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At their first show of the Dixie Chicks' American tour, on May 1 in Greenville, South Carolina, Maines wore a T-shirt bearing the words "Dare to Be Free". [25] An anti-Dixie Chicks concert was held in a neighbouring town. [1] Following death threats, metal detectors were installed at the Dixie Chicks shows. [26]
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 Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) are an American country band from Dallas, Texas. The band consists of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Emily Strayer (vocals, guitar, banjo, Dobro). Martie and Emily, both née Erwin, founded the band in 1989, with bassist ...
Protesting the Dixie Chicks is a documentary by American filmmaker Christopher Fleeger, independently released on DVD in 2006. 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 .
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.
Ahead of their Las Vegas residency, the Chicks hold forth on their exile from Nashville, how songs change over time and why Beyoncé is the new Boss.
The music video for "Without You" was one of the Chicks' more startling. Directed by Thom Oliphant and Maines' husband Adrian Pasdar, almost every scene consisted of a nude person against a completely white background, be it the three Chicks (from the shoulders up), a muscular African-American male, a very pregnant woman, another woman, or a baby.
The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, are expected to perform the national anthem. ... The band drew widespread backlash in 2003 from the country music industry and its fan base after ...