Chicks not selling tickets

[1978 Rogers]

To bad not many people want to go see them even with all the media hype about them saying they won't back down. lol. I think there down with. I haven't even heard any there new stuff played up here.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060607/people_nm/dixie_dc_1

[bigq]

I just read somewhere the new CD hit #1, How can they not be selling concert tickets?

[SmokinLowriderSS]

They are selling in Philadelphia and Toronto Canada.
Not selling worth a damn in Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, Memphis, and Houston. Seems to figure about right to me.
Piss off the public at large, enjoy the repercussions. At least they are apparently holding their stance, which is respectable, more respectable that teh fact that the commentary they made was made OVERSEAS.

[1978 Rogers]

Funny how Toby's career never hit a bump when he came out bashing them for there statement. No station pulled his music and he still sold out.

[JMC]

The name "Dixie Chicks" is about as far off as possible as to what the group should be called.

[Poster X]

The Dixie Chicks wrapped up the summer on top of the touring season with $61 million in gross North American ticket sales, despite a spring controversy over an insult lead singer Natalie Maines made at President Bush.
The trio was the top-grossing country tour of the year, with 57 sold-out dates, and was third in overall concert sales, behind the Rolling Stones and Elton John/Billy Joel, according to Pollstar.
After Maines' March remarks in London, the radio industry staged a backlash that included pulling the Chicks' music off the air and encouraging fans to smash CDs and boycott concerts. But 1 million people turned out for the 63-date ''Top of the World'' tour, with few protests, and the Chicks' most recent album, Home, is one of the top-selling country albums this year.
The group, which played in Nashville a week ago, has wrapped up the U.S./Canada leg of its tour and will take a short break before finishing the tour overseas.
— Jeanne A. Naujeck

[1978 Rogers]

The group, which played in Nashville a week ago, has wrapped up the U.S./Canada leg of its tour and will take a short break before finishing the tour overseas.
— Jeanne A. Naujeck
Finished there tour. OK, you have a spin on this. This was from a previous tour. It starts in London. the only show sold out is the first show. Some are still TBA for when tickets go on sale. Which may not go on sale. lol

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Yea poser, that tour was a few years ago, when people were returning CD's and stomping them in parking lots. Nice try tho. :rolleyes:
Try this on for CURRENT reality kiddo.
The plug was pulled on public on-sales for shows in Indianapolis (August 23), Oklahoma City (September 26), Memphis (September 27) and Houston (September 30) because of tepid pre-sales in a national promotion
Oh, Also .......
The Memphis show has been pulled off the route and the status of the shows in Indianapolis, Houston and Oklahoma City remains uncertain. Industry speculation has it that much or all of the tour may be postponed.

[Blown 472]

God forbid you speak your mind to a nation of tv induced morons.

[bigq]

God forbid you speak your mind to a nation of tv induced morons.
and yet it is bad for consumers to speak their minds in protest or not purchase the music or see them in concert. :rolleyes:
It sounds like they can take the heat just fine.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

In this country blown, they have a right to speak their mind. They do NOT have a right to an audience or to be approved of. If the people do not like what they have to say, the people have a right to reject the message, and the messenger should they wish.
Freedom of speech is a 2-way street, and is a toll road.

[centerhill condor]

the chunks were misquoted... instead of not backing down.. they won't go down. or take some sangin' lessons! I mean really, they're talented enough but do they have to butcher every song they sing? their cover songs are just not that good!
as for us Suthren' boys... we think they could "shut up and sing"!
I like the toll road analogy! excellent insight.

[1978 Rogers]

God forbid you speak your mind to a nation of tv induced morons.
That is just stupid. You have to do better than that. Toby spoke his mind to the same "TV induced morons". No one had a problem with what he said about the Chunks. He didn't have to take time off afterwards to "spend time with family" as one Chunk said. Could it maybe be what the Chunks said. You can speak it, but we don't have to like it.

[JMC]

Their getting what they deserve.
You cant get on TV and start talking out of your head about political issues and not expect some sort of negative result. She might as well be Hanoi Jane in my book. You really shouldnt tell the world "I'm ashamed" of being from a certain state because this man is from there. What comes around goes around. They might have a better future becoming the Canadian Chunks.

[Forkin' Crazy]

better future becoming the Canadian Chunks.
That's funny!!! :crossx:
The Chixy Dicks suck... and they shouldn't use the word "Dixie" in vain like that... :idea:
Hey blewn, spew your worthless garbage elsewhere please. :rolleyes:

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Speaking of Hanoi Jane Fondle .......... I wonder just where her anti-Iraq war bus-trip book signing tour evaporated to. I know of quite a few groups on the web that have been keeping an eye on it so they could go see her (to get books signed of course :rolleyes: ) Most of those fans seem to be males in their 50's oddly enough. :crossx:

[Old Texan]

Speaking of Hanoi Jane Fondle .......... I wonder just where her anti-Iraq war bus-trip book signing tour evaporated to. I know of quite a few groups on the web that have been keeping an eye on it so they could go see her (to get books signed of course :rolleyes: ) Most of those fans seem to be males in their 50's oddly enough. :crossx:
She hired Cindy Sheehan to drive and they went over a cliff.....
We can hope can't we. :cool:

[Poster X]

Personally I can't stand them. I hate their music. Not their politics. However, their album is doing well and although presales for tickets are a tad lethargic I'd bet cash money their concert tour makes a profit. By this time next year it will be business as usual for them.
June 08, 2006
Dixie Chicks retain lead on Billboard 200
By Chris Morris
Dixie Chicks hang onto their No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 this week, as "Taking the Long Way" notches its second frame at the top.
The Chicks' continued dominance was assured by a lack of any strong new titles last week; in a quiet post-Memorial Day stanza, no new release entered the top 100 slots on the chart.
The female country trio's Columbia album maintained its position with a 271,000-unit week, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ending June 4.
Disney's soundtrack for its cable and DVD hit "High School Musical" sits tight at No. 2, drawing sales of 103,000.
Funk-punks Red Hot Chili Peppers see a two-position bounce for their double-disc title "Stadium Arcadium" (Warner Bros.). In spite of a 22% decline, the album's 87,000-unit performance was good for a climb to No. 3.
Rascal Flatts' "Me and My Gang" also garners a two-position jump to No. 4. With a meager drop of 8%, the country group's Lyric Street album churned 79,000 units.
Still flush from its ratings bonanza of two weeks ago, the "American Idol" wrap-up "Season 5 Encores" (RCA) falls two spots to No. 5 in its second week. The package, which features '06 winner Taylor Hicks, sold 68,000 copies.
The Universal-marketed hits package "Now 21" clambers up five slots to No. 6, selling 55,000. Hard rock unit Tool's "10,000 Days" (Volcano) slides up two positions to No. 7, a mere 12 units behind the "Now" compilation. "Idol" Season 4 champ Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" (Arista) gets a two-pole bounce to No. 8 behind a 54,000-unit week.
English vocalist James Blunt's "Back to Bedlam" (Custard/Atlantic) witnesses a massive 53% lift and a 16-position ride to No. 9. The beneficiary of Blunt's appearance on NBC's "Today," the collection sold 51,000 in its 35th week.
Colombian fireball Shakira's English-language set "Oral Fixation Vol. 2" (Epic) rises three positions to No. 10, moving a round 50,000 units.

[Forkin' Crazy]

She hired Cindy Sheehan to drive and they went over a cliff.....
We can hope can't we. :cool:
Yea, we can have a dream...LMAO!!!!
:crossx:

[Blown 472]

That's funny!!! :crossx:
The Chixy Dicks suck... and they shouldn't use the word "Dixie" in vain like that... :idea:
Hey blewn, spew your worthless garbage elsewhere please. :rolleyes:
Do you ever get tired of swinging from gdumbya's nuts?

[SmokinLowriderSS]

I like that, "A tad lethargic". Talk about understatement LOL.
One city venue has been completely cancelled, not rescheduled, 3 others have been removed from sale, final status unknown, may get rescheduled, may get cancelled. That's "a tad lethargic" is like saying Ted Kennedy is a drinks a bit.
Of course the tour will turn a profit poser, the non-covering shows get cancelled at no/very little expense to save the huge cost of setup/operation/take-down of a show with not enough atendees.
You just keep covering for them poser, they need SOMEBODY in their corner, and blown needs the help/company.

[Forkin' Crazy]

Do you ever get tired of swinging from gdumbya's nuts?
Nice, write that all by yourself? If so, I'm impressed. :rolleyes:

[Poster X]

I don't give a rats ass if they do well or not. The last "chick" singer I gave a damn about was Stevie Nicks. I am merely implying your so called boycott, will be inaffective in the long run. Much like the secular rights boycott of John Lennon. Even if your boycott works, I still don't care. :wink:

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Who started and organized a boycot? Oh yea, THE ENTIRE RADIO INDUSTRY, sure.
radio industry staged a backlash
That wouldn't be the result of a lot of angered program directors, station directors, or some owners of a stations, lot of stations? Oh, yea, on orders from the FCC, that's it.
There were of course noboidy returning and smashing CD's on their own. It HAD to be an organized sheepling, probably started by the govt right?
I recall hearing about a lot of pissed off fans after they decided they needed to become political comentators while overseas. I recall a lot of the US public deciding they were not worth bothering with.
Seems like the "sheep herd" public as blown likes to accuse, all came to the same collective conclusion, and neither of you like it (even as much as you deny you care).
Since you don't care poser, why post in this thread?
Since you don't care poser, why the misleading post about concert ticket sales from a previous tour?
Since you don't care poser, why the seccond post to support their position as a still-successful musical act.
Since you don't care poser, why the post telling us how inneffective the "boycot" is going to be? It's a 4+ year-old boycot.
Looks kinda sucessful to me. A concert date cancelled permenantly, 3 others cancelled at least temporarally.
just how much more $$$ would they have made (and the recording industry from them) if not for the "success" of the boycot?

[Poster X]

Boycotting the Dixie Chicks is a good place for your narrow minds. Please stay there. You look really important doing it.

[Old Texan]

Boycotting the Dixie Chicks is a good place for your narrow minds. Please stay there. You look really important doing it.
Some days I am completely amazed at how full of yourself you can get.
You are a true "Legend in your own mind"...............

[SnoopJonnyJon]

They might have a better future becoming the Canadian Chunks.
Oh yeah, go pass the chicks with dicks onto us :rolleyes: . Just what canada needs, another group of socialists. I say send them to North Korea.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Some days I am completely amazed at how full of yourself you can get.
You are a true "Legend in your own mind"...............
Just realized, he fits the same mold as dear Mikey Moore for Narscissistic Personality Disorder.
At first, the infant still sees itself as the universe. The others -- its parents -- are simply extensions of itself, not separate human beings, just part of the child-universe which fulfils the child's desire. Note this is not really "selfishness:" the child doesn't yet absorb that there is a "self" separate from other people. Since the child is the universe, the child's perceptions are the only reality. And of course all gratifications of its desires must be immediate. There is no thought of others' needs, since there are no "others."
In terms of personality development, the narcissist stops right here. He (it is predominantly a male trait) remains the universe, others not quite human, existing as inferior beings (to be precise, as mere objects) to fulfil his desires.
The normal infant, in contrast, continues on.
The child eventually realizes that his parents (and by extention, other people) are other beings, even equal human beings, and not simply servants of his or her needs. There is a world out there, full of people who have their own minds and outlooks and desires, and the person had better adjust to that.
That understanding requires differentiating between how one feels about something (idic impulse) and what something is in either social or other-person perspective. And that's the developmental step the narcissist never takes, for whatever reason.
Thus the objective/social measures of truth and the external world can never enter the narcissist's personality. What an event or object or proposition is or means, first and last, is how it makes the narcissist feel. The adult narcissist is at once in the world of adults and also locked out of it. He has learned the shell of adult language, representations, behavior, and may even work as an adult in the social world. But he can never be truly in the adult world because he cannot truly experience and understand that world or other persons. He can only use the world for its personal gratifications, and can only use people as utensils of his will, valuing them only as they serve or fail to serve his needs.

[Poster X]

I can feel the love. I'm in a good mood since the Mavericks are whipping the piss out of Miami. :cool:

[Seadog]

The last "chick" singer I gave a damn about was Stevie Nicks.
Poser, I am beginning to understand where you are coming from.

[1978 Rogers]

They have to be the dumbest bitches in the whole world. "why be a patriot". WTF. My temples start throbbing think about what Maines said.
http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/33442272

[Steve 1]

No problem ole Bent 472 keeps buying their trash!

[3 daytona`s]

Just returned from the library,and reading Rolling Stone Magazine their song is #1 or close but their concerts are being cancelled big time. I just don`t understand when most everyone is telling you --WRONG maybe step back and look at this big picture. They are not going to make friends by fighting the people.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Just showes the difference between selling CD's nationwide among 300,000,000 (that's million poser) people, and trying to sell show tickets in a single city of 300,000 to 500,000.
Just 1% of the population makes 3 million CD sales, 1% of the locals, only makes for 3,000 to 5,000 interested concert goers, and a cancelled show.
OK, the numbers are a tad high, the last census report I read has the US somewhere over 280 million, due for 300 in the not-so-distant future.

[1978 Rogers]

Just showes the difference between selling CD's nationwide among 300,000,000 (that's million poser) people, and trying to sell show tickets in a single city of 300,000 to 500,000.
Just 1% of the population makes 3 million CD sales, 1% of the locals, only makes for 3,000 to 5,000 interested concert goers, and a cancelled show.
OK, the numbers are a tad high, the last census report I read has the US somewhere over 280 million, due for 300 in the not-so-distant future.
I'll give you the 20 million for illegals.

[abraman1326]

Screw the Dixie Chunks. They are getting what they deserve. I applaud the city's that are not buying their tickets. The funny thing w/ what happenbd is when they had made their comments, their concerts here had already sold their tickets. And the fact that folks that had paid money to see their shows were then standing in the parking lot protesting, detesting them. Funny stuff. Guess they still got their money's worth. Ah well, I wish they had just dropped into oblivion and not been heard from again. You can not think you represent country music, and bash the president like that. Just not good business sense. Ah well, maybe now they will learn their lesson. I still change the station when one of their songs come on...
BRA

[voodoomedman]

I just read somewhere the new CD hit #1, How can they not be selling concert tickets?
They play those trixie chicks on the LA stations. They wouldn't play them at first and played Toby and his comments like Crazy but I'm guessing the stations are owned by liberal media giants and so we are subjected to the crap.