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| Dixie Chickens cancel concerts |
| 2003-06-03 |
| EFL For the near future, though, country radio programmers can be assured that Maines won't be spouting off: She's under doctor's orders to remain mum. The Chicks canceled a date in Cleveland on Sunday because Maines came down with bad pipes. It was the first time the band has canceled a performance due to illness, according to a statement on their Website. My guess is that her pipes are just fine, it is her ticket sales that are ailing. According to the online apology to fans: "Natalie was told by doctors that she shouldn't perform. She has been nursing a cold and fighting allergies for the past week or so and that, along with our crazy road schedule, has caused her to lose her voice," read the statement. The show has been rescheduled for June 11. Germs were also behind the band's decision to postpone an upcoming date in Toronto due to the city's SARS virus. On Monday the Chicks announced the June 12 show would be pushed back to August 6. Ohh...how convenient. It will be interesting to see if they can muster up enough ticket sales to let the show go on or if they have to come up with excuses to cancel much of the tour. |
| Posted by:Becky |
| #3 Is this McCarthyism, the blacklist, suppression of dissent, or the cold wind? Could somebody ask Sean Penn? Or his kid? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-03 21:08:40 |
| #2 She's LOST HER VOICE?? Isn't this what Robbins, Sarandon, Moore, et al said WOULD HAPPEN?? If the Chicksie Dicks can't perform, then the terrorists have won |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-06-03 18:34:56 |
| #1 To the Dixie Chicks only: yes, SARS is rampant in Toronto, thousands dying every day, please stay away! BTW, this wouldn't have anything to do with the F.U.T.K. thing would it? |
| Posted by: RW 2003-06-03 17:33:34 |