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DCX MMXVI World Tour

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Start date
  
April 16, 2016

Legs
  
4

End date
  
April 18, 2017

Location
  
Europe, North America, Oceania

No. of shows
  
13 in Europe61 in North America8 in Oceania82 Total

The DCX MMXVI World Tour is the fifth and current headlining concert tour from American country music trio Dixie Chicks. It started on April 16, 2016, in Antwerp, Belgium and will finish on April 18, 2017, in London, Ontario, Canada. This tour is the first time in ten years the band has toured the United States and Australia as a headlining act. It is the first time the band will perform in New Zealand. For the shows in 2017, the tour will be re-named the DCX MMXVII World Tour.

Contents

The sound of the show is more guitar and rock and roll driven than earlier shows, with re-worked Dixie Chicks classics and several covers by Patty Griffin, Lana Del Rey, Beyoncé, and Bob Dylan. Through large video projections several political and empowering messages are spread.

Background

In June 2015, the group announced that they would tour Europe in April 2016, additional dates were announced in August. North American dates were announced in November 2015. Due to demand additional North American dates were announced on May 2, 2016. The Oceania leg was announced in October 2016.

Show synopsis

The stage is set up as a classic stage with a big bars-shaped light rail that is pulled up during the opening song, revealing a large video screen. The Dixie Chicks are supported by a big band with a strong rock and roll sound. After a warm-up song, the band starts with a strong guitar version of "The Long Way Around", following "Lubbock or Leave It" featuring a trucker and rock and roll themed video. After the first of several Patty Griffin covers, a slowed down version of "Easy Silence" is performed with slow landscape shots and on-screen lyrics. After "Favorite Year" and "Long Time Gone", an acoustic cover of "Video Games" by Lana Del Rey follows. "Goodbye Earl" is another renewed version into a more guitar driven sound. During "Goodbye Earl" a video on domestic violence is shown, including Chris Brown, the Fritzl case and Donald Trump. A video interlude shows The Dixie Chicks in a video game-themed car race, while the instrumental cover of "Ace of Spades" is heard.

The show is split with a bluegrass acoustic segment, starting with "Travelin' Soldier", played by only the three core members of the band. After "Don't Let Me Die in Florida" and "White Trash Wedding", the touring band is introduced. The acoustic segment is closed with an instrumental medley, including Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.

"Ready to Run" is themed as an election year parody, with a montage of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, while confetti is blown over the audience. Two more covers are performed: Bob Dylan's "Mississippi" and their version of "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac.

After "Silent House", "I Like It", "Cowboy Take Me Away" and "Wide Open Spaces" the show is concluded with "Sin Wagon". The encore starts with a dark version of "Not Ready to Make Nice" and a final encore is a positive and empowering message from Ben Harper's "Better Way", closed off by a drum segment.

  1. "The Long Way Around"
  2. "Lubbock or Leave It"
  3. "Truth #2" (Patty Griffin cover)
  4. "Easy Silence"
  5. "Favorite Year"
  6. "Long Time Gone"
  7. "Video Games" (Lana Del Rey cover)
  8. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover)
  9. "Top of the World"
  10. "Goodbye Earl"
  11. "Travelin' Soldier"
  12. "Daddy Lessons" (Beyoncé cover)
  13. "Don't Let Me Die in Florida" (Patty Griffin cover)
  14. "White Trash Wedding"
  15. Instrumental Bluegrass (Wynter Gordon, Beyoncé, Kevin Cossom, Alex Delicata covers)
  16. "Ready to Run"
  17. "Mississippi" (Bob Dylan cover)
  18. "Landslide"
  19. "Silent House"
  20. "I Like It"
  21. "Cowboy Take Me Away"
  22. "Wide Open Spaces"
  23. "Sin Wagon"
Encore
  1. "Not Ready to Make Nice"
  2. "Better Way" (Ben Harper cover)
Notes
  • "Video Games" was replaced with "Nothing Compares 2 U" starting in Horsens.
  • "Daddy Lessons" was only performed in Manchester, Glasgow, Pittsburgh, Hershey, Toronto, Vancouver, Auburn, Irvine, Dallas, Houston, Tampa, St. Paul, West Valley City, Mountain View, Raleigh, and New Orleans.
  • "Everybody Knows" replaced "Favorite Year" starting in Michigan
  • "Some Days You Gotta Dance" was performed in Hershey, Toronto, Calgary, Raleigh, and Los Angeles

    • Critical reception

    Anastasia Verleysen of the Het Nieuwsblad says, "The Dixie Chick are not just singing some country, but ladies with balls on their backs and even a high rock 'n roll content. And yet, their songs always go back to basics with the nonchalant banjo-strumming Emily Robinson, Martie Maguire handsome violin lines and the impressive voice of Natalie Maines." The Daily Telegraph's Sarah Carson stated, "the triumphant trio proved the power lies in their musicianship, not notoriety, and their talents remain as rich and fierce as ever."

    References

    DCX MMXVI World Tour Wikipedia
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