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(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/ CMT .com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.)

The news this week that retired country superstar Shania Twain is officially coming out of retirement was not totally unexpected. Reports have been circulating for years that she's been recording, and her recent very frank autobiography was a signal that she is coming back in a big way.

What was a bit unexpected was the news that she has picked Las Vegas to be the site for her re-emergence. She could still command premiere prices at any venue in the world. There is -- save Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift -- no female country artist with her ability to sell tickets and to draw audiences.

But Shania is going to spell Celine Dion during her vacations from Caesars Palace. There is ample precedent for that. Country music has a long history with Las Vegas. Witness Garth Brooks ' current successful run at the Wynn. Steve Wynn, who booked Garth into his hotel, has a long history of bringing country music to Vegas, going back to the days when he ran the Golden Nugget and booked the likes of Willie Nelson , Waylon Jennings , Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell .

In country music history, Hank Williams gave Vegas one try and bombed. He played the Last Frontier Casino (only the second casino built on the Strip), and he was drunk and was not what the gamblers expected in the way of high-class entertainment.

But Elvis Presley went to Vegas and revolutionized pop and country music there and drew audiences in unprecedented numbers. Elvis' Vegas runs from 1969 to 1976 may have ultimately killed him. Las Vegas certainly resurrected his career but may have led to a downspin in his lifestyle with his new tinfoil on the windows -- shutting out the world -- syndrome and the endless pills and the out-of-control bodyguards and the parades of young girls. When Elvis first opened in Vegas in 1969, he was derided as a sellout. Now everyone -- from Elton John to Eagles to Paul McCartney -- plays the Strip.

With Shania's move, it's confirmed that -- at least for artists of her stature and status -- Oprah's OWN network and a Las Vegas room are the safest and most lucrative avenues for the future.

Vegas in many ways is wonderful for artists as well as fans. It's safe. It's convenient. The artist tours in one spot for weeks on end and the audience comes to them. As with Elvis, they need never leave the hotel. Everything is brought to them.

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