2003
During a London concert, nine days before the March 19, 2003 invasion of Iraq, Dixie Chicks’ lead singer Natalie Maines told the audience: “We don’t want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States (George W. Bush) is from Texas”. The positive reaction to this statement from the British audience contrasted with the negative reaction, including boycotts that ensued in the US – where talk-show conservatives denounced the band – while their albums were discarded in public protest.
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