Shania Twain Queen Of Me Tour, Birmingham Utilita Arena

She then emerged on stage with a video of a rocket launch behind her and smoke filling on the stage to take us through an epic 27 years of country pop music and showing why she is still the reigning Queen of Country Pop. Gone was the shades and jacket to reveal a beautiful leather and rhinestone-studded pants outfit.

From getting on a motorbike on stage to sing I’m Gonna Getcha Good to a country party where the Twain Saloon which rolled into Birmingham for Giddy Up!, Any Man Of Mine and Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under! Shania looked right at home and was very entertaining throughout.

Whilst the show was fairly minimal in terms of props and dancers (with only really the motorbike and two backing dancers who were also her backing singers) and most of the staging being videos backdrops they were still very entertaining.

When Shania sings Pretty Liar, one of her new album songs and the first song in her catalogue to have an expletive I found it very funny that she sang it in front of a Parental Advisory sign and asked about the culture of swearing in Birmingham and then sang the song with fire playing dramatically in the background). There was also a beautiful wave effect during Forever and For Always which I thought added a lovely beach visual to the song similar to the music video. The crowd were also loving it with everyone standing, singing and dancing from the very first song until the end.

Shania also brought Breland for a duet of her 2004 song Party for Two as well as album track Inhale/Exhale Air.

There were also plenty of moments throughout the show where Shania thanked her fans and I think this goes to show why we as fans continue to support her many years later. She sang Happy Birthday to one fan who was turning 50 and pulled another on stage to sing an acapella version of Forever and For Always to her. There was also a lovely moment where she sang her classic wedding song From This Moment On, where she got fans on stage around tables both to watch her and also to say hello and take selfies.

After singing the majority of her setlist she then left the stage and came back for an encore and definitely saved her most famous hits until last.

This was also her only costume change during the show, emerging back on stage this time wearing the iconic leopard print outfit from the That Don’t Impress Me Much! video to sing both that song and Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

Taking to Twitter I have seen on alternate shows she wore the black dress from that video instead for the encore, although personally I’m glad I saw the That Don’t Impress Me Much outfit as based on personal preference I prefer this song more – in fact it brings back nostalgia for me as I remember me and my schoolfriends used to joke about whether she actually got out of the desert from that video. Anyway as with the rest of the show everyone was back up and on their feet to round off a fantastic show.