Dixie Chicks Cancel 14 Shows on Tour

AP ^ | 08/08/06

[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.

[Allegra]

Several concerts on the Dixie Chicks' "Accidents & Accusations" tour have been canceled after slow ticket sales...

Good news. :-)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Apparently those cities are "ashamed" to have the Dixie Chicks visit.

[pikachu]

Bwaaaaaa-hhhhahhaaaaaaaaaa-haaahahhahhhaaaaaa! We Texas are ashamed these 'entertainers' are from Texas. Your Karma just ran over your dogma, Natlee!

[all the best]

If the MSM had not been promoting them up one side and down the other, all of their shows would have been canceled. They received the publicity of super stars only because media leftists wanted to reward them for their anti-Bush stand.

[Huck]

Man o man did they blow it. They were hugely popular, young, with a great band name, and a promising career of pop country ahead of them, and they friggin blew it.

[samtheman]

They aren't just politically annoying. They're musically boring. Ever listen to them?

[SMARTY]

GOOD!

[headstamp]

"The trio released a statement last week attributing the changes to attempts to "accommodate demand" and said more dates might be added next year."


What is this, a multiple year tour?

According to AP, they are attempting to accommodate the demand of lackluster ticket sales. LOL

[R. Scott]

I feel so sorry for them. < /extreme sarcasm>

[alloysteel]

OH, NO! This is worse than I thought.

Apparently there are still some cities that are NOT "ashamed" to allow them to visit and perform.

[IamConservative]

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.

Translated, this means the promoter wasn't going to have enough ticket sales to cover the stadium costs so the Dixie Chunks are going to "reschedule" and try to sell out at the Lions Club...

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Who bought all the albums? Their producers? George Soros? Probably.

[prairiebreeze]

More Chicks cancellations.

[prairiebreeze]

I think they still have fans in Europe. Canada maybe.

[SMARTY]

"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."

They'll be right at home there!!

[akorahil]

Well, that's what you get when you use Artie Fufkin for your promoter...

[wolfcreek]

Now, if We could get some more loud mouthed Libs to cancel their appearances, permanently!

[sgtbono2002]

I hope they didnt cancel their blockbuster tour to Tyre , Lebanon.

[pettifogger]

Waiting for the obligatory "Natalie Maines is fat" and "Their music is overproduced and stinks" comments, as well as the un-doctored magazine cover shot, the Natalie morphing into batboy, etc.

I must admit to a little Schandenfreude, as I was of the "Shut Up and Sing" school on this trio, but sometimes FReepers get a little out of hand on these threads.