Chicks Plan New Release

Sun., Dec. 27, 1998

Entertainment News Wire

How do the Dixie Chicks follow 1998, a year in which the trio won two Country Music Association Awards and sold more than 2 million albums?

Their No. 1 goal, singer Natalie Maines tells Close Up magazine, would be “to put out a killer second album.” The group will work through March on their follow up to “Wide Open Spaces.”

They made special arrangements to work on new material for the album. “We went on retreats this summer, like a week at a time, and went like an hour outside of Nashville each time,” says Martie Seidel. “We got away and really focused. I think that really helped.”

Once the new record is out, the group expects to tour in support of the release. “I see us still touring and still doing what we’re doing, but maybe with some more luxury,” observes Seidel.

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