Dixie Chicks Cancel Shows
Dixie Chicks has canceled 14 locations on their current “Accidents & Accusations” tour, including Knoxville. The press release describes it as re-routing. But as Volunteer TV’s Whitney Daniel reports, many East Tennessean’s think it’s something else. The lackluster sales have forced the trio to cancel some shows or replace them with new dates and venues.
Kansas City, Houston, St. Louis, Memphis and Knoxville are among 14 cities no longer on the original schedule released in May, according to a revised itinerary posted Thursday on the Dixie Chick’s website. Other shows, including Nashville, Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, have been pushed back to later dates.
“This is a year where we weren’t sure what to expect,” the Grammy-winning group said in a statement last week. “We were prepared for a lot of things as we figure out this new phase of our career. Read more!