The Dixie Chicks have changed their name to The Chicks in the wake of all the recent Black Lives Matter protests. There had been various calls for the group to follow the lead of Lady Antebellum and to drop the slave trade associated part of their name.Unlike with Lady Antebellum’s name change to Lady A, the Dixie Chicks’ announcement did not come with a lengthy statement about the decision.
Or any statement at all, really. Simply, their new single, ‘March, March’, arrived yesterday and it was credited as being by The Chicks.Like Lady Antebellum, the Dixie Chicks are switching to a new name that is already used by another artist.
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