Dixies for Dummies
Posted on 08/11/2006 9:09:28 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country-pop trio the Dixie Chicks, still feeling a backlash for criticizing President George W. Bush, have been forced to mostly abandon the American heartland and Deep South on their latest tour.
Facing lackluster ticket sales in many U.S. cities where radio stations had banned their music to protest the band's anti-Bush remarks, the Chicks' promoters have revised their tour with new stops in Australia and Canada.
Only four Southern U.S. cities remain on the newly overhauled 49-date concert itinerary posted days ago for the Chicks' "Accidents & Accusations" trek, their first major tour in three years.
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Maybe Lamont can get them booked for his victory party in November?
Al Gore should place them under house arrest - for Global Warming due to their output of hot air, and might I add, flatulence.
The South should rise up and demand they change their name.
"The Dixie Chunks' ship continues to take on water"
Dixie Chunks...pretty good.
They're no longer Dixie Chicks, take a look, they are aging Hens.
That's some manager they have. I wonder if he's related Dick Rowe, the man for Decca, who turned down the opportunity to manage The Beatles?
We did.
Stix Nix Dix Chix.
32 seconds apart.
Great minds recalled the old Variety headline.
"Trash-pop trio learn life lesson, 'your public likes your singing, not your sh!t talking about our President!"'
Stick to what you get paid for, then STFU!
Hey, Chickies, I'm betting you would like to have a 'do-over ' on this , eh?
Too bad the rest of America has an adult attitude, eh?
Now go - hurry - Fat Head Mikey Moore needs some sl*ts for his next documentary. Off you go, shoo.....
No joke. They committed career suicide when Natalie called her own fans "a bunch of dumb rednecks that don't get it."
Maybe we should try to think of a new name for their group. Something that would appeal to their new audience, you know the sophisticated hip ones that really appreciate them. Maybe something with Yankee in the title. I don't mean to start a North vs South thread with this suggestion it's just that most of their fans live North of the Mason....whatever you call that line. How about the Yankee Bimbos?
Their music wasn't "banned" by country stations. Rather, listeners were offended by their latest stuff. My wife, not a political person, certain felt like the DixCix were rubbing our faces in their politics.
Radio stations simply don't play what causes people to puke when they hear it.
They are adding dates in Canada, that's terrific. Maybe they can add some in even more liberal places, like Communist China, Vietnam and Cuba. They could sell a lot of tickets there, and the audience would LOVE their between-song patter ("Don't you all just hate America too, like us?").
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