Claudia
01-24-2003, 11:54am
Bowled over!
No doubt Shania's thrilled about playing in the big game
By ROB LONGLEY
Toronto Sun
SAN DIEGO -- Man, she feels like a football fan.
Canadian singing sensation Shania Twain will make obscure pigskin history Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium when she performs in the Super Bowl halftime show.
By doing so, the pride of Timmins will become the first person to "play" the Grey Cup and Super Bowl in the same season.
And this time, the show's producers say, Twain will sing rather than lip-synch as she did at Canada's big game in Edmonton this past November.
"It's going to be great, but I don't know if I can compare the two," Twain said yesterday at a press conference to hype the halftime show, which will also include group No Doubt.
"I love sports and all the excitement, so it should be pretty much the same."
Except, of course, for the fact that Twain won't need the parka she wore at the Grey Cup -- and she'll be playing to an estimated worldwide audience of 800 million.
Twain said she'll sing two songs at halftime of the game between the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- Man, I Feel Like a Woman and Up!
"Being Canadian, I grew up a hockey fan," Twain said. "First it was Bobby Orr, then it was Wayne Gretzky.
"I know all of Canada will be watching (the Super Bowl). We have a lot of football fans.
"I hope I do them proud."
Before the kickoff, fellow Canadian superstar Celine Dion will sing God Bless America, arranged by compatriot David Foster.
"They're both huge performers and this is the biggest stage, the biggest event in television every year," Adam Freifeld, a spokesman for ABC Sports, said yesterday.
"And to have big performers like Shania and Celine is terrific for us ... They're international pop stars."
When her appearance was announced earlier this month, Dion said she was honoured to be asked to perform "this meaningful song," which was also her contribution to a benefit concert following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"I hope that this New Year brings peace to the world," she said.
Dion and Twain have already had a lot of exposure in recent months, each releasing new albums following taking time out from their careers to have babies. Besides the Grey Cup, Twain plans to host the Juno Awards in Ottawa in April, while Dion is preparing to launch a long-running stage show in Las Vegas.
The Super Bowl has been the stage for big-name performers ever since the mid-1960s when New Orleans trumpet virtuoso Al Hirt played the big game.
Last year, the halftime bill showcased U2, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey and the Boston Pops.
The year before it was Aerosmith, 'NSYNC, Ray Charles and the Backstreet Boys.
http://www.canoe.ca/JamCountryTwain/jan24_twain-sun.html
No doubt Shania's thrilled about playing in the big game
By ROB LONGLEY
Toronto Sun
SAN DIEGO -- Man, she feels like a football fan.
Canadian singing sensation Shania Twain will make obscure pigskin history Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium when she performs in the Super Bowl halftime show.
By doing so, the pride of Timmins will become the first person to "play" the Grey Cup and Super Bowl in the same season.
And this time, the show's producers say, Twain will sing rather than lip-synch as she did at Canada's big game in Edmonton this past November.
"It's going to be great, but I don't know if I can compare the two," Twain said yesterday at a press conference to hype the halftime show, which will also include group No Doubt.
"I love sports and all the excitement, so it should be pretty much the same."
Except, of course, for the fact that Twain won't need the parka she wore at the Grey Cup -- and she'll be playing to an estimated worldwide audience of 800 million.
Twain said she'll sing two songs at halftime of the game between the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- Man, I Feel Like a Woman and Up!
"Being Canadian, I grew up a hockey fan," Twain said. "First it was Bobby Orr, then it was Wayne Gretzky.
"I know all of Canada will be watching (the Super Bowl). We have a lot of football fans.
"I hope I do them proud."
Before the kickoff, fellow Canadian superstar Celine Dion will sing God Bless America, arranged by compatriot David Foster.
"They're both huge performers and this is the biggest stage, the biggest event in television every year," Adam Freifeld, a spokesman for ABC Sports, said yesterday.
"And to have big performers like Shania and Celine is terrific for us ... They're international pop stars."
When her appearance was announced earlier this month, Dion said she was honoured to be asked to perform "this meaningful song," which was also her contribution to a benefit concert following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"I hope that this New Year brings peace to the world," she said.
Dion and Twain have already had a lot of exposure in recent months, each releasing new albums following taking time out from their careers to have babies. Besides the Grey Cup, Twain plans to host the Juno Awards in Ottawa in April, while Dion is preparing to launch a long-running stage show in Las Vegas.
The Super Bowl has been the stage for big-name performers ever since the mid-1960s when New Orleans trumpet virtuoso Al Hirt played the big game.
Last year, the halftime bill showcased U2, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey and the Boston Pops.
The year before it was Aerosmith, 'NSYNC, Ray Charles and the Backstreet Boys.
http://www.canoe.ca/JamCountryTwain/jan24_twain-sun.html