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'Dixie' nixed: Band rebrands over links to Confederacy

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The country trio Dixie Chicks are now simply The Chicks, dropping a nickname for the Confederate-era South from their band name. FMTNews FMTLifestyle DixieChicks

The stealthy switch saw the group amend their social media usernames and release a new song and accompanying video “March March” on Thursday.

The term “antebellum” refers to a time period before a war, and is widely associated with the pro-slavery American South in the pre-Civil War years. In a statement to the music outlet Pitchfork, The Chicks said they had checked with a New Zealand duo already using the name. The Texas-based group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks soared to fame in the late 1990s, but essentially vanished from music’s main stage after lead singer Natalie Maines told a show in London she was “ashamed” that George W Bush hailed from Texas — and that the band did “not want this war, this violence,” referring to the then-impending invasion of Iraq.

 

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