made me laugh today

😂nearly had wine running out of my nose at that!

She was dire. I was confused by the choice to have her as the legend slot. Now Lionel Richie 🕺.. he was something. One of the best &most memorable performances I've ever seen at Glastonbury

I agree with you even though I enjoyed it, maybe positive memories prime our ears. I am currently watching Seventeen on catch up just to see what all the fuss is about and for me it is derivative shit, like a sort of Take That from decades ago who have multiplied like an amobea. I am not their demographic but they are shit, like bad musical theatre.

If you want to hear someone who can really sing, watch Brittany Howard who's on now, incredible, powerful, soulful voice!

We turned off as it was so poor. Sad if she has been ill and it has impacted her voice but like any other job, if you can no longer do it adequately then it’s time to stop.

The Sugababes would have been good for this slot. Lots of sing along songs and I enjoyed their set.

I can understand her voice changing and that she would look older but she is unrecognisable, like a totally different person she has had so much surgery, its very disconcerting to see.

She looks absolutely incredible

@Ihaveahamster

“drunk old bird”

misogynistic much??

Said the poster with awards,sellout tours,acclaim and a fan base? When you’re just a gripey auld bird on mn

I've just watched her on YouTube and she sounds like most people at a massive rock festival, familiar if you know the music but not 100% on key. Sound systems at these big events never do justice to the singer's real voice

A lot of pretty nasty comments on here about a fantastic Grammy Award winning singer, I've seen her live in an open air concert in Hyde Park and she was fab. Plus I've got her double album Up and every song is classy, anthems for women with great lyrics.

Meat Loaf was the same, his voice was terrible near the end of his career.

Monitor problems don't help though, that adds to the issues as finding the right key becomes a nightmare.

I can only think of two singers able to perform when monitors have broken, Stevie wonder and Freddie Mercury and a very much doubt Freddie Mercury could do it in the 85 to 86 period when his voice was cracking all over the place. I think unless you have perfect pitch, or almost perfect relative pitch it messes your ability to sing in key up.

Think you're telling porkies as Elton was sensational last year.

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She's 58 years old.

By MN standards that's teetering on the edge of dementia, drawers full of lavender bags and carers twice a day.

On the contrary, I have seen multiple threads on MN where people encourage women to leave their dull or unhappy marriage at that sort of age, because 'you're still so YOUNG OP!'

They say 'you have loads of life left, probably 40 years, and at LEAST ten years of working life. You can get a degree, forge a new career, get a whole new bunch of friends, and a wonderful new life. Re-invent yourself! My friend Sue did it. She left her DH after 37 years (at 56,) and got an amazing new man 30 years younger. She looks 20 years younger, and has a new career with a £100K a year salary.'

And that's on top of the multiple threads encouraging women to have babies at 48-50, because it's still SO YOUNG!

I rarely see any 'you're past it at 58 comments' tbh!