Shania Twain and Jon Bon Jovi have a special bond that cannot be broken. In a recent PEOPLE cover story, the rocker, 62, called Twain, 58, his “spiritual sister” for helping him deal with vocal cord issues — the same ones she previously dealt with. (The two even had the same doctor and had the same surgery to keep their voices — and careers — intact.) “It just warms my heart,” Twain told PEOPLE on Saturday, May 11, when asked about the comment “ spiritual sisters”. . “It’s a very special relationship because there are very few singers who have ever had this kind of nerve damage.”
“It’s not a typical singer’s problem,” the artist continued.
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Jon Bon Jovi, Shania Twain.
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In his new Hulu documentaries, Thank you, good night: The story of Bon JoviBon Jovi states that he started having problems with his vocal cords around 2015.
Trying to stay strong, he mostly ignored the symptoms, but in 2018, the “Bad Medicine” singer turned to Twain for advice, knowing she had a vocal cord medialization procedure. “I didn’t ask John how he was doing [vocal cords] were damaged. We just talked about my process,” she explained. “I shared my experience with him, and before he ventured, I just shared as best I could without influencing him in any way.” “I didn’t go that deep. We talked about it in person, but I didn’t ask for the real details,” Twain continued.
“I can only share mine with you anyway,” added the singer. “There’s no way I could ever sustain a career with that injury and the nerves don’t heal. There’s only so much you can do to compensate for the physiology, and I did that for a year.”
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Jon Bon Jovi (left) and Shania Twain (right).
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Like her fellow musician, Twain was able to heal and come back strong.
On Friday, May 10, she kicked off her latest Las Vegas residency, Come on Over, a mix of high-energy songs and stripped-down performances.
Reflecting on this residency — her third in Vegas — Twain told PEOPLE that she once thought her voice problems would end her performing career. “What I did was I said, ‘Okay, if I can never sing again, if I never find a solution. I will write for other singers who can sing.’ And I was actually really excited about it,” she described. “I would spend more time writing and I would continue to be able to hear my songs recorded, and it didn’t make me sad. That made me very happy. So I say, look on the bright side and follow it. Just keep following the light. Don’t go anywhere in the dark. It’s not worth it.”
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