The news is out. The Dixie Chicks are coming back to the UK for the first time in eight years.
This trio of very very talented country singers from Texas had several No 1 hits with contemporary country music and claim to be the highest selling female band in any genre. They however suffered a career stumblingblock in 2003 after speaking out against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Virtually overnight the Chicks vanished from radio station playlists and were really “blackballed” by their industry and people for daring to speak their mind. Two of the girls had children, and sisters Emily and Martie took to the road as “The Courtyard Hounds”. Reinvigorated, these ladies are playing at the C2C weekend at the O2 Arena in London in March 2014 with Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Rascal FLattsand the Zac Brown band. If you want to see some wicked fiddle, mandolin and banjo along with cracking vocals get yourself along to London in 2014.
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