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Although country music pushed back against The Chicks, they sold almost 900,000 tickets in the first weekend of their 2003 tour. Months later, they were declared Billboard’s top-selling country ...
The Dixie Chicks performing at Madison Square Garden on June 20, 2003, during the Top of the World Tour. In March 2003, the American country band the Chicks, then known as the Dixie Chicks, publicly criticized President George W. Bush, triggering a backlash.
The tour began with three promotional concerts in Europe and Australia. During the first of these on March 10, 2003, at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, Natalie Maines made her controversial remarks criticizing President George W. Bush a few days before the start of the Iraq War: "Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all.
Before they begin their first tour in five years, a look back at how The Chicks' career (and country music) was impacted by Natalie Maines' derogatory comments about then-president George Bush.
On March 10, 2003, the Dixie Chicks performed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire theater in London, England. [46] Maines told the audience the band did not support the imminent Allied invasion of Iraq and were ashamed that President George W. Bush was from Texas. [47] The remark triggered a backlash in the United States. [47]
As widely applauded as that 2003 rendition was, their universal acclaim was to be short-lived, as it was just a few months after that that controversy erupted over a Natalie Maines remark about ...
The film captures the storm of controversy ignited by the remarks of Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Texas pop-country trio the Dixie Chicks. On March 10, 2003, Natalie Maines, at a concert in London, stated that her group was "ashamed" to be from the same state as President George W. Bush.
The Dixie Chicks, Emily Robison, left, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire, perform to an enthusiastic crowd at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville during their concert on Aug. 4, 2003.