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.
It did tick me off to no end when they insulted our President on foreign soil, and I was done with them at that point. But I think what really did it for those "well, she does have a right to say what she wants, this is America" country folks is when she insulted country music listeners by stating they didn't want the kind of fans that had a Dixie Chicks CD in the changer with Reba and Toby Keith. I just shook my head and said "stupid, stupid woman - their goes what's left of your career".
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Confirmed once and for all that the Chicks didn't want to keep the fans they had. That's suicide in the music business, IMHO. Some artists cross genres to win new fans; that's cool. But you just don't alienate your existing fans and then go looking for others to replace them. Generally, such a tactic doesn't work.
More like to accommodate lack of demand.
Liberals bought the album for "solidarity".
They sit in their CD racks, unopened.
Yeah, Laura should sue them. :-)
The funny thing about all the "solidarity" purchases...
They fooled the Chix into thinking they still had fans. Had they not done so, the DC might have been able to reconstruct their tour beforehand a lot easier.
...at the point of a gun.
And if you are a Freeper and you go to the concert, don't post a thread about it here if you don't want to be flamed!!!
Wow. Since when did "Several" mean 14? I thought several was the numerical no man's land between "a couple" and "half a dozen." That's the most shocking news in this entire article.
Trust me, the sisters are just as nasty as Nat.
Folk musicians do not have #1 albums and they don't live in gated mansions.
LOL. I was pretty sure that business was not their forte. Thanks for additional proof.
The Chicks already played here in Pittsburgh. I didn't pay attention at the time, but I looked up the concert review in the local liberal rag. Apparently, half the seats in the house (Mellon Arena) were empty. *Snicker*
I hate to be the bearer of bad news friend but it should be obvious that you do not have one freedom that the government can not take from you, unless your freedom is in JESUS CHRIST.....
Guess what, Natty Fatty Cowpatty?
We're not "ready to make nice" either.
LOL
>>Fortunately, or unfortunately...however one chooses to look at it.....it ain't over till it's over.
Or in other words....the end of the book isn't written yet.<<
The fat lady has sung.
Face it. It's over.
LOL!!
No! You must look at the bigger picture - if patrons see that the Ditzies are performing, they'll stay out on the casino floor and continue their WCP (Wampum Contribution Program)...
Neither is public speaking! :D
Ha! Touche.
And yet...that does not stop them either.
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