All those heartland shows are likely to get yanked, and except for places like Philadelphia and Boston and San Francisco, the tour might downsize to "more intimate" (i.e. a third the size, more realistically what the Chicks can sell) venues.
I'm sure this breaks a lot of FReeper hearts.
Hey, but they added a show in Canada. They love 210-lb moonbat chicks in Toronto -- maybe we can send them Code Pink too.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Wonder what Natalie's Pakistani husband is thinking...now that her fortune is waning?
HA HA... Somebody call the Whaaaaambulance.
The most interesting aspect is that the mainstream media has been on a huge campaign to promote them--cover of Time, major feature on "60 Minutes".
Of course people in the heartland quite wisely don't pay much attention to the coastal media, so the campaign didn't work.
Will they wear black at their next concert out of "respect" for Zarqawi? Too bad Katie "80 IQ" Couric is not on the air right now, I'm sure she'd be picking out one of her black outfits.
They bought all that publicity on 60 Minutes and other networks. They must have beleived the time was right based on the latest polls. Trotted out the Bush bashing lines. Look what it got them. This is one reason I don't trust the poll numbers. Heartland USA is still red.
Just now remembered a line from "Spinal Tap".
The director (Rob Reiner) is interviewing the band's manager. The director notes that a few years ago the band was playing arenas, then they started playing 3,000 seat halls, and now they're now playing much smaller facilities. "Do you think their popularity is waning?"
"No, it's just that our audience is becoming more selective".
Chickenfreude!
The Dixie Chicks dug a hole, hit bottom, kept digging.
They are not very bright, are they??
Ickky Chikkies,,,,so there!
The joy of juxtapositon:
"Dixie Chicks Tour Struggling Before Diminishing Fans"
"Pod of Sperm Whales Beach Selves in U.S."
"Defiant al-Zarqawi Shows Face on Video"
"Aye, Starbuck; aye, it was Moby-Dick that dismasted me; Moby-Dick that brought me to this dead stump I stand on now. Aye, aye! I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up. And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase the white whale on both sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out..."
-Captain Ahab, in Moby Dick , Chapter 37
"Thar She Blows!"
I saw them for about 15 seconds on Larry King. Unfortunately for them, more people go to the can to take a dump during one of Rush's advertisement breaks than watch Larry King.
Looks like they are doing best in Blue Cities, but I bet liberals are really in a quandary there: "damn, I hate country western, but I should buy a ticket to support them" (that doesn't mean that they will go!).
And in foreign countries. All of them should get together (Dixie Chicks, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Susan Sarandon, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, The Human Stain, Gore Vidal, Meathead, etc) , buy a plane, and do a continuous worldwide tour of trashing the U.S. and Bush.
Actually I think Natalie could make significant profits this year but only if she were to market a couple of books-
"How to trash a career in one evening"
"Keeping your mouth shut for Dummies--Like Me"
Except he fast food market where there has been a correseponding rise in sales once the tubby lead singer shows up....
Hmmm, could it be that the Great American Heartland "Ain't Ready to Make Nice"?
They spent ALL that money buying their own CD and ticket sales still suck?
Coming soon: We Be Rapping With the Dixie Ho's.
It's Bush's fault.
(laughs gleefully)
funny how it goes both ways....
Good post :D!
Heh. So, "taking the wrong way" seems to be leading the chicklets down a rough stretch of road. Perhaps they should have stopped to ask directions. Very interesting that the bogus hype of album "sales" is clearly not being reflected in ticket sales. Wonder if they'll try to come back and "make nice"?
Hey! This is a good news day, isn't it?