Snack time for the Chicks.
Posted on 08/08/2006 4:33:04 AM PDT by Pokey78
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 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.
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.
"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 Dixie Chicks said.
Many country fans criticized the band after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 on the eve of war in Iraq that the trio was "ashamed" President Bush was from their home state of Texas.
County 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."
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.
That is friggin right. How stupid, how utterly stupid. For at least a little while, they will make a living in liberal circles - until the crowd moves onto something else.
"Goodbye, Natalie."
TeeHeeHee.
Choices and consequences, babes.
Snack time for the Chicks.
More glee for thee and me.
I just cant post this enough! :D
" negotiating the now-postponed dates, the band balked at a guaranteed nightly fee of around $500,000 because the tour's promoter, Anschutz Corp.'s AEG Live, would give them only 90 percent of the ultimate gross of the show. Instead, they negotiated a deal for 95 percent of the door with no guarantee -- a move that backfired when it became clear that ticket sales were below expectations. AEG Live Chief Executive Randy Phillips couldn't be reached for comment."
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06164/697892-42.stm
This was also posted on www.hitsdailydouble.com on 6/9...
"On the other hand, execs at Dixie Chicks tour promoter AEG are very visibly high-fiveing one another after manager Simon Renshaw and the band turned down a 90/10 split and $30 million guarantee in favor of a 95/5 arrangement, which may have cost them as much as $20 million, with advance ticket sales reportedly soft in several Red State markets. (6/9p) (www.hitsdailydouble)
So there ya have it...so far they have lost at least $20 Million from this debacle. :D
"No, no...all of those tour dates were in cities that were too hot, and they cancelled so that their fans wouldn't have to go outside and sweat on the way to the theater. Considerate chicks, eh?"
So the tour will begin again 'when hell freezes over'?
They should endorse Liebermann
Need a picture of Baghdad Bob saying, "There is no reduction in the Chick's concert total... we are having the same number of concernts...."
Ha
HA
HA!
Free speech comes in many, many forms. One of them is the silent scream of the customer who doesn't buy your tickets.
Good post to an obvious jerk.
I really am pretty sure that inside she totally regrets it. No way she wanted politics to destroy her career. Well, it's not really politics, it's her utter lack of any sense about patriotism, or her audience. Whatever. She'll long regret her big mouth.
>>I expected the Chicks would not sell well in the south....The Midwest too -- the heartland --
Which is probably 1/2 to 3/4 of the country music market. Question for the Ditzy Chicks: Who do you think Texans are ashamed of?
Which is probably 1/2 to 3/4 of the country music market. Question for the Ditzy Chicks: Who do you think Texans are ashamed of?
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Presumably, according to some prior interviews, the Chicks are looking for another market. I don't know what....folk music? Based on their concert sales, I don't even think the hippie peace and love music crowd wants them. That's pretty bad.
Either people are listening to them in the privacy of their homes only (yet unwilling to buy a ticket to a concert)-or, the sales figures are grossly overstated.
The chicks aren't turning up on talk shows or other venues, which is a good indication their album is not as in demand as the distributor claims.
They are washed up, for now. It didn't help that they launched the new album with more controvery and by insults aimed at conservatives and President Bush.
Push real hard.
"I first heard the Yoopers on WLS when Lujack was promoting them (back when I had hair), some of their stuff is great."
God, I'm glad at least one FR got the joke!!!! :-)
Better put some ice on that, ladies. *mwheh*
Oh, this is so sad... poor little Dixie Chicks..
/Live By The Sword
Die By the Sword...
/wipes away fake tear
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