Ticket sales stopped for Houston Dixie Chicks show

Houston Chronicle ^ | 6-9-06 | STEVE GORMAN

[Snickering Hound]

ouch...

[Armedanddangerous]

Put some ice on that Natalie.

[Huck]

Well what did they expect? They told everyone they didn't want to be a part of country music. So guess what? Looks like country music fans obliged.

[Huck]

I predict a Dixie Chicks PBS concert special by years' end.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

The best part is that they make very little from album sales. The money for them is in touring. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

[Recovering Hermit]

Breaks my little 'ol heart.

Maybe they should write a country song about it.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

The best part is that they make very little from album sales.

The reported sales are wholesale, not retail. The industry rags don't report "and then the record stores returned 456,000 copies to make room for the new album by Scrambled Debutante."

[P-40]

They told everyone they didn't want to be a part of country music.

That is what makes all this 'red-state' nonsense so funny. They specifically said they don't want to do country...and country fans like to go hear country...so Dixie Chicks it ain't.

[roaddog727]

"...initial sales have fallen short of expectations in numerous markets, especially in the Midwest and South, forcing some dates to be scrubbed."

Boo Hoo F'n Hoo.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[The South Texan]

Schadenfreude!

[4CJ]

Goodbye Ditzy Chics

[GBA]

What losers. Is anyone surprised? I suffered through a couple of their recent interviews, as much of them as I could stand anyway. They just made me hate them more with their attitude and remarks. Once upon a time, a band could dis its fans and the fans loved it. Now we just get mad...and we remember. They need fans more than the world needs their music. Maybe their label will remind them of that.

[Huck]

They're martyring themselves at the alter of liberalism. Playing victims while denying that they're playing victims. In reality, they are merely getting what they asked for. I'm picky about my country music so I never liked the Dixie Chicks anyway. I always thought they were pop, and I never confused their touted fiddle player for Mark O'Connor. I always thought they were a cleverly packaged teeny bopper country group with a cool name. I thought the lead singer was fat and ugly with a big mouth. Hmm, whattayaknow. I guess my instincts were right on all counts.

[grb]

Country music trio the Dixie Chicks, still taking heat for criticizing President Bush, are weathering sluggish ticket sales in several cities for their upcoming U.S. tour, industry watchers reported Thursday.

It isn't just criticizing President Bush. It's the whole a$$hole attitude they have going.

[weegee]

Linking this thread:

To our Fans: Any reports being made about the cancellation of our upcoming Accidents And Accusations tour are completely false.

[P-40]

I always thought they were a cleverly packaged teeny bopper country group with a cool name.

I got in trouble for saying something to that effect...but yes, that is it in a nutshell.

[polymuser]

Dixie doesn't like 'em, eh? What could they rename themselves?
The Frisco Fems? The Nantucket Nymphs? The Jersey Girls?

[highway 90 west]

I think the same thing. I never liked them either but may
friends teenage girls loved them. I don't know anyone who listens to them anymore.

[SMARTY]

Amen!!!

[cardinal4]

I predict a Dixie Chicks PBS concert special by years' end.

LOL! And a network special at Christmas time..