Latest Dixie Chicks News
The Chicks Announce First Tour Since 2017
The Chicks have announced their first tour since dropping Dixie from their band name.The country trio - comprising Natalie Maines and siblings Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer - shortened the moniker in response to the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 March 2022
The Chicks Wanted Name Change For A Long Time
The Chicks had wanted to drop Dixie from their name for several years.The country group recently announced they were to be known by the shortened moniker in response to the killing of George Floyd at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 July 2020
Dixie Chicks To Drop New Album On July 17
Dixie Chicks will release their first album in 14 years on July 17th. The country band - made up of Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, and Martie Maguire - announced in March they were to drop...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 June 2020
Dixie Chicks Delay First Album In 14 Years
Dixie Chicks' first album in 14 years has been delayed.The US country trio were due to drop their hotly-anticipated eighth record 'Gaslighter' on May 1, however, The Tennessean reports that it has been pushed back...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 April 2020
Dixie Chicks Hit Out At Backlash To Cma Performance With Beyonce
Dixie Chicks have hit out at the online backlash that followed their memorable performance with Beyonce at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday night.CMA World is said to have posted an article concerning the headline-stealing...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 04 November 2016
Dixie Chicks Display Defaced Poster Of Donald Trump During Gig
After the torrid time they endured for getting involved with politics a decade ago, it seems that the Dixie Chicks are still unafraid of courting controversy, this time by sticking it to Donald Trump by...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 06 June 2016
Dixie Chicks Announce American Tour In 2016, First In 10 Years
Country act The Dixie Chicks have announced a new headline tour of North America, their first to cover their home country, in nearly a decade, in 2016.The multi-platinum selling American trio, who have recorded seven...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 16 November 2015
Nils Lofgren Teams Up With Neil Young At Bridge School Benefit Gig
Young walked out onstage during Lofgren's fourth appearance at his charity festival and joined the guitarist for Grin track Believe to rapturous applause. Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band sidekick first appeared on...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 October 2015
Dixie Chicks Reuniting For European Dates
Natalie Maines, guitarist Emily Robison Strayer and fiddle player Martie Maguire have announced they'll hit the road in Europe next year (16). In a post on the group's website, which begins: "Superstars,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 17 June 2015
Natalie Maines Recorded Buckley Tribute On The Anniversary Of His Death
Dixie Chicks star Natalie Maines had an eerie moment after recording Jeff Buckley's song Lover, You Should Have Come Over for her new solo album Mother when she realised it was the anniversary of the...
By WENN on 09 May 2013
Dixie Chicks Star Natalie Maines Goes Solo
Dixie Chicks star Natalie Maines is going solo with an album co-produced by pal Ben Harper.Mother will feature tracks written by Eddie Vedder and Jeff Buckley, while the title track is a cover of a...
By WENN on 10 February 2013
Dixie Chicks To Replace Lady Antebellum At Canadian Jamboree
Country trio the Dixie Chicks are to make a rare live appearance next summer (13) at the Craven Country Jamboree in Canada.The group has stepped up to replace Lady Antebellum as headliners after the Need...
By WENN on 27 December 2012
Dixie Chicks Star Emily Robison Welcomes Baby Girl
Dixie Chicks star Emily Robison is a new mum after giving birth to a baby girl.Little Violet Isabel was born on Tuesday morning (04Sep12). The father is her Court Yard Hounds bandmate Martin Strayer. The...
By WENN on 04 September 2012
Dixie Chicks' Emily Robison Pregnant For Fourth Time
Dixie Chicks star Emily Robison is pregnant with her fourth child.The singer will welcome the latest addition to her brood in September (12). The baby will be her first with boyfriend Martin Strayer. Her representative...
By WENN on 28 June 2012
Dixie Chicks Come Together For Texas Fire Victims
The Dixie Chicks are reuniting to raise funds for the victims of this summer's (11) wildfires in Texas.The trio will team up with Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett and Asleep at the Wheel, among others for...
By WENN on 22 September 2011
Natalie Maines Thrilled About West Memphis Three Release
Dixie Chicks star Natalie Maines took to Twitter.com over the weekend (19-21Aug11) to celebrate the release of the West Memphis Three from an Arkansas prison on Friday (19Aug11).The singer joined family members, friends and supporters...
By WENN on 22 August 2011
Eddie Vedder And Maines Cheer As West Memphis 3 Walk Free
Rocker Eddie Vedder and Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines celebrated in court on Friday (19Aug11) as the three incarcerated men they've been seeking justice for over the killings of three boy scouts in 1993 were...
By WENN on 19 August 2011
Sharon Stone & Maines To Honour Gregory Peck At Stamp Launch
Sharon Stone and Dixie Chicks star Natalie Maines will honour movie icon Gregory Peck when the To Kill A Mockingbird star is feted with a commemorative stamp at the end of April (11).The stars will...
By WENN on 05 April 2011
Eagles Scrap Two Stadium Shows
THE EAGLES have scrapped two upcoming stadium shows with KEITH URBAN and the DIXIE CHICKS amid reports bass player TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT is ill.The classic rockers have refused to offer a reason for the cancellations...
By WENN on 22 May 2010
Maines Wins Legal Fees After Defamation Case
A U.S. man who filed a defamation lawsuit against the DIXIE CHICKS has been ordered to pay singer NATALIE MAINES' legal costs.In 2007, Maines made comments about the murder of three young boys in Arkansas...
By WENN on 18 April 2010
Dixie Chicks Back Together For Eagles/urban Tour
Country trio the DIXIE CHICKS are to reunite for a handful of shows this summer (10) with the EAGLES and KEITH URBAN.Fans feared the group had split when sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison chose...
By WENN on 17 March 2010
Sheen Brands Bush 'Un-christian' Over Dixie Chicks Furore
Actor MARTIN SHEEN has slammed President GEORGE W. BUSH's behaviour towards the DIXIE CHICKS after they spoke out against him - branding his behaviour 'un-Christian'. The star has criticised America's reaction to the 2003 incident,...
By WENN on 04 July 2007
Depeche Mode, Marsalis And Chili Peppers Claim Playboy Prizes
DEPECHE MODE have been inducted to Playboy's Hall of Fame in the magazine's annual Music Poll, while jazz great BRANFORD MARSALIS and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS won the readers' votes. Marsalis claimed the Jazz Artist...
By WENN on 07 February 2007
Ronstadt: 'I'm Embarrassed For Idiot Bush'
American singer LINDA RONSTADT has launched a blistering attack on US President GEORGE W BUSH, declaring she is embarrassed to be from the same country as him. The outspoken star was thrown out of a...
By WENN on 14 August 2006
Mcentire Continues War With Dixie Chicks
LATEST:Country star REBA MCENTIRE has weighed in against the DIXIE CHICKS again, after they criticised fans of her music. The pair first came to blows after the group criticised US President GEORGE W BUSH's -...
By WENN on 27 June 2006
Dixie Chicks Still Fighting Bush On New Album
Country trio the DIXIE CHICKS are planning to re-ignite their feud with US President GEORGE W BUSH in a provocative new song. The group sparked controversy when singer NATALIE MAINES publicly criticised Bush during a...
By WENN on 10 March 2006
Tobey Keith Ends Feud With Natalie Maines
TOBY KEITH has called an end to his bitter feud with fellow country star NATALIE MAINES - because he's realised there are far more important things to concentrate on. The pair fell out when...
By World Entertainment News Network on 29 August 2003
Dixie Chicks Get Serious About Naked Photos
LATEST: Country trio the DIXIE CHICKS are in a flap about naked pictures they posed for as part of a PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS anti-fur ad campaign. Although the girls are...
By WENN on 25 June 2003
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