All rights reserved. When The Chicks decided to drop the word "Dixie" from the band's name, it was the culmination of years of internal discussions and attempts to distance itself from negative connotations with the word. All market data delayed 20 minutes.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The 'Dixie Chicks' have officially changed the name of their band to 'The Chicks' after mounting pressure to drop the word 'Dixie' due to its connection to racism in the old south. On Thursday morning, their official Twitter handle was changed from @dixiechicks to @thechicks.A statement on The Chicks' website said “We want to meet this moment.” The term Dixie refers to Southern U.S. states, especially those that belonged to the Confederacy.But they said in recent weeks, their eyes have been opened to “blindspots we didn't even know existed" and "the injustices, inequality and biases black women and men have always faced."The statement said that they chose the name after the antebellum-style home where they shot their first band photos, and it reminded them of Southern styles of music. And on Monday, the group revealed that they, in fact, had reached out.Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. In March 2003, at a concert in London, Natalie Maines of the American country band the Chicks, then known as the Dixie Chicks, made a statement criticizing President George W. Bush and the upcoming Allied invasion of Iraq. On the road: arrange meet-ups; post your concert review.
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"We are honored to co-exist together in the world with these exceptionally talented sisters."The Chicks' new "March March" video includes footage of protests across the decades and a montage of names of Black men and women killed by police officers.The band is now known simply as the Chicks."We want to meet the moment," Chicks bandmates Natalie Maines, Martie Erwin Maguire, and Emily Strayer said in a statement obtained by EW.
— Emily, Natalie and Martie” The trio formally known as “Dixie Chicks” changed their social media and website to ‘The Chicks’ dropping “Dixie” from their name Thursday. A rep for Lady Antebellum told Rolling Stone morning that the band was not aware of White and that they also planned on reaching out to her.
However, the fact that they’d abandoned the Twitter handle @dixiechicks was immediately apparent, as it’d been quickly snapped up by someone with zero followers.The new video is accompanied on YouTube with a list of causes the group supports, including Black Lives Matter, the Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, March for Our Lives and several others.The move was immediately greeted with derision by many conservative voices on social media, some of whom called it “virtue signaling” — although, as the country music website Farcethemusic noted in a tweet, “I can’t imagine removing ‘Dixie’ from The Chicks’ name is truly the ‘last straw’ for anybody. The former Dixie Chicks announced they will now be known as The Chicks, dropping the reference to the pre-Civil War South.
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The Dixie Chicks have been churning out pop-country music for decades. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. … The country trio Dixie Chicks have changed the group’s name to The Chicks in an apparent distancing from a name associated with the Confederate-era South. The band received a mixed reaction from fans amid the identity change. Otherwise this is really a meaningless gesture — not to mention the fact that 'the Chicks' is itself highly problematic.”The band, which formed in 2006, admitted to feeling “regretful and embarrassed” over not changing the name sooner.Brits told NOT to travel to Majorca, Ibiza & the Canary Islands in U-turn"The Chicks" updated their social media handles and also released a new music video for their song, "March," along with their new name.The Chicks are not the only band making strides to change their identity.Little Mix look how we feel as they head to work for first time in 4 monthsThe band received a mixed reaction from fans amid the identity change.Clarks will swap new kids shoes for a FREE pair until February 2021The name “Dixie” refers to a nickname for southern states during the Confederacy.It harks back to an era that glorified slavery and white supremacy.Lady A wrote in a statement that they named the band after the southern “antebellum” style home where they took their first band photos 14 years ago.“Causing pain was never our hearts’ intention, but it doesn’t change the fact that indeed, it did just that,” they added. Country music trio Dixie Chicks has changed their name. The backlash damaged sales of the Dixie Chicks' music and con… Official site.