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OMG anyone else watching Shania Twain at Glasto?

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Ihaveahamster · 30/06/2024 16:16

She’s absolutely awful!

Her voice is harsh and rough, she’s out of tune and out of rhythm. Dreadful.

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RaraRachael · 30/06/2024 18:07

@Youcantellalotofthingsabouttheflowers 100% agree with you.

As for the people saying stuff like "Could you do any better" etc - we're not professional singers getting paid thousands for performing.

Shefliesonherownwings · 30/06/2024 18:04

I must have been watching a totally different set. I thought she looked and sounded amazing considering her health issues and age. The crowd certainly seemed to be loving it, I think she was awesome. Some of the comments on here and incredibly harsh.

Youcantellalotofthingsabouttheflowers · 30/06/2024 18:01

Is she can no longer sing due to damage to ger vocal cords she should hang up her cowboy hat and stop charging people an absolute fortune to go see her. Loads walked out when I was there she was that bad.

Chocoloca · 30/06/2024 17:59

Ihaveahamster · 30/06/2024 16:30

Well somethings not right with her today. She’s murmuring some words as though she’s forgotten them. She honestly sounds drunk to me.

Her vocal cords are permanently damaged due to health conditions.

She is not drunk.

Livinginaclock · 30/06/2024 17:57

ChrissyHynde · 30/06/2024 16:19

It's awful , was going to go to lytham but won't bother now

I'm going and although she didn't sound great, the crowd and atmosphere with still be amazing
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ScribblingPixie · 30/06/2024 17:55

Appalonia · 30/06/2024 17:37

Genuinely curious, so they not do sound checks at Glastonbury? A lot of pp seem to have had sound issues!

My DH said earlier on that they don't.

Chocoloca · 30/06/2024 17:55

Staplerandstappler · 30/06/2024 16:19

She’s no Dolly Parton, that’s for sure. Dolly rocked this slot.

She had an illness damaging her vocal cords.

Otterseatpuffinsdontthey · 30/06/2024 17:53

Really sorry to be reading this about Shania Twain. Seen her in Glasgow a number of years ago. She was absolutely fantastic - as were Dolly Parton, Kylie Minogue, Tina Turner, Sharleen Spiteri (Texas).
Madonna - not so much.

PossumintheHouse · 30/06/2024 17:46

Yeah... She's had a couple of beverages in the sun today.

BeverForget · 30/06/2024 17:46

FailBetter · 30/06/2024 17:06

Stevie Nicks - she could do the slot?

Really? Can you get road crew to do that these days..?

Confusedbythistreat · 30/06/2024 17:44

Oh dear

AllTheWatersTurnedToClouds · 30/06/2024 17:41

We saw her in concert in Nov and she was fab

Youcantellalotofthingsabouttheflowers · 30/06/2024 17:40

Saw her in concert the other night and she was absolutely abysmal. Even the die hard fan I went with said she was crap.

Appalonia · 30/06/2024 17:37

Genuinely curious, so they not do sound checks at Glastonbury? A lot of pp seem to have had sound issues!

MartyFunkhouser · 30/06/2024 17:35

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 30/06/2024 17:31

Love to see you do it better?!

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What a puerile comment.

Shania is a performer in a headline act. Undoubtedly being paid a fortune. It’s not unreasonable to expect her to be able to carry a tune.

NonPlayerCharacter · 30/06/2024 17:34

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 30/06/2024 17:31

Love to see you do it better?!

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Only professional singers can criticise a performance? Why?

Thepartnersdesk · 30/06/2024 17:32

Getting the sound levels right there is tough.
I saw New Order at Glastonbury and they were terrible. So disappointing but they were clearly having issues with ear pieces and hearing each other.
The friend I went with saw them live a couple of weeks later and said they were brilliant, to the point you'd think it was a different band.

Ohgoodlord · 30/06/2024 17:32

Shittification · 30/06/2024 17:06

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.

Saw some of her costumes at a museum in the US a couple of years ago. They were absolutely tiny. Like teeny-tiny, for a Barbie doll. Looks like they would still fit her!

I saw the same. They really don't look like they'd fit an actual human being in!

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 30/06/2024 17:31

Ihaveahamster · 30/06/2024 16:16

She’s absolutely awful!

Her voice is harsh and rough, she’s out of tune and out of rhythm. Dreadful.

Love to see you do it better?!

Redbone · 30/06/2024 17:29

Yep agreed she is absolutely awful - I thought that it was just me. So out of tune it was unbelievable.

FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 30/06/2024 17:26

Samcro · 30/06/2024 16:59

I doubt if the poster is playing the legend spot

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This. Shania will very likely have been paid several hundred thousand pounds for this .. Saying 'see if you can do better' to someone slating her is a ludicrous thing to say @magnoliablooms . 🙄

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JenniferBooth · 30/06/2024 17:22

Ok Ta

Appalonia · 30/06/2024 17:17

JenniferBooth · 30/06/2024 17:13

Oh i wanted to see this. Missed it cos my TV guide says 6.15pm if this or that changes re. football and i cant be arsed to work it out

It's on iPlayer for next 30 days.

StrawberryWater · 30/06/2024 17:14

Glad I'm not there this year. Lana Del Rey and Elton John put me off for life last year. I honestly wouldn't pay to go again. Shania sounds just as bad right now. Just caterwauler's (though I am glad I saw Elton live and to be fair his issue is age. Lana Del Rey ruined her voice with ciggies).

Iloveyoubut · 30/06/2024 17:14

FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 30/06/2024 16:49

If this is the case, as bad as it is, and as bad as I feel for her, she should NOT be paid for any performances. As a pp said, no-one would pay anyone else - like a mechanic, or a painter and decorator, or an electrician etc if they lost the ability to do their job, and made a pig's ear out of it. Why should 'famous singers' be any different? They are paid a lot too, and don't deserve it if they can't deliver!

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I never said she should be.

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