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The Dixie Chicks Discuss Those Controversial War Comments, Insist They’re No Longer Part Of The Country Music World Following Backlash

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The Dixie Chicks spoke about those controversial war comments that had the industry turn on them during a tell-all interview with Allure.

The band — Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer — were banned by country music stations and sent death threats after Maines spoke about the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

She made the comments at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Maines said of her remarks ahead of the release of the band’s first album in 14 years, Gaslighter, “I wanted the audience to know who we were and what we were about. “I do not like when artists get on their soapbox — it’s not what people are there for.

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