The Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines will never regret speaking out against the Iraq War, even though it led to a band blacklist across the country music industry for over a decade.
The trio is promoting its first album in 14 years, Gaslighter, and Natalie explains the band took a long break following the backlash from the 2003 controversy, and in a new Allure interview, the singer admits she still can’t believe anti-President George W.
Bush comments she made during a show in Manchester, England created such a storm back home in the U.S. “When we started doing this music, I liked the people in our industry,” she says. “We always waved that country flag when people would say it wasn’t cool.
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