On Tuesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Chicks walked onto the stage dressed head to toe in red. No introduction. No explanation. They launched straight into “Not Ready to Make Nice” — the very song they wrote after country radio stations pulled all of their music in 2006. It was a song born out of death threats and public backlash, all because Natalie Maines made a few remarks about a president while performing in London in 2003. What many people tend to forget is what happened afterward. Taking the Long Way didn’t just survive the controversy — it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to win five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. The very industry that once turned its back on them ultimately handed them its highest honors. Now, two decades later, Natalie, Martie, and Emily are bringing that album back to the stage with a full U.S. theater tour this fall. Night after night, they’ll perform the entire album from beginning to end. Still wearing red. Still standing their ground. Still not ready to make nice.
Introduction Crimson Defiance: The Chicks Revive “Taking the Long Way” for a Historic Fall Tour On a recent Tuesday night, the studio…