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country MUSIC PEOPLE News AUGUST 2020 Volume 51 Number 8 Issue 606 Chicks controversy Editor Duncan Warwick Contributors David Allan, Janet Aspley, Donnie Ayers, Craig Baguley, Tony Byworth, Larry Delaney, Don Cusic, Julie Flaskett, Michael Hingston, Stan Hitchcock, Tony Ives, Spencer Leigh, John Lomax III, Adrian Peel, Paul Riley, Alex Rossi, Wayne Smart, Chris Smith, Tom Travis, Walt Trott, Dave Watkins, Jack Watkins New release consultant: Steve Tidbury Assistant editor / Special projects coordinator Kelly Gregory Photographers Patricia Presley, Barry Dixon, Billie McAleer Advertising Major Media Sales Adrian Major - [email protected] Printed by Micropress www.micropress.co.uk Distributor Seymour International Press Distributors Ltd. 2 East Poultry Avenue London EC1A 9PT Telephone [phone] GOODBYE DIXIE Country Music People is published the last Thursday of each month by KICKIN’ CUTS LIMITED 24 Darley Close, Wittering, Peterborough PE8 6EQ, UK Telephone [phone] - 783689 [email protected] www.cmpcountry.com ©2020 Kickin’ Cuts Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior written permission of the Publisher. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for statement of fact or opinion expressed by contributors. The views of the contributors are not necessarily those of Country Music People or its editor. Please recycle this magazine The Dixie Chicks have reacted to the sweeping cultural changes brought about by Black Lives Matter by dropping the ‘Dixie’ from their name. The trio will now be known as ‘The Chicks’. Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire announced on their website that, “We want to meet this moment.” The re-branding falls in line with the current desire of artists to disassociate themselves with anything that could be construed as ‘Southern’ and comes as the Goodbye Earl hit-makers release their first new music as a trio for fourteen years with their new album Gaslighter and a new video for March, March (from the album) that features footage from the Black Lives Matter protests as well as historical footage of uprisings from the Suffragette movement to Civil Rights and climate change. The Chicks famously saw their country career nosedive when they criticised then- President George W. Bush over his handling of Iraq from the stage of London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Interestingly, The Chicks checked with a New Zealand duo of the same name before going ahead with the new moniker saying, “A sincere and heartfelt thank you goes out to ‘The Chicks’ of NZ for their gracious gesture in allowing us to share their name. We are honored to co-exist together in the world with these exceptionally talented sisters. Chicks Rock!” Things haven’t gone quite so smoothly for Lady A who recently dropped the ‘Antebellum’ from their name because of its connection with a pre-Civil War south. Just when it appeared that they had reached an amicable settlement with Seattle blues singer Anita White who has performed as ‘Lady A’ for ‘decades’ it transpires that the Nashville trio are now taking legal action against White following a new demand from White and her team for a 4 cmp - AUGUST 2020