The Now Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by Canadian recording artist Shania Twain, in support of her fifth studio album Now (2017). The tour began on May 3, 2018, in Tacoma, and was initially scheduled to conclude in Las Vegas on August 4, 2018 but was later extended to conclude in Dunedin on December 22, 2018. The tour marks Twain's first since 2015's Rock This Country Tour, which, at the time, Twain announced would be her final run out on the road.

Background During an interview with ET Canada, on June 29, 2017, Twain stated that she had a change of heart and was ready to hit the road again to support her upcoming album, Now, stating "Now that I've got new music, I'm really motivated to do that music live".

On August 16, 2017, while appearing on The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon announced that Twain will be embarking on the Now Tour in 2018. The following day on August 17, 2017, Twain confirmed that she will be going on tour to support her upcoming album Now, through social media with tickets going on sale the following week.

Following on from various promotional appearances for Now in the UK, including an exclusive set at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park, Twain announced the UK/Ireland dates on September 20, 2017. Revealing her excitement over her tour news, Shania said, "It's time to get back out there and give the music a chance to live a life!" Tickets for shows in Dublin and Belfast sold out within minutes, prompting Twain to add a second Dublin show. Additional dates for both Glasgow and London were announced after tickets for the initial dates quickly sold out. Due to demand, extra dates were added for Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. An additional concert for New Zealand was added for December 22 in Dunedin after the first two in Auckland sold out.

On February 26, 2018, she was announced as headliner for the Festa do Peão de Barretos, her first concert in Brazil. Negotiations for this to happen took over 20 years and Twain was paid over 1.1 million to perform for 55,000 fans who came from multiple countries of South America.

At the end of 2018, the tour placed at number 34 on Pollstar's "2018 Year-End Top 100 Worldwide Tours" list, estimating that it grossed $51.5 million and that 596,972 people attended throughout the year. In July 2019, Pollstar ranked the tour on number 69 at the Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2019 with $8.5 million and 74,533 of tickets sold in 7 shows.

Overall according to Pollstar, the tour grossed $60 million in 59 dates for a total attendance of 671,505 people in an average of 11,381 fans per concert paying $100.40 for each ticket. According to Touring Data, which combines published and non-published boxscores in Pollstar and Billboard magazine, the tour had an estimated gross of $76 million in 76 dates and 860,000 tickets sold worldwide.

The tour is the best-selling tour for a country female artist in 2018 and the seventh best-selling for a female artist overall in the same year. The Now Tour helped secure Twain's place as the second highest-grossing country female artist in the decade with over $190 million collected, only behind Taylor Swift.

Critical reception The tour opened to positive critical reception. Fish Griwkowsky of the Edmonton Journal called the tour Twain's best, while Matt Olsen of the StarPhoenix complimented the show saying it was "filled with extravagance and punctuated with genuine emotion".

Opening acts On April 11, 2018, Swiss singer Bastian Baker confirmed he would be the opening act for all of the tour's 77 dates. Baker previously opened for Twain on the final two dates of her 2015 Rock This Country Tour.

The Shires joined Twain and Baker for the UK and Ireland dates.

Set list This set list is representative of the show on May 3, 2018, at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

"Life's About to Get Good" "Come on Over" "Up!" "Poor Me" "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" "That Don't Impress Me Much" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Any Man of Mine" "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" "Honey, I'm Home" "I'm Alright" "Soldier" "You're Still the One" "More Fun" "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" "From This Moment On" "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" "Party for Two" "Swingin' with My Eyes Closed" "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" "Rock This Country!"

Additional Notes

"Rock This Country!" was cut from the set list beginning with the July 27 Denver show. "Let's Kiss and Make Up" was cut from the set list beginning with the August 1 Fresno show. Brazil's show was set with no moving cubes and a slight change to set list. "Soldier" was cut from the set list beginning with the September 19 Glasgow show. "Soldier" was replaced by an interlude of "Ka-Ching!" performed by the backup dancers and singers for the Europe leg of the tour. For the Europe leg, no encore number(s) were performed, and the final song is "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"

Shows + List of 2018 concerts Date(2018) City Country Venue Attendance Revenue May 3 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome 13,753 / 13,753 $979,630 May 5VancouverCanadaRogers Arena 26,375 / 26,375 $2,301,320 May 6 May 9EdmontonRogers Place 26,183 / 26,183 $2,756,837 May 10 May 12 Saskatoon SaskTel Centre 12,533 / 12,533 $1,310,375 May 13 Winnipeg Bell MTS Place 11,552 / 11,552 $1,175,928 May 15 Saint PaulUnited States Xcel Energy Center 14,167 / 14,167 $1,266,557 May 16 Sioux Falls Denny Sanford Premier Center 8,950 / 8,950 $737,774 May 18 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 13,236 / 13,236 $1,023,280 May 19 Chicago United Center 12,451 / 12,451 $1,134,116 June 1 Sunrise BB&T Center 8,172 / 8,172 $630,470 June 2 Tampa Amalie Arena 12,524 / 12,524 $1,195,568 June 4 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena 8,661 / 8,661 $653,875 June 6 Dallas American Airlines Center 12,194 / 12,194 $1,168,083 June 7 Austin Frank Erwin Center 7,771 / 10,630 $664,423 June 9 Houston Toyota Center 10,118 / 10,118 $966,244 June 10 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 10,959 / 10,959 $899,089 June 12 North Little Rock Verizon Arena 11,118 / 11,118 $648,185 June 13 St. Louis Scottrade Center 12,025 / 12,025 $947,964 June 15 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 12,357 / 12,357 $1,118,221 June 16 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 12,706 / 14,353 $1,135,361 June 25 OttawaCanada Canadian Tire Centre 13,430 / 13,430 $1,195,923 June 26 Montreal Bell Centre 12,467 / 14,402 $1,060,608 June 28 Quebec City Videotron Centre 12,189 / 13,415 $1,008,070 June 30 Hamilton FirstOntario Centre 12,043 / 12,787 $1,212,035 July 3LondonBudweiser Gardens 17,198 / 17,198 $1,483,923 July 4 July 6TorontoScotiabank Arena 28,360 / 29,233 $2,718,044 July 7 July 11 BostonUnited States TD Garden 12,818 / 12,818 $1,169,006 July 12 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 11,932 / 14,276 $677,648 July 14 New York City Barclays Center 10,286 / 13,678 $850,953 July 15 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 12,076 / 13,541 $964,316 July 17 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 12,482 / 13,465 $759,533 July 18 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 10,601 / 10,601 $818,874 July 20 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 13,433 / 15,171 $987,841 July 21 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 16,264 / 16,264 $1,441,204 July 24 Kansas City Sprint Center 12,671 / 12,671 $1,055,738 July 25 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 11,858 / 13,051 $1,036,654 July 27 Denver Pepsi Center 12,075 / 12,823 $1,029,394 July 28 Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena 10,256 / 10,776 $916,303 July 30 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 12,822 / 12,822 $1,177,835 August 1 Fresno Save Mart Center 9,830 / 10,993 $613,419 August 3 Los Angeles Staples Center 11,954 / 13,293 $919,244 August 4 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 11,516 / 11,516 $1,008,100 August 18 Barretos Brazil Parque do Peão 55,000 / 55,000 $1,400,000 September 19GlasgowScotlandSSE Hydro21,125 / 21,238$2,097,620 September 21 September 22 ManchesterEngland Manchester Arena 14,331 / 14,548 $1,425,280 September 24 Birmingham Arena Birmingham 10,713 / 10,713 $1,055,379 September 26DublinIreland3Arena 24,606 / 24,606 $2,157,346 September 27 September 29 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena 9,543 / 9,543 $704,094 October 2LondonEnglandThe O2 Arena 20,652 / 25,485 $2,009,010 October 3 October 5 Munich Germany Olympiahalle rowspan="2" rowspan="2" October 6 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena October 8 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena 4,500 / 4,500 $350,174 October 10 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis rowspan="6" rowspan="6" October 11 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome October 13 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena October 14 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena October 16 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum October 17 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe November 30 PerthAustralia Perth Arena 11,499 / 12,633 $1,310,410 December 2 Adelaide Botanic Park December 5 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 17,831 / 17,831 $2,208,308 December 6 December 8 Hunter Valley Hope Estate December 11MelbourneRod Laver Arena 23,459 / 30,000 $2,597,647 December 12 December 14 Sydney Sydney SuperDome 21,744 / 22,000 $2,455,260 December 15 December 18 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena 15,765 / 19,664 $1,739,870 December 19 December 22 Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium Total742,134 / 783,796 (95%)$66,898,979

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