A few weeks ago after seeing The Dixie Chicks in an extremely sympathetic piece on 6o Minutes, I wondered whether people might start viewing the purchase of new Dixie Chicks album as a political act. After hearing about the abuse and scorn the cute little blondes received (some people actually threatened their lives!) and seeing their sad little faces on the cover of TIME, even I considered just going out and buying the CD or clicking and grabbing it on ITunes. A few weeks later as their album sales have soared while ticket sales slump in many areas, I'm beginning to think that my theory might have some legs.
Amidst rumors that they were going to have to cancel their tour outright, the band have rerouted their tour away from many of the midwest dates and tacking on more dates in sympathetic parts of the continent, namely the Northeast and Canada .
As of Tuesday afternoon, tickets weren't on sale for 12 of the tours originally planned cities, including in Houston; Jacksonville, Fla., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis (see the list of tour dates here).
However, other cities such as Chicago, New York and Philadelphia were reportedly selling briskly, and a second date has been added in Toronto, after the first show sold out in about eight minutes .
The group's spokeswoman issued a statement saying no shows have been canceled.
I guess that while some people might be willing to put their money where their mouth is in support of The Dixie Chicks stance, with the ballooning price of concert tickets the band is gonna have to count on a little more than just pity and politics to get people out to the shows.
Full article here at WNBC.com.
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