Posted on 08/07/2006 9:26:53 PM PDT by pissant
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP): Several concerts on the Dixie Chicks' "Accidents & Accusations'' tour have been canceled after slow ticket sales, but the group says it has replaced them with other dates.
Kansas City, Houston, St. Louis, Memphis and Knoxville are among 14 cities no longer on the original schedule released in May, according to a revised itinerary posted Thursday on the Dixie Chick's Web site.
Other shows, including Nashville, Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, have been pushed back to later dates.
The North American leg of the tour kicked off July 21 in Detroit. Billboard magazine and other trade publications have reported lackluster sales in some markets, particularly in the South and Midwest.
The band suffered a backlash among many conservative fans after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 on the eve of war in Iraq that the trio was "ashamed'' President George W. Bush was from their home state of Texas.
Country radio stations dropped them from their playlists and have been slow to welcome them back, despite strong sales of their latest album, "Taking the Long Way.''
Group spokeswoman Kathy Allmand said Monday that the total number of North American dates remains the same, with several Canadian cities added in place of the U.S. shows.
The trio released a statement last week attributing the changes to attempts to "accommodate demand'' and said more dates might be added next year.
The group also said the adjustments will allow them to promote the documentary "Dixie Chicks: Shut up and Sing,'' for the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
"This is a year where we weren't sure what to expect,'' the Dixie Chicks said. "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.''
The album, which has more of a rock edge than their previous releases, spent several weeks at the top of the country albums chart and has sold more than 1 million copies.
Even the libs don't like them. LOL
Eat CROW........Chicks......
Don't worry, Bostons not much of a college town.
Skanky Hoe...........
I'm sure they will do well in Boston, in a 3000 seat arena anyway.
OK Holiday Inn Schiboigan, put our hands together for the ...whats your name again fatty? The Dixie Cups? Oh sorry the Dixie Chicks.
"We were prepared for a lot of things as we figure out this new phase of our career.''
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The Ditzy Chunks and the lean years, .. available in music stores soon.. nothing but wailing and moaning and groaning
I like that. Methinks the new phase will include alot of 2nd rate indian casinos in a couple of years.
Yea, b!tch, I'll dare to be free, and, unlike you, defend it it too.
I'm still expecting that the other two chicks will off Natalie and bury her under the estate rose garden soon.
You any relation to Southernfreebird?
Yea,
FREEDOM BABY! :-)
I'll buy that.
Oh, I'm sure the euroweenies still love them.
Figures.
Who said talk is cheap?
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