Shania Twain Reunites With Newfoundland Fan on Stage — 40 Years Later

Every now and then, you meet a friend you won’t soon forget. For the Canadian country singer Shania TwainThis friend happens to be a Newfoundlander she met on tour 40 years ago.

At a concert at the Churchill Park Music Festival in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, this weekend, Twain invited her friend Gloria up on stage. She told the crowd that she had met Gloria on her very first tour of Eastern Canada, when she was 17.

Twain said she and Gloria had a “very fast and sweet friendship” that she hasn’t forgotten. In fact, the singer said she still treasures a Polaroid of her and Gloria, taken during their time together in the 1980s.

“She was very nice, she was a local, and she showed me around,” Twain described.

THE My God! I feel like a woman The singer then invited Gloria on stage and the couple kissed to cheers.

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Twain, 58, shared a clip of the moment on social media.

@shaniatwain

I came to Newfoundland and Labrador with my band Flirt about 40 years ago. It was my first ever tour on the east coast and my first time away from home. On that tour I met Gloria, a local girl who took care of me and showed me around. Last night, all these years later, we were reunited ❤️ The hospitality and sentiment of the Newfies is incomparable. Thank you for, once again, giving me such a warm welcome! 🫶 #entourage

♬ Original sound – Shania Twain

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“The hospitality and affection of Newfoundlanders is incomparable. Thank you for, once again, giving me such a warm welcome!” she wrote in the caption.

Although Gloria began to cry on stage, Twain continued to praise her highly.

“You were so nice to me,” she said. “On these tours, when you’re the only girl in the band, you never meet any girls. The only girls you meet are the ones who are trying to get in the band.”

According to Twain, Gloria was not present in this crowd of women. Instead, the Newfoundland native welcomed Twain into her family home and took the singer to see all the local sites, including the beach.

“She treated me like family,” Twain exclaimed.

“The funny thing is, I’m still doing the exact same thing I was doing when I met you,” she laughs. “I’m still in Newfoundland, on a stage, singing.”

Although she is not originally from Newfoundland (Twain was born in Windsor and raised in Timmins, Ontario), Twain’s trip to play at the music festival saw her “screamed in“as an honorary native – an unofficial ceremony that includes a shot of rum, a tasting of fried mortadella and a kiss on a codfish.