Dixie Chicks face slumping ticket sales again and cancel shows
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By M&C News Aug 8, 2006, 21:29 GMT
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The Dixie Chicks should leave their politic's at home in their own private space cause the rest of America could care less about what they think. If I were to buy a ticket ( never happen) it would be to see them perform not to hear their views on anything in the real world. American public wants entertainment not politic's with their tickets.
agreed. why do i have to have their opinions? if i want music, i pay for music. if i want political commentary, i pay for political commentary. i usually don't purchase both togather.
we can only hope they lose everything. can we revoke citizenship????
While I agree that we pay to be entertained, I think that suggesting they have their citizenship revoked goes against one of the foundations of our country.
The Chicks are excellent. Apparently you do care what they think because their words have made a tremendous impact on you. If you really didn't care, you would let them have their opinion and be done with it. You'd focus on their music instead.
I applaud the Dixie Chicks for using their platform to focus the world on the tragedy which goes by the name George Bush. Many of us are ashamed that he is our president, and I think it is important that the world knows that he does NOT represent most of us.
Hey, people pay to hear comedians lampoon the likes of idiots such as George W., why not singers? He has enough imbecility to go around.
I'm from Natalie's hometown. I could care less that she dislikes the president; I don't like him either but I don't have a product to sell to the American people. And I don't see her need to lie about Buddy Holly. Lubbock residents never hated Buddy Holly and we who were Dixie Chick fans were outraged at her statment. Natalie seems to be a bitter and not too bright young woman.
I think that the chicks have lost there fame and should stop now before they embarce themselfs
Ticket sales are down because no one cares to hear them declair their political veiws and trash the President even more then they already have... They're (the Dixie Chicks) not ready to make nice and the same goes for the public fan base is not ready to make nice as well... Even with the extreme backing of MSNBC and the push from the Liberal media, they still have failed to overcome their mistakes and rudeness... The numbers (ticket sales) never lie... Hmmm maybe they might be ready to make nice now...
Why is it that there are so many stupid people who are Republicans?
'Embarce themselfs' you must be embarced.
Amazing, these comments just go to prove that the whole concept of liberty in the USA is a fantasy.
Freedom of speech? No such thing, unless it's anonymous.
America is a free country with free speech. The Dixie Chicks have a right to their opinions just as everyone else has a right to their own opinions. This is also a free market society in which everyone has a right to make a choice to either go to their concerts or to avoid their concerts. It would appear that for whatever reasons that their popularity is not as great as it once was. It would also appear that a significant amount of the concert going public is staying away because of all of the political overtones contained in the concert. This is just the free market society with free choice working as it has always worked. What is the big deal?
For all those liberal, can't speak without the typical DNC talking points, want more handouts, why can't we all get along, socialist, believe anything said in Hollywood, failed History class twice, communist loving people out there.... the peoples voices have been heard. The majority of this country is sick of your (and the Chicks) political agendas. This is the evidence. It's a shame too...they are (or were) very talented musicians.
Perhaps people are tired of listening to their 'whiney', 'twanging' music! I think the Chicks had their five minutes of fame. This is America and thank God we have the privelege of free speech.She should thank a soldier every time she takes it upon herself to voicing her opinion. Natalie took it too far when she attacked our troops.
Ever heard of 'Freedom of Speech?' You're okay w/ Toby Keith and the like using politics to bolster their sales, why is it different for the Chicks. I don't like things he's said, but I still like some of his songs (about the same number as I did before I got annoyed at his Chicks/Saddam pic fabrication - talk about slander!) And, if you previously liked their music and 'don't care' what they think or say then why is their stand such a problem for you? If you didn't care then you'd still listen to the music, just turn down the talk. Why is what they said so threatening to you? Are you that insecure about your pride as an American that you can't take criticism? Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with writings of the Founding Fathers including the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and personal statements. In fact Ben Franklin said that to say there should be no criticism of the President in war time was not only 'servile' but 'unpatriotic.' Maybe you think he should have kept his opinions to himself, too.
Sad There are so many spitefull people in the US .
My fellow Americans are such blind jingoists. The comments from 'me' about Toby Keith and Ben Franklin are right on.
The ignorance and pack mentality of public 'opinion' in America is laughable. That's the kind of blindness that led a lot of good Germans to support Adolph. He was a strong nationalist and the guy that bullies told others to like. That's no laughing matter.
OK...I'm so sick of the 'freedom of speech' thing. No one is denying their freedom to screech...however the 1st Amendment doesn't mention a dang thing about being guaranteed a national platform from which to speak. It also doesn't mention that it's wrong to disagree with what someone is saying.
They said what they wanted to. They're not being threatened with jail time or even death (not really, and spare me the 'death threat' arguement. An idiot threatened them and that was beyond completely wrong but I'm talking about state sponsored execution of dissenters). They're just having to reap the financial consequences of irking their audience...
The cancellations and postponements are not a Freedom of Speech issue. It's a supply and demand issue. There isn't the projected demand for their product, so they're taking it to Canada, where it is wanted; Basic Econ 101. Based on the tickets available for the Phoenix/Glendale AZ concert I wouldn't be suprised if other shows wind up being cancelled as well. Phoenix was part of their original 'on sale' for the tour and there are center floor seats still available. I don't think moving the date to November will save it.
When you throw in all the nasty things that Natalie has said about country music fans even before 2003, it's clear that they don't want country music anymore than country music wants them. Natalie never wanted to be a country artist based on many things she has said and had even interveiwed that this was her opportunity to change the direction and the sound of the group. She's thrilled to not be a big part of the country scene anymore, of that I'm certain.
Martie wants her small group of really cool people who 'get it' and not be in a disc changer with Reba and Toby because 'those fans limit what you can do'... You mean like being on TV, in movies and on Broadway...not to mention a line of clothing for Dillards? Yeah, poor Reba has really really been boxed in there...Toby has his own recording company and is starting in a movie due out in a few weeks. His fans have held him back too...
So now they all have what they wanted. Natalie is not longer really a country artist. Martie got her small group of really cool people...oh yeah, and Emily will no longer be subjected to the disgusting displays of patriotism with the soldiers that a few weeks ago they had proclaimed to Larry King they wanted to perform so badly for. (which was crap anyway because they live right next to Ft Hood and could throw a concert this very minute for the spouses of the deployed 4th ID so the whole thing rang false to me to begin with...generally the USO doesn't ask, artists volunteer)...
So in a nutshell, they said what they felt...fans felt differently...they redirected their sound to people who tend to agree with their opinions and while those people plunked down $8.99 for a CD, they're not committed enough to spend $65 plus fees for a ticket...there's no Bill of Rights issue here...simply one of commerce.
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