The Dixie Chicks — ahem, The Chicks — are NOT afraid of changin’! The country-pop trio have officially dropped the “Dixie” from their name this week following chatter about whether or not it was appropriate to keep the Civil War-era word as part of their moniker.
While the band had always been unofficially called “the Chicks” by fans, the name change still came as a pleasant surprise to those who had been uneasy about the historic connotations of the name. Related: Kristen Bell & Jenny Slate To Step Down From Biracial Animated TV Roles The Taking the Long Way hitmakers didn’t make a big spectacle of their move, only alluding to the change in a one-sentence statement on their website that read: The band’s social accounts reflected the name
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