{"id":66316,"date":"2026-06-10T07:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/watch-the-chicks-revisit-not-ready-to-make-nice-on-kimmel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:06:29","slug":"watch-the-chicks-revisit-not-ready-to-make-nice-on-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/watch-the-chicks-revisit-not-ready-to-make-nice-on-kimmel\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Chicks Revisit &#8216;Not Ready to Make Nice&#8217; on &#8216;Kimmel&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The trio are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album, <em>Taking the Long Way<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-chicks\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-chicks\" data-tag=\"the-chicks\">The Chicks<\/a> appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-kimmel\" data-tag=\"jimmy-kimmel\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> Live<\/em> to perform their hit song \u201cNot Ready to Make Nice.\u201d The performance came in honor of the 20th anniversary of the group\u2019s Grammy Award-winning album, <em>Taking the Long Way<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDressed in all red, the trio\u2014Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer\u2014showcased the anthemic track alongside a band and strings section. Maguire brought in her signature fiddle playing as the musician shared vocals on the powerful song, released in response to the group being blacklisted for their comments regarding President George W. Bush and the Iraq War.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gc84Qk7f-pg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Chicks, then known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-dixie-chicks\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-dixie-chicks\" data-tag=\"the-dixie-chicks\">the Dixie Chicks<\/a>, released <em>Taking the Long Way<\/em>, their seventh studio album, in 2006. The album won five Grammys, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> named \u201cNot Ready to Make Nice\u201d one of the best 100 songs of 2006, writing, \u201cA heart-tugging guitar anthem for small-town girls with big dreams\u2014and the best ersatz Springsteen song in a year that was packed with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Chicks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/the-chicks-taking-the-long-way-20th-anniversary-tour-1235568938\/\">will hit the road<\/a> this fall\u00a0for a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of\u00a0<em>Taking the Long Way<\/em>. Starting in Detroit, the trio will play 16 shows across the country. Major stops include multiple shows in Chicago, New York, San Antonio, and more, before closing out with two nights in Hollywood, California. The tour is also notable for the size of the venues the Chicks are playing: intimate theaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Chicks released their newest album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/the-chicks-gaslighter-1030326\/\">Gaslighter<\/a><\/em>, in 2020 via Columbia Records. It was their first record since\u00a0<em>Taking the Long Way<\/em>, and their first after a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/dixie-chicks-name-change-march-march-1020398\/\">name change<\/a>\u00a0and 14-year hiatus. The Chicks keep on making their voices heard, though; recently, Maines called Donald Trump a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/the-chicks-natalie-maines-slams-trump-slush-fund-1235565893\/\">fugly slut<\/a>\u201d for establishing a slush fund for his supporters and allies with U.S. tax dollars.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-chicks-not-ready-to-make-nice-performance-kimmel-1235575238\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trio are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album, Taking the Long Way The Chicks appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":66317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}