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Dixie Chicks' Martie Maguire welcomes 3rd daughter
7/25/2008, AP
Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks and her husband, Gareth, have welcomed another addition to their all-girl brood: daughter Harper Rosie Maguire. The baby was born Friday...
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Meet the Latest Dixie Chick Hatchling
7/25/2008, E! Online
The Dixie Chicks may be playing second fiddle to Martie Maguire for the next few months. The singer and resident master string musician welcomed daughter Harper Rosie...
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Martie Maguire says she's pregnant
1/29/2008, AP
Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks and her husband, Gareth, are expecting a third daughter.
Maguire, 38, announced her pregnancy on the group's Web site Monday.
She wrote...
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Eagles and Dixie Chicks a well-matched double bill
10/19/2007, Reuters
There was an audible
grumble traveling through the Nokia Theatre about 15 minutes
into the venue's inaugural headlining set Thursday. The Eagles
had just played their...
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Dixie Chicks singer buys $5.6 million home in L.A.
9/2/2007, Reuters
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines
has paid $5.6 million for a home in the upscale Los Angeles
suburb of Brentwood, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
Maines,...
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ACMs Ain't Whistlin' Dixie (Chicks)
3/5/2007, E! Online
Sure they swept the Grammy Awards, but apparently the Dixie Chicks don't fly with the Academy of Country Music.
Nominations were announced Monday for the annual ACM Awards...
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Country radio still cold to Dixie Chicks
2/12/2007, AP
Country radio still isn't ready to make nice with the Dixie Chicks.
With a haul of Grammys Sunday, the Texas trio topped their comeback from their 2003 Bush-bashing...
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Grammys bounce back in ratings
2/12/2007, AP
Without "American Idol" to worry about, the Grammy Awards bounced back strongly in the ratings this year. An estimated 20.1 million people watched the Dixie Chicks take home...
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Grammys Make Nice with Chicks
2/12/2007, E! Online
The Dixie Chicks' approval ratings reached a record high at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
The controversial country trio triumphed Sunday in all five categories in which...
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Dixie Chicks to country: nah-nah
2/11/2007, AP
It was more than a love of their music that was behind the Dixie Chicks' victory lap at the Grammy Awards Sunday.
The Texans won the three biggest awards — song,...
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Ado at NBC over ad for Dixie Chicks film
10/27/2006, AP
The Dixie Chicks are again at the center of a controversy over the limits of opinionated talk. A film company said Friday that NBC wouldn't accept an advertisement for "Shut...
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Review: Film sings Dixie Chicks' praises
10/25/2006, AP
The Dixie Chicks would probably think of themselves as mothers first, then musicians. They became accidental political figures — then they had to figure out how to...
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`Shut Up & Sing' chronicles Dixie Chicks
9/13/2006, AP
The Dixie Chicks may be playing to smaller crowds than before the furor over their criticism of President Bush. Yet the trio said Wednesday there's a new sense of loyalty...
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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters
You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Canada Hearts Dixie Chicks, U.S. Not So Much
8/8/2006, E! Online
Somewhere, Toby Keith is smiling.
The Dixie Chicks
have been forced to cancel, postpone and otherwise finagle several
concert dates on the North American leg of their...
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Dixie Chicks cancel shows, add others
8/8/2006, AP
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...
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Willie: Dixie Chicks 'got a raw deal'
7/30/2006, AP
Willie Nelson says the Dixie Chicks "got a raw deal" from a disapproving public following their criticism of President Bush.
"I think the fact that they were overseas and...
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Dixie Chicks Bash Patriotism
6/19/2006, USRN
There must be something about being overseas that really gets the Dixie Chicks talking. Group members Emily Robison and Natalie Maines have now taken on the subject of...
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Dixie Chicks concert sales lacking
6/9/2006, AP
While the Dixie Chicks' record sales are soaring, tickets for their Accidents and Accusations Tour are failing to take flight in some cities.
"I think before it's said and...
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A Hitch in the Dixie Chicks' Git-Along
6/8/2006, E! Online
Despite the fact that the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long
Way has been the number-one album in the country for two weeks, the
trio may be staring at wide open spaces when they...
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Dixie Chicks Stay Saddled at No. 1
6/7/2006, E! Online
For all the fans who ditched the Chicks after they criticized
the
Prez, the rest of the music-buying public is sending a message:
look
away, look away, look away, it's...
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A Dixie Chick Takes It Back
5/22/2006, E! Online
Natalie Maines isn't kidding when she sings, "I'm not ready to make
nice."
In a new interview with Time magazine, posted
online Sunday, the Dixie Chicks firebrand takes...
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Holly Family Not Happy With Chicks' Song
5/3/2006, AP
A reference to Buddy Holly on an upcoming Dixie Chicks album isn't setting right with brothers of the 1950s music legend.
In "Lubbock or Leave It," Natalie Maines, a...
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Dixie Chicks, Chesney, Underwood To Perform On GMA's Summer Concert Series
5/1/2006, USRN
The Dixie Chicks, Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood are all on deck to perform live on Good Morning America as part of the ABC-TV show's Summer Concert Series. The Dixie...
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Dixie Chicks Resurface With New Album
3/13/2006, USRN
Four years after the release of their last album, Home, the Dixie Chicks are making a return with a new project called Taking The Long Way. All 14 of the songs on the album...
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'Idol' Winner to Perform at CMA Festival
6/9/2005, AP
American Idol winner Carrie Underwood is becoming a Nashville idol. Underwood was set to perform on the first day of the Country Music Association's annual festival Thursday...
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Chesney Cleans Up at ACMs
5/18/2005, E! Online
Kenny Chesney is having one hell of a month.
A
week after scoring a new missus in the form of Rene Zellweger, the
country star was named Entertainer of the Year Tuesday...
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Linkin Park, Label on Collision Course
5/2/2005, E! Online
The somewhere Linkin Park belongs is apparently not on its record
label.
The rap-rockers on Monday demanded to be released from
its record contract with Warner Music...
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Dixie Chick Robison Gives Birth to Twins
4/26/2005, AP
Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks has given birth to twins.
Julianna Tex and Henry Benjamin were born April 14, according to the Dixie Chicks' Web site. Julianna weighed 6...
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Dixie Chick Doubles Her Pleasure
4/25/2005, E! Online
The Dixie Chicks have hatched a flock.
Emily Robison,
the dark-haired, guitar-slinging, banjo-picking member of the
chart-topping (and surprisingly fertile) country...
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Singer-Songwriter Keen Says What He 'Means'
4/23/2005, Reuters
Robert Earl Keen) was so pleased with
his 2003 Koch Records Nashville label debut, "Farm Fresh
Onions," that he repeated the recording process for follow-up
"What I Really...
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Indie Labels Mine Internet Distribution
3/24/2005, AP
Recording industry executive Andy Gershon sees opportunity in the online file-sharing networks that most of his rivals decry as havens for music pirates.
As president of...
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Berklee Students Head to the Music City
3/17/2005, AP
Like many college students, a group from Boston headed south for spring break this week.
But instead of Daytona or Miami, their destination was Nashville, where the...
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Big & Rich, Wilson Lead CMT Nominees
3/16/2005, AP
Music videos by newcomers Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson were among the leading nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards announced Wednesday.
The video for Big & Rich's song...
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Jayhawks Call It Quits After 2 Decades
2/22/2005, AP
The Jayhawks have apparently called it a day. Singer Gary Louris has confirmed that the alternative-country pioneers — formed in Minneapolis two decades ago — are...
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Nelson, Friends Play Tsunami Benefit Show
1/10/2005, AP
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines made a surprise appearance at a benefit concert with Willie Nelson, Patty Griffin and other musicians for relief efforts to tsunami...
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Usher Emerges as New King of Pop in 2004
12/20/2004, Reuters
You only need one word to sum up
the year in pop 2004: Usher. Clearly, it was his house. The
rest of us were just overnight visitors.
It began innocently enough, right at...
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On the Go with Mario
12/18/2004, Reuters
The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Posts Third 'Hot' Week Atop Singles Chart
12/16/2004, Reuters
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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AP Reviews Xzibit's New Disc
12/15/2004, AP
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Billboard Music Awards Strike Flat Note in Ratings
12/10/2004, Reuters
Ratings tumbled for the Billboard
Music Awards, which Fox aired Dec. 8 from Las Vegas.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the 15th annual
two-hour broadcast drew 6.9...
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Brian Wilson to Be Honored at Grammy Charity Bash
12/1/2004, Reuters
Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares' annual
pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said
Wednesday.
The...
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Exec Says Country Acts Not Reaching Beyond Borders
11/26/2004, Reuters
Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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TV on the Radio Tops Shortlist
11/16/2004, E! Online
The Shortlist was shortened to just one Monday night, and TV on
the Radio emerged victorious.
The New York-based rock band
edged out competition from the likes of buzz...
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TV on the Radio Wins Shortlist Prize in L.A.
11/16/2004, Reuters
New York-based rock band TV On
The Radio won the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize for cutting-edge
acts during a sterile and sparsely attended ceremony in Los
Angeles...
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Keith Doesn't Stray Far From Okla. Roots
11/15/2004, AP
Toby Keith didn't have to go to Nashville to become a country music superstar. Nashville came to Oklahoma. Keith — who won two American Music Awards on Sunday night...
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Skaggs' Album Skirts Line of Old and New
10/27/2004, AP
No one could rightly claim Ricky Skaggs missed his calling. He's a master picker who's had success in both bluegrass and country music.
But spend an hour with him and it's...
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R.E.M. Thinking Small for Headlining Tour
10/16/2004, Reuters
R.E.M . hopes to get up close and
personal with fans by staging its most intimate North American
tour in 15 years.
The 29-city trek, which began Oct. 13 at Los Angeles'...
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Documentary on 'Vote for Change' to Air
10/8/2004, AP
"National Anthem," a documentary film by Al Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker on the Vote for Change concert tour, will air Monday on the Sundance Channel.
The concert tour,...
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NYC to Host Country Music Awards in '05
10/5/2004, AP
Never mind that the city lacks a country radio station or that the mayor looks silly in a cowboy hat: The Country Music Association awards are coming to the big city next...
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Rocker Fogerty Readies Fall Headlining Tour
10/5/2004, Reuters
After his run on the ongoing Vote
for Change tour, John Fogerty will launch his own headlining
tour Nov. 8 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
At deadline, 11 stops were...
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Springsteen Adds N.J. Show to Vote Tour
10/4/2004, Reuters
Days after the official all-star
finale in Washington, D.C., Bruce Springsteen will steer the
Vote for Change tour homeward to host a concert at the
Continental Airlines...
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Young Jams for Votes, Readies 'Greatest Hits'
10/4/2004, Reuters
Although not an announced part of
the lineup, Neil Young spent the weekend making appearances at
Vote for Change tour stops in Toledo, Ohio and Detroit.
Sources suggest...
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Two 'Fahrenheit' Soundtracks Set for Release
10/3/2004, Reuters
Tuesday (Oct. 5) marks the release
date for two soundtracks related to the Michael Moore
documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." The DVD of the movie arrives the
same...
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Springsteen, R.E.M. Rock Philly for Kerry
10/2/2004, AP
Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M . frontman Michael Stipe stayed on message from the time they took the stage: Vote John Kerry on Nov. 2. The rockers joined an assortment of...
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Franz Ferdinand Among Shortlist Finalists
9/21/2004, AP
The Shortlist is finally short. After an initial 73 nominations for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize, the 10 finalists have been announced. Among them are Scottish rockers...
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High Stakes in November for Music Biz
9/3/2004, Reuters
While the race for the White House
draws most of the public's political attention between now and
Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector
industries will...
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GOP Ready to Party
8/29/2004, E! Online
As the Republican National Convention gets underway Monday, the
GOP wants everyone to know that Democrats aren't the only political
party with stars at the ready.
...
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Vote for Change Tour Reports Strong Sales
8/27/2004, Reuters
Organizers of the Vote for Change
tour say they are pleased with initial ticket sales for the
politically charged trek and expect shows to sell out by Labor
Day.
The tour...
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Dave Matthews Band's Big Stink
8/25/2004, E! Online
This probably wasn't what Dave had in mind when he wrote "Don't
Drink the Water."
The state of Illinois has filed a
lawsuit against the Dave Matthews Band for allegedly...
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Artists Considered for Shortlist Announced
8/23/2004, AP
Loretta Lynn, Macy Gray and the rock group The Killers are among the 73 artists being considered for the annual Shortlist Music Prize, which honors artists whose albums were...
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Country Music Stars Push Vote Campaign
8/18/2004, AP
A group of politically conservative country music stars launched a get-out-the-vote project Tuesday, saying everyone has a responsibility to vote in November regardless of...
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Bruce Boycotted for Bush Bashing
8/17/2004, E! Online
Sometimes you pay the cost to be the Boss.
After Bruce Springsteen announced plans to participate in the anti-Bush concert
tour, Vote for Change, a New York candidate...
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Rockers Spring Into Action Against Bush
8/8/2004, Reuters
With military-like precision, some
of the most powerful managers and agents in the music business
have plotted a groundbreaking exercise in political activism:
the...
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The Boss Takes on the Boss in Campaign Tour
8/4/2004, Reuters
The Boss is going up against the boss.
Bruce Springsteen , the U.S. rock icon known as The Boss,
will join two dozen other stars in nine "battleground" states
for a rock...
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Bruce and Friends Rock for Change
8/4/2004, E! Online
Bruce Springsteen has finally been drafted.
After weeks of speculation as to whether or not the megastar would play
a protest concert at Giants Stadium during the...
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Bands Gather to Stump Against Bush
8/4/2004, AP
In an unprecedented series of concerts in nine swing states, more than 20 musical acts — including Bruce Springsteen , Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks — will...
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Pearl Jam to Preview Live Tracks on Radio
7/24/2004, Yahoo! Music
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready
will preview tracks from the group's upcoming double-disc
concert set "Live at Benaroya Hall" via a live, one-hour radio
broadcast...
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Chicks' Maines a Mommy Again
7/23/2004, E! Online
Forget Chicks, they're reproducing so fast we should call 'em the
Dixie Rabbits.
Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines has
another hatchling on her hands--it's the...
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Stadium Tours? Not This Year
7/23/2004, Reuters
Are stadium tours extinct?
Once an integral and lucrative facet of the warm-weather
concert business, the stadium tour is completely absent from
this summer's...
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Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Has Baby Boy
7/23/2004, AP
Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines gave birth to a baby boy, her second son with husband Adrian Pasdar, the group's Web site announced Friday.
Beckett Finn Pasdar...
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Ronstadt's Vegas Comeback?
7/22/2004, E! Online
Forget Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion or Wayne Newton , Linda Ronstadt --and her new duet partner, Michael Moore--could soon be the
biggest thing on the Vegas strip.
...
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Ronstadt's Vegas Row Fuels Campaign Debate
7/22/2004, Reuters
Who says what happens in Vegas,
stays in Vegas? Singer Linda Ronstadt 's eviction from a hotel
in America's "sin city" of Las Vegas, for mildly praising
filmmaker Michael...
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Ronstadt's Vegas Row Fuels U.S. Campaign Debate
7/22/2004, Reuters
Who says what happens in Vegas,
stays in Vegas?
Singer Linda Ronstadt 's eviction from a hotel in America's
"sin city" of Las Vegas, for mildly praising filmmaker...
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New Artists Help Country Music Sales Jump
7/13/2004, AP
Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks , was in a meltdown. Country CD sales were sliding and record executives were praying for a spate of holiday...
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Joe Nichols Takes Darker Turn on New Disc
7/2/2004, AP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Before Joe Nichols sings a note, women begin rushing the Grand Ole Opry stage.
Young women, old women, teens, preteens — they all stream to...
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Merle Haggard Communes with UFO Enthusiasts
6/29/2004, Reuters
For the second year in a row,
honky tonk singer Merle Haggard will entertain conspiracy
theorists and extraterrestrial fans at the UFO Music Fest, set
for Saturday (July 3)...
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High Arts Use Pop Culture to Lure Crowds
6/13/2004, AP
Pearl Jam and The Boss at the ballet? Jerry Springer and Palm Pilots at the opera? Participants at the National Performing Arts Convention, the first of its kind,...
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CMT's 100 Greatest Love Songs
6/9/2004, AP
Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest love songs:
1. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton )
2. "You Were Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson )
3. "Sweet...
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Country Music Radio Full of Pro-War Songs
6/9/2004, AP
Country music artists are hardly united in their support of the war in Iraq — but you'd never know it from listening to the radio.
While Toby Keith , Darryl Worley ...
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Tiki Lights Keep Glowing for Chesney
5/31/2004, Reuters
Kenny Chesney may be country's
reigning king of leisure, but when it comes to touring he is
big business.
As the summer amphitheater leg of Chesney's Guitars, Tiki
Bars &...
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Music Censorship Spans Globe, Report Says
5/14/2004, Reuters
Afghanistan was notorious for its
outright ban on music under the deposed Taliban regime, but
censorship remains a global problem.
A new survey declares censorship of...
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Willie Nelson Gathers 'Outlaws' for TV Special
5/6/2004, Reuters
Bob Dylan , Keith Richards , Jerry
Lee Lewis , Kid Rock and Merle Haggard were among the "outlaws
and angels" that Willie Nelson brought out on Wednesday for his
third...
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Musician Maguire Delivers Twin Girls
5/4/2004, AP
The Dixie Chicks ' Martie Maguire and her husband, Gareth, are the parents of twin girls.
Eva Ruth and Kathleen Emilie were born April 27, the group's publicists,...
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Dixie Chick Hatches Twins
5/4/2004, E! Online
It's a double-pleasure delivery for Dixie
Chick Martie Maguire--and just in time for Mother's Day to boot.
The fiddler and her hubby, Gareth, announced the birth of...
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New Country Group Out Called 'Democrats'
4/22/2004, AP
A new group called the Music Row Democrats is trying to shake the perception that country music is full of Republicans.
But it won't be easy. Like the 1967 Sonny James hit...
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Keith Wins Video of Year at CMT Awards
4/22/2004, AP
Toby Keith took home three awards Wednesday in Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards show, including video of the year for his patriotic song "American...
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Music Industry Starts Concert Clubs
4/15/2004, AP
Worried you won't be able to land a ticket to your favorite concert this summer? Not to fear, the music industry has a club you can join. For a small fee.
In a trend that...
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McEntire to Receive CMT's Cash Award
4/12/2004, AP
It seems a little thing, but it left a big impression on Reba McEntire . Almost 20 years ago, McEntire was staying at a Holiday Inn in the Northeast when the video for her...
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An Indecent Proposal
3/20/2004, Reuters
When it comes to American politics,
Marx had it nailed. No, not Karl Marx, who penned the Communist
Manifesto; Groucho Marx , the king of wisecracks.
"Politics," he said,...
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Acts Seek Protection from Dubious Sponsors
2/14/2004, Reuters
As entertainers become brands in
their own right, they're increasingly seeking "reciprocal
morals" clauses in their product-endorsement deals.
The clause enables an artist...
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Beyonce Knowles Headed for Superstardom
2/14/2004, Reuters
Beyonce's career is moving in
only one direction: straight up.
Her five wins and her two electrifying performances during
the Feb. 8 Grammy Awards at the Staples Center...
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Jackson Furor Not Seen Boosting Sales of Her CD
2/5/2004, Reuters
In Janet Jackson 's case, sex may
not sell.
Singer Jackson embarked on a major promotional tour for her
upcoming CD, "Damita Jo," with a halftime appearance at
Sunday's...
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Rock Kids Can Swing -- the Election, That Is
2/4/2004, Reuters
About 20 million
Americans between the ages of 18-30 are expected to turn out to
vote on Election Day, 2 million more than in the 2000 election.
And this is a swing vote...
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Music Award Madness
2/4/2004, E! Online
Beyonc
Knowles, multiplatinum sweetheart of the music award show circuit
this year, was exhausted. She'd just appeared on the Vibe
Awards and breathlessly arrived across...
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Dixie Chicks Singer Natalie Maines Is Pregnant
2/2/2004, USRN
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines and her husband, actor Adrian Pasdar, are expecting their second child. Maines posted the happy news on the Dixie Chicks' official web...
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Willie Nelson Debuts Anti-War Ballad
1/4/2004, AP
Willie Nelson has premiered his new anti-war ballad at an Austin fund-raising concert for Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich .
"(Nelson) brought down the...
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New Willie Nelson Song Condemns War in Iraq
12/31/2003, Reuters
Country music icon Willie Nelson has
written a Christmas song with an edge -- a protest against the
war in Iraq that he hopes will stir passions in those who...
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Bruce on Fire in '03
12/24/2003, E! Online
Glory days are here again for the Boss.
Hitting that
Thunder Road in support of The
Rising, his first album of new material with the E Street Band
in 18 years,...
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The Boss Tops 2003 Concert Earnings List
12/24/2003, AP
Bruce Springsteen was the boss of the concert business in 2003, raking in $115.9 million to rank second only to the Rolling Stones for the most money ever earned by a...
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Dixie Chicks poke fun in holiday card
12/24/2003, AP
What does it take to design the Dixie Chicks ' holiday card? A sense of humor, for sure, and a style that catches the trio's eye.
Cartoonist Mark Parisi told the Boston...
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Glory Days for Springsteen at Concert Box Office
12/23/2003, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen was the top
concert draw across North America in 2003 as more than 1.6
million fans paid to take in his marathon shows and musings on
the struggles of the...
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Column: 50 Cent, 'Idol' Singles Rule 2003 Tallies
12/20/2003, Reuters
On its way to becoming the No. 1
song of 2003 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks, 50 Cent's "In Da Club" set new audience marks
on each...
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Shania Twain Tops Country Lists
12/20/2003, Reuters
If there was ever any doubt about
Shania Twain 's career prospects after the Canadian songbird
took time off to start a family, the success of her album "Up!"
and current...
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Jay-Z Keeps No Doubters at Bay
12/3/2003, E! Online
No doubt about it, Jay-Z
rules.
The rap kingpin's supposedly final CD, The
Black Album, climbed back to number one on the album charts,
holding off a hard-charging No...
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Fiddy Reels in "Billboard" Nods
12/1/2003, E! Online
Fiddy's sitting pretty at the top of the list of
Billboard Music Award finalists.
The G-Unit Crew
team leader pulled down nods in six categories for the 2003...
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Natalie Maines Wins VH1 Award For Anti-Bush Comment
11/24/2003, USRN
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines won the award for the Big Quote Of 2003 at the VH1 Big In '03 award show, taped Thursday (November 20) in Los Angeles, for her controversial...
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Dixie Chicks Singer Still Speaking Mind
11/21/2003, AP
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines , whose criticism of President Bush last spring led to boycotts of the group's music, still has a lot to say about the war in Iraq...
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Dixie Chicks Hatch Live CD, DVD Sets Early
11/18/2003, Reuters
The Dixie Chicks ' separate "Top of
the World Tour Live" audio and DVD packages will be released
Friday, four days earlier than scheduled, in order to meet
demand and thwart...
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Musicians Lobby Against Ownership Rules
11/11/2003, AP
Musicians worried that new media ownership rules will make it harder to get airtime are taking the fight from the Capitol to their own turf, embarking on a grass-roots music...
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Britney, Bruce Make Beautiful Music
11/7/2003, E! Online
Music pirates beware. Two music giants have just announced plans
to form a powerful alliance in the fight to save the recording
industry.
New York-based Sony Corp...
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Nicks' 'Landslide' Wins BMI Song Award
11/6/2003, AP
Stevie Nicks took Song of the Year honors at the BMI Country Awards for "Landslide," which she wrote nearly 30 years ago.
Written in 1974 and a major hit for Nicks and...
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Cash, Jackson Top CMAs
11/5/2003, E! Online
The Man in Black is gone but not forgotten.
Johnny
Cash was awarded three of Nashville's highest honors at the Country
Music Association's 37th Annual Country Music...
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Dixie Chick Maguire Pregnant With Twins
11/4/2003, AP
Martie Maguire is the latest Dixie Chick to get pregnant, and she's having twins, according to a news release on the group's Web site.
Maguire, who plays the fiddle in the...
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Songwriter Sillers Re-Ups Publishing Deal
11/3/2003, Reuters
Tia Sillers, a writer of country
and rock hits, has re-signed her exclusive global publishing
agreement with Viacom's Famous Music.
Sillers and Mark D. Sanders wrote Lee...
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After Hiatus, McLachlan Basks in 'Afterglow'
10/31/2003, Reuters
Six years is a long time between
studio albums -- but sometimes life gets in the way.
Canadian pop powerhouse Sarah McLachlan actually spent
about 2-1/2 years working on...
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Dixie Chicks To Release Live Album, DVD From 'Top Of The World' Tour
10/23/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks will release double CD and DVD versions of Top Of The World, the live recordings of the trio's top-grossing tour of the same name, on November 25. The...
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Merle Haggard Wants To Mediate Concert With Toby Keith, Dixie Chicks
10/1/2003, USRN
Merle Haggard says it's time for Toby Keith and the Dixie Chicks and their respective fans to mend fences over their opposing stances on the war with Iraq. Haggard tells...
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Natalie Maines Pens Open Letter On Website
9/29/2003, USRN
Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines has written an open letter to the media, music industry, and fans, and has posted it on the group's website in response to a recent...
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Dixie Chicks Turn Their Backs On Country Genre
9/23/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks want out of the country music scene, according to comments group member Martie Maguire made to German magazine, Spiegel. She said, "We don't feel part of...
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Dixie Chicks Uninjured In Plane Mishap
9/19/2003, USRN
A private chartered plane carrying the Dixie Chicks and their crew from Dublin, Ireland to Glasgow, Scotland on Friday (September 19) clipped the side of a terminal building...
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Dixie Chicks Sound Off On Schwarzenegger
9/11/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks have voiced another political opinion--this time, on the California race for governor. And let's just say they're not big fans of Republican candidate...
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Dixie Chicks Take Tour Overseas
9/9/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks kicked off the European leg of their Top Of The World tour on Saturday (September 6) in Stockholm, Sweden. The trio will hit 13 cities before returning to...
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Eagles & Dixie Chicks Set For Recording Artists Coalition Benefit Concert
9/1/2003, USRN
The Eagles and the Dixie Chicks will play a co-headlining benefit concert for the Recording Artists Coalition on October 12 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. Eagles...
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Cledus T. Judd Writes Parody Song About Natalie Mainies
8/28/2003, USRN
Parody artist Cledus T. Judd is working on landing another record deal after splitting with Sony several weeks ago. Judd has already been writing songs for a new project,...
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Dixie Chicks Likely Have Top-Grossing Country Tour Of Year
8/9/2003, USRN
Ticket sales from the Dixie Chicks' current Top Of The World tour are nearing the $60-million mark, setting the trio up to be the top-grossing country tour of the year. With...
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Dixie Chicks Bus Involved In Accident
8/1/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks' tour bus was rear-ended by a motorist in the early morning hours on Thursday (July 31), outside San Antonio, Texas. Luckily, only Chick Emily Robison was...
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Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Speaks Out On Speaking Out
7/29/2003, USRN
Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines says that her controversial anti-Bush comment made during a concert while overseas in March wouldn't have grabbed nearly the...
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Dixie Chicks Launch Campaign To Get Women To Vote
7/22/2003, USRN
In a campaign called "Chicks Rock, Chicks Vote!," the Dixie Chicks will use their star power to encourage young people, particularly women, to vote. The award-winning trio...
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Dixie Chicks To Hold Rock The Vote Press Conference
7/19/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks will host a press conference on July 21 in Los Angeles to announce their teamwork with Rock The Vote. The trio wants to help the nonprofit voter...
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Dixie Chicks Radio Ban Cited At Senate Hearing
7/10/2003, USRN
During a recent Senate hearing in Washington on radio consolidation, senators questioned an industry executive about his decision to ban Dixie Chicks songs from all Cumulus...
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Natalie Maines Vs. Toby Keith On CMT Special
6/18/2003, USRN
Country Music Television (CMT) will devote a 30-minute special to examining the verbal battle between country heavyweights Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines and Toby...
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Toby Keith Says Natalie Maines Is 'Miserable,' 'Irresponsible'
6/11/2003, USRN
Toby Keith said he thinks the T-shirt Dixie Chick Natalie Maines sported during the group's performance on the Academy Of Country Music Awards last month was intended to...
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Dixie Chicks Return, Zing Bush Again
6/4/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks took a new shot at President George W. Bush at the Palace Of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Monday (June 2). The Chicks had to cancel Sunday's...
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Dixie Chicks Cancel Shows Due To Ailing Natalie Maines
6/3/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks canceled their sold-out show in Cleveland, Ohio on the night of Sunday (June 1) because lead singer Natalie Maines was suffering with a sore throat.
News...
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Dixie Chicks Backlash Continues
5/26/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks were a last minute addition to the roster of performers on Wednesday (May 21) 38th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards show, live from Las Vegas. During...
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Dixie Chicks To Perform Via Satellite From Austin
5/20/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks will appear via satellite during the 38th annual Academy Of Country Music Awards on Wednesday (May 21). The Chicks, who are currently on tour, will be...
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Dixie Chicks' Lipton Sponsorship Lessened After Maines' Comment
5/8/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks main sponsor for their current Top Of The World tour, Lipton, has changed its original endorsement deal with the top-selling trio. The tea company has...
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Dixie Chicks Music Gets Deejays Suspended
5/7/2003, USRN
Two disc jockeys at a country station in Colorado Springs, Colorado have been suspended for playing the Dixie Chicks' music after a ban was imposed on the station following...
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Dixie Chicks Shown Love By South Carolina Crowd
5/5/2003, USRN
Enough about the backlash the Dixie Chicks have experienced after Natalie Maines' anti-Bush comment made while overseas in March. Fans in Greenville, South Carolina welcomed...
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Dixie Chicks Hire 'Posse' To Protect Them From Angry Fans
4/29/2003, Yahoo! Music
After Natalie Maines made an anti-Bush statement while performing overseas in March, the Dixie Chicks have received threats from angry Americans and have had to employ...
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Dixie Chicks Pose Nude For 'Entertainment Weekly'
4/25/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks appear nude on the cover of next week's May 3rd Entertainment Weekly magazine, covered only by slogans painted on their bodies. Some of those words and...
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What The Dixie Chicks Said To 'PrimeTime'
4/24/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks recently sat down with PrimeTime's Diane Sawyer and spoke out about lead singer Natalie Maines's now-infamous comment made at a London concert in March...
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Dixie Chicks Face The Music On ABC News Special
4/22/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks join ABC's Primetime Thursday to discuss the recent backlash they've experienced since lead singer Natalie Maines made a disparaging remark about President...
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Dixie Chicks Lipton Commercial May Be Iced
4/18/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks endorsement deal with Lipton may be in jeopardy. According to the New York Post, a commercial that the Chicks shot for Lipton Brisk Iced Tea may never...
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Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham Lukewarm On Dixie Chicks' Remake
4/11/2003, USRN
Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" has seen renewed interest in recent months thanks to a hit cover version by the Dixie Chicks on their latest album, Home. Fleetwood Mac...
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Dixie Chicks Embraced By Wisconsin City Council
4/9/2003, USRN
The City Council in Madison, Wisconsin would like to offer the Dixie Chicks their city as a safe haven for the award-winning trio after coming under fire for lead singer...
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Dixie Chicks Fear For Personal Safety After Backlash Of Anti-Bush Comment
4/4/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks are expressing concern for their personal safety since singer Natalie Maines uttered the now infamous anti-Bush statement, "We're ashamed the President of...
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Natalie Maines Says President Remark Was A 'Joke'
4/3/2003, USRN
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines told a New Zealand TV reporter last week that her now-infamous slam at President George W. Bush was a joke.
Maines admitted that she told a...
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Dixie Chicks Explain Opening-Act Choices Of Joan Osborne, Michelle Branch
4/2/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks will embark on their "Top Of The World" tour on May 1 in Greenville, South Carolina with opening act Joan Osborne. Osborne will open the award-winning...
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Dixie Chicks Get Support From Al Gore
3/31/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks controversy continues with the trio getting some support from former Vice President Al Gore. Gore spoke to a college audience last week on the subject of...
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Toby Keith Lashes Out At The Dixie Chicks
3/25/2003, USRN
Toby Keith ripped into the Dixie Chicks during his show in Huntsville, Alabama on Sunday night (March 23). After expressing his displeasure with the anti-war protesters who...
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Dixie Chicks Get South Carolina Resistance
3/25/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks controversy continues to grow. A radio talk show host in Greenville, South Carolina--the first U.S. stop on the trio's Top Of The World tour--has proposed...
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Dixie Chicks Leave PETA Hanging
3/24/2003, USRN
Animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is upset with the Dixie Chicks' management after they blocked the release of an ad the trio...
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Dixie Chick Controversy Hits The South Carolina House
3/20/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks controversy has made it all the way to the South Carolina House. Representative Catherine Ceips introduced a resolution Wednesday (March 19) calling for the...
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Dixie Chicks Continue To Receive Backlash For Anti-Bush Comments
3/17/2003, USRN
Despite the fact that Dixie Chick Natalie Maines has publicly apologized for her recent negative statement against President Bush, protestors around the country are still...
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Toby Keith Says Maines 'Has A Big Mouth'
3/17/2003, USRN
Toby Keith told a room full of reporters before his Oklahoma City concert on Friday night (March 14) that Dixie Chick Natalie Maines has "got a big mouth."
Keith, who was...
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Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Apologizes For Anti-Bush Comment
3/17/2003, USRN
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines has apologized to President Bush for the negative comment she made about him while performing overseas last week.
Maines said in a statement...
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Dixie Chicks Explain Anti-Bush Comment
3/13/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks are stirring up controversy with a recent negative comment about President Bush while overseas promoting their current album, Home.
The trio performed a...
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Dixie Chicks' One-Day Ticket Sales Make History
3/6/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks made music history yet again when they sold more than 867,000 concert tickets in one day. Tickets to 59 of their Lipton Presents Dixie Chicks Top Of The...
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Toby Keith, Alan Jackson Top List Of ACM Nominees
3/4/2003, USRN
Toby Keith has scored the most Academy Of Country Music nominations for this year--he racked up eight nods, while Alan Jackson is just behind him with six.
Picking up five...
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Norah Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Dixie Chicks Big Grammy Winners
2/24/2003, USRN
Norah Jones was the big winner at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, personally taking five awards in her first-ever Grammy appearance, including the coveted album of the year...
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Dixie Chicks Take Three Grammys, Keep It In The Family
2/24/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks were both performers and big winners at the Grammys this year. The country trio scored a hat trick of honors: best country album for Home, best country...
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50 Cent Stays 'Rich' On Album Chart, Dixie Chicks Hang On At Number Two
2/20/2003, Yahoo! Music
Rapper 50 Cent got a sweet Valentine's gift, as his Get Rich Or Die Tryin' holds on to the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second week in a row....
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50 Cent's 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'' Lands Atop The Album Chart
2/13/2003, Yahoo! Music
Rapper 50 Cent's Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', debuts on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. With only a weekend's worth...
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Dixie Chicks Release Live DVD, Launch New Website
2/7/2003, Yahoo! Music
The Dixie Chicks are set to release a live DVD/VHS of their full-length concert for the first time on February 11. An Evening With The Dixie Chicks includes all the songs...
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Dixie Chicks Return 'Home' To The Top Of The Chart
2/6/2003, Yahoo! Music
The Dixie Chicks' third studio album, Home, returns to the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week on sales of about 104,000 units. The Chicks put in a...
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John Mayer, Ashanti, Avril Lavigne & Others To Perform At Grammys
2/5/2003, Yahoo! Music
John Mayer, Ashanti, Avril Lavigne, the Dixie Chicks, and members of the New York Philharmonic will perform on the 45th annual Grammy Awards.
They join previously announced...
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Norah Jones Spends Second Week Atop The 'Billboard' 200
1/23/2003, USRN
Five-time Grammy nominee Norah Jones sold more than 114,000 copies of her debut Blue Note Records album, Come Away With Me, last week, keeping it on top of the Billboard 200...
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Eminem Wins Four, Ashanti, Creed, Dixie Chicks Take Two American Music Awards Each
1/14/2003, USRN
Eminem was the big winner at the American Music Awards (AMAs) even though he wasn't at the ceremony to pick up his awards in person. The Detroit rapper landed four honors:...
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Dixie Chicks To Perform Anthem Prior To Super Bowl
1/10/2003, USRN
The Dixie Chicks have been tapped to sing the National Anthem prior to this year's Super Bowl in San Diego, California on January 26. The award-winning trio's performance...
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Hill, Parton, Dixie Chicks, Lonestar Respond To Grammy Nods
1/8/2003, USRN
Faith Hill was among the five nominees for best female country vocal performance for "Cry," the title track of her multiplatinum-selling new album.
"I'm very proud and...
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Dixie Chick Buddies Up With Julia Roberts On Movie Set
1/6/2003, USRN
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines will have a cameo role in the upcoming independent film, Grand Champion, which stars Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis. On the set, Maines got pretty...
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Dixie Chick Natalie Maines 'Feels Older' On 'Home'
12/3/2002, USRN
While the Dixie Chicks were taking time off last year to breathe between the releases of their Fly album and their latest album, Home, lead singer Natalie Maines grew a bit...
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Dixie Chicks Put 'Chicks Sound On A Cover Tune'
11/22/2002, USRN
When the Dixie Chicks were gathering songs for their new album, Home, they each brought their favorite album cuts from other artists to the table for consideration. Lead...
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Dixie Chicks TV Special To Be 'Intimate'
11/20/2002, USRN
The upcoming Dixie Chicks NBC television special, An Evening With The Dixie Chicks, which was taped at Los Angeles's Kodak theater this past August, will be quite different...
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Dixie Chick Emily Robison Asks Well-Wishers To Donate
11/13/2002, USRN
Proud new parents Dixie Chick Emily and Charlie Robison have asked that anyone wanting to honor the birth of their son, Charles Augustus (Gus), please make a donation to the...
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Dixie Chick Emily Robison Hatches A Baby Boy!
11/12/2002, USRN
Dixie Chick Emily Robison and her husband, singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, welcomed a new baby boy into the world Monday night (November 11) at 10:06 p.m. near their home...
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Dixie Chicks Skip CMAs To Await New Baby
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