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Getty Images The Chicks will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their multiply Grammy-winning “Taking the Long Way” album with a 10-city, 16-date run through U.S. theaters this fall.
It marks the trio’s first trip out on the road in America since they did an arena tour in 2023.
The tour has a subtitle: “Still Not Ready to Make Nice,” a nod to the anthem that fired up fans and defenders in 2006, three years after the group — then the Dixie Chicks — was embroiled in an explosive controversy that had conservatives attacking the women for their comments on President Bush and the Iraq War.
“Not Ready to Make Nice” won the Grammy for both record of the year and song of the year, while “Taking the Long Way” picked up album of the year — a rare trifecta in the Grammys’ top three categories.
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The anniversary tour begins with a single show in Detroit at the Fox Theatre Sept. 30, and wraps up just over a month later with two shows at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. (The latter venue is where they filmed their “An Evening with the Dixie Chicks” DVD in 2002, promoting their “Home” album, in the calm before the storm to come.)
Other stops include two-night stands in New York (at the Beacon), Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and San Antonio. The group will be doing one-nighters in Washington, D.C., Nashville and Austin.
Ticket sales will kick off with an artist presale beginning June 3 at 10 a.m. local time, followed by a general on-sale starting June 4, also at 10 local time. Information can be found at Thechicks.com/tour. Participation in the artist presale involves signing up at https://signup.livenation.com/thechicks by the end of day this Sunday.
The Chicks do have a handful of shows already lined up for this summer, ahead of the “Taking the Long Way” tour starting at the end of September. They are opening four stadium gigs for Tim McGraw in July and August. The group is also doing isolated dates in Atlantic City, Highland, Calif., Lincoln, Calif., Missoula, MT and Springfield, Ill. during the summer. Earlier this year, they did their first show in some time as headliners at Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend festival in Mexico.
The Chicks have released only one album in the two decades since “Taking the Long Way” came out, 2020’s “Gaslighter,” which coincided with their name change from the Dixie Chicks to simply the Chicks.
The Chicks’ Taking the Long Way 20th anniversary tour dates:
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre Saturday, October 3, 2026 Chicago, IL The Auditorium Sunday, October 4, 2026 Chicago, IL The Auditorium Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Washington, DC The Anthem Monday, October 12, 2026 New York, NY Beacon Theatre Tuesday, October 13, 2026 New York, NY Beacon Theatre Thursday, October 15, 2026 Nashville, TN The Truth Saturday, October 17, 2026 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre Sunday, October 18, 2026 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall Sunday, October 25, 2026 Seattle, WA Benaroya Hall Monday, October 26,2026 Seattle, WA Benaroya Hall Thursday, October 29, 2026 San Francisco, CA The Masonic Friday, October 30, 2026 San Francisco, CA The Masonic Sunday, November 1, 2026 Hollywood, CA Dolby Theatre Monday, November 2, 2026 Hollywood, CA Dolby Theatre
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