M.A. Wells wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060808/en_music_eo/19706
>
> Canada Hearts Dixie Chicks, U.S. Not So Much
> By Gina Serpe
> Tue Aug 8, 6:08 PM ET
>
>
> Somewhere, Toby Keith is smiling.
>
> The Dixie Chicks have been forced to cancel, postpone and otherwise
> finagle several concert dates on the North American leg of their
> Accidents & Accusations tour, citing the desire to "accommodate
> demand," though the group's waning ticket sales appear to be the more
> likely culprit.
>
>
> In any case, the free-speaking country trio has revised its fall
> itinerary, replacing several of the low-selling U.S. gigs with stops
> in Canada.
>
>
> "This is a year where we weren't sure what to expect," the
> Grammy-winning group said in a statement last week. "We were prepared
> for a lot of things as we figure out this new phase of our career.
>
>
> "We hope that our fans who were looking forward to a stop that is no
> longer on the tour will be able to join us at a nearby arena this
> fall, and we are sorry for any confusion or inconvenience these
> changes have caused."
>
>
> Per the Dixie Chicks' revised schedule, posted to their official
> Website, 14 cities have been removed entirely from the tour, including
> would-be gigs in the normal country music hotbeds of Houston, Memphis,
> Knoxville and Kansas City.
>
>
> According to Billboard, ticket sales were the most lackluster in the
> South and Midwest, not that surprising considering the native Texans'
> outspoken criticisms of President Bush and their stated shame
> at his having sharing a home state, comments revisited this
> spring--around the time tickets for their tour went on sale--in an
> interview with Time magazine.
>
>
> "I apologized for disrespecting the office of the President,"
> frontchick Natalie Maines said. "But I don't feel that way
> anymore. I don't feel he is owed any respect whatsoever."
>
>
> While the dates won't be rescheduled for the nixed cities, the tour
> won't be truncated. The total number of North American stops remains
> the same at 49, they've just been redistributed.
>
>
> In addition to the relocated dates, several more have simply been
> postponed. Gigs in Los Angeles, Nashville, Denver and Phoenix,
> originally slated to take place in September, have been moved back to
> November.
>
>
> The Accidents & Accusations tour, which kicked off in Detroit July 21,
> now wraps in Dallas Dec. 5.
>
>
> The Dixie Chicks' new batch of Canadian gigs allows will coincide with
> the premiere of their do***entary, Dixie Chicks--Shut Up and Sing, at
> the Toronto Film Festival in September.
>
>
> The film chronicles the firestorm that resulted from Maines' anti-Bush
> screed during a London concert in 2003. Oscar-winning director
> Barbara Kopple helmed the do***entary.
Do us REAL Americans a favor, eh? When they get there - KEEP
THEM!!!!!!!
Especially that ignorant loud mouth dumb as a friggin turd Natalie
Maines! Most Americans have ABSOLUTELY NO respect for her and wish
she would take a one way trip over to the third world and stay there
because that is who she sounds like. She will answer to our Maker on
her judgement day and girlfirend then you really will be a DEEP FRIED
CHICK. Also do us southern ladies a favor please - don't use the term
DIXIE because you do NOT have the class for it!!!!!!!
Just hearing/seeing her name makes real women vomit. :( (I have heard
enough of then express that sentiment, most Americans CANNOT STAND HER!
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