Dixie Chick Explains Bush Slam At London Concert

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[IowaHawk]

One of the Dixie Chicks is clarifying remarks she made about President George W. Bush during a concert in London earlier this week.

Reporting on a Chicks' concert, the Web site for the United Kingdom paper The Guardian said singer Natalie Maines (pictured, center) told the crowd, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."

The singer's barb got the audience cheering, the Guardian said.

In a statement on the Chicks' Web site Wednesday, Maines said, "We've been overseas for several weeks and have been reading and following the news accounts of our government's position. The anti-American sentiment that has unfolded here is astounding."

The country trio -- consisting of Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson -- are all from Texas.

"I feel the president is ignoring the opinions of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world," Maines said in the statement. "My comments were made in frustration and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view."

And while Maines maintains her beef with Bush, she's much more supportive of the United States troops.

"While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost," Maines said.

Whether Maines expresses her feelings about Bush on the group's North American leg of their Top of the World tour is yet to be heard. If she does, it will be in front of a lot of people.

According to music site Lauch, the group sold out 51 out of the 59 arenas in one day on March 1, which amounted to over 867,000 tickets.

The group recently won four Grammy awards including Best Country Album for their smash album "Home."

[Live free or die]

You broke my heart Chicks!!! You brokemy heart!!!

Anyone else here feel totally betrayed?

[IYAS9YAS]

I never throw away something I already have, as it won't impact those I choose to avoid, but I will not purchase anything else from them...

[Charles Martel]

So... how many FReepers are gonna be keeping their Dixie Chicks albums around much longer?

Y'know... those compact discs should work just fine in this application:

PULL!!

[TravisBickle]

I wonder how many Texans are ashamed of her?

I'm from Missouri, and I'm ashamed of her.

[valleygal]

I just heard about this on local talk radio. Bruce Jacobs was shouting, "Give us facts! you peacenik celebrities!" Then he went on to quote a poll stating 75 % of Arizonans support going to war...

[IowaHawk]

You have to put yourself in her shoes.

Sure, you sell a lot of records, but you're saddled with that embarrassing Country Music label. The kind of music associated with those icky trailer park people - the ones who have NASCAR stickers on their pickups, vote Republican and join the military. It's just so... humiliating. You'll never be a classy VH-1 Diva with that kind of hick fan base.

Solution: spew some anti-Bush cliches on a foreign stage. Voila! It's a cheap applause line for the Eurotrash, and you're instantly considered a serious intellectual by the showbiz Think Tankers.

[mr.pink]

I never throw away something I already have, as it won't impact those I choose to avoid, ...

If you mail it back to them with the disk broken it'll have an impact.

[ProudArmyWife]

Especially since the largest military base we have is in Texas (being Fort Hood) not to mention Fort Worth and the many others in Texas! Tsk tsk tsk... guess she didnt learn to keep her mouth shut and not to bite the hand that feeds you! (Wait!!! well, maybe she didnt bite?)

[cerberus]

My girlfriend wanted their album, so I downloaded it...

Up to now I have been opposed to that sort of thing, but the more I listen to the crap coming from many of these artists, I am starting to think we should all have at it.

As long as we don't rip off the good folks, perhaps it's a way of showing them that actions have consequences.

[Unleashed]

Yes, Charles, yes. That's awesome.

[fightinJAG]

This "clarification" by the Blixie Chix was so Clintonesque---yeeccck. About as believable as the "meaning of is 'is'."

Freep their record label:

www.columbiarecords.com

hit the contact button

[PhilDragoo]

Trois poules françaises clarifient.

[cmak9]

Good! I always thought they sucked anyway. Now I REALLY have a reason not to buy any of their crap!

one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view

Another great privilege of being an American is that you are free to not buy an idiot's products! I'll be availing myself of that great privilege.

[feedback doctor]

Well I guess the only thing good they could possibly see in this whole thing, they won't have too many people downloading there songs off Kazaa.

[FryingPan101]

We do own a lot of their stuff because the kids in the family love them. We've got t shirts and stuff from concerts too. Hell can freeze over before I buy another single thing. I'm sure they will be embraced by Hollywood Bush-haters but I will never spend another cent on their work again. No excuse is good enough for what was said.

[Charles Martel]

Oof!! 4-pound sausage in a 2-pound casing! ;-)

That girl's been livin' a little *too* "high on the hog".

[Little Ms. FReepette]

LOL! Excellent!

[Alouette]

Les Poulettes Renduées (The Surrender Chicks)

[fightinJAG]

Especially when Tony Blair is falling on his sword to stand by us.

FREEP THE LABEL:

www.columbiarecords.com

Money talks, Blixie Chix . . . And it's saying 'no' to you.

[Conspiracy Guy]

That won't take a penny out of their pockets.