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Dixie Chicks Cancel 14 Shows on Tour
AP ^ | 08/08/06

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.


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To: pikachu
Your Karma just ran over your dogma, Natlee!

Perfect!

161 posted on 08/08/2006 5:37:30 PM PDT by skr (We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
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To: skr

But they said "they don't care"...all their shows in Nova Scotia have sold out.


162 posted on 08/09/2006 7:55:11 AM PDT by amutr22 (Remember....Friend's Don't Let Friends Vote Democrat!)
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To: Pokey78

HA HA!


163 posted on 08/10/2006 10:26:04 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: IamConservative; 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Brian Allen; cgk; ChadGore; ...
"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...

Fake but accurate.

164 posted on 08/10/2006 10:42:50 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: weegee
11/10/2006 (AP)
Hair conditioner not allowed, dixie chicks hardest hit.

165 posted on 08/10/2006 10:44:44 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: weegee

May all of the Hate GW and America entertainment liberals have a long hell on earth due to their vile mouths.


166 posted on 08/10/2006 11:29:29 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: Pokey78

Really dumb marketing and pr. Piss off the 62 million of us who voted for GW and support him and our warriors in the WOT.


167 posted on 08/10/2006 11:30:50 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: weegee
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...

I think you're right.

168 posted on 08/10/2006 1:42:53 PM PDT by GOPJ (Al Gore - the original "Millions Could Die" kind of guy....)
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To: Grampa Dave
Really dumb marketing and pr. Piss off the 62 million of us who voted for GW and support him and our warriors in the WOT.

What's even dumber is the MSM has done the same thing - guess they don't need the 62 million of us either...

169 posted on 08/10/2006 1:44:35 PM PDT by GOPJ (Al Gore - the original "Millions Could Die" kind of guy....)
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To: Grampa Dave

And then turn around & tell all your fans you don't want their kind. When those fans say "OK" with their wallets, whine about it. LOL. Fools.


170 posted on 08/10/2006 1:47:24 PM PDT by Sue Perkick (...heavy strings, tune low, play hard and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk....)
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To: SerpentDove
If it's over how come I'm still getting flamed in this thread?

Dixie Chicks Concert Report (No, she didn't!)[vanity]

If you criticize a Freeper for attending a DC concert and happily reporting on it here, expect to have to regrow the skin on your a$$.

171 posted on 08/10/2006 2:14:19 PM PDT by stands2reason (ANAGRAM for the day: Socialist twaddle == Tact is disallowed)
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To: Grampa Dave

It works for some Freepers.


172 posted on 08/10/2006 2:15:27 PM PDT by stands2reason (ANAGRAM for the day: Socialist twaddle == Tact is disallowed)
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To: Sue Perkick

" then turn around & tell all your fans you don't want their kind. When those fans say "OK" with their wallets, whine about it. LOL. Fools."

Then holler censorship after you have chased away buyer and members of your audiences.

The total IQ of these fools would equal my grand daughter's or grand son's IQ.


173 posted on 08/10/2006 2:59:04 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: GOPJ

"What's even dumber is the MSM has done the same thing - guess they don't need the 62 million of us either..."

Abb,liz, george 76, martin fierro, milhous, others and I have commented about this basic self destructive/ anti marketing tactic. PO the 62 million of us who are potential subscribers, viewer and/or advertisers by the so called smart elite owners of the MSM.


174 posted on 08/10/2006 3:02:03 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: Grampa Dave

And that neo-mullet look will go over well with their new euro-metro fans.

175 posted on 08/10/2006 3:03:41 PM PDT by Covenantor
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To: Pokey78

Natalie, how can you sing when your big fat foot is in your big fat mouth?


176 posted on 08/10/2006 3:06:43 PM PDT by Doctor Don
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To: Covenantor

"that neo-mullet look will go over well with their new euro-metro fans."

One of our best friends before 9/11 travel to Eurotrash land and SE Asia and Hong Kong on a regular basis.

He whenever an actor/actress or entertainer started bad mouthing America, their 15 minutes of fame in America had worn out its welcome.

Trashing President Bush and America is a major step for these has beens to appeal to the Hate America low life in Europe and SE Asia. Then they go on tv talk shows in those "new" markets and trash GW and America even more.


177 posted on 08/10/2006 3:13:49 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: Pokey78
oh my, what a shame. I was hoping to go to all of those concerts & wear my best Dixie chix tshirts..

drat..

well, Guess I will just have more time to FReep now.

Maybe they will get the message? Maybe they already have enough money & don't care?

can we believe much of anything we read?

thanks for thread..
178 posted on 08/10/2006 3:15:20 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: Huck

Yep. They were riding high and Natalie caused it all to crash and burn.


179 posted on 08/11/2006 8:55:54 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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To: Pokey78

The dance to the tune, you pay the piper.


180 posted on 08/11/2006 8:56:44 PM PDT by ladyinred (Thank God the Brits don't have a New York Times!)
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