The Dixie Chicks In Retrospect
Introduction
The Dixie Chicks had everything going for them. They were the best selling female band of all time, with many adoring fans. Their fame was well deserved. The music of the Dixie Chicks is definitely first rate. However the adulation they were receiving was about to change.
On March 10, 2003 they were performing a concert in London at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire Theater. During the concert, lead singer Natalie Maines, in opposition to the coming invasion of Iraq, made her now infamous statement.
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