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>> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUESTS HAVE WON 13 GRAMMY AWARDS, SOLD OVER 30
MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE, AND THEY'RE MAKING NEW MUSIC AFTER A
14-YEAR HIATUS.
PLEASE WELCOME THE CHICKS HELLO, CHICKS.
>> HI.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
NATALIE, MARTIE, EMILY, NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: NOW WHAT PEOPLE AT HOME DON'T KNOW IS, ON THE NIGHT
OF THE LAST SHOW THAT WE DID IN THE THEATER BEFORE WE HAD TO BUG
OUT BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MY
GUESTS THAT NIGHT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND, INSTEAD, SANJAY GUPTA CAME IN AND JUST
ROCKED ALL YOUR HITS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> DID HE KNOW GASLIGHTER?
>> Stephen: HE KNEW GOODBYE EARL, HE KNEW THAT ONE.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HE COULD PLAY THE BANJO.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
IT WAS SO LONG AGO THAT, BACK THEN, YOU WERE CALLED THE DIXIE
CHICKS, AND AFTER 31 YEARS, YOU'VE CHANGED TO THE CHICKS.
TELL ME WHY YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR NAME NOW.
>> WELL, JUST BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN
THE WORLD, IT'S ABOUT TIME.
WE HAD WANTED TO CHANGE IT FOR A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY, AND WE
STARTED USING DCX A LOT AND THE CHICKS A LOT WHEN WE COULD.
WE HOPED IT WOULD CATCH ON BUTpI SO, IN THE MOMENT, NOW, WE JUST
FELT THAT IT WAS RIGHT, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO, YOU KNOW,
HAVE MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
WE JUST ALL WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY AND, SO, WE DID.
>> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
WAS IT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CHICKS OR WERE THERE OTHER
CONTENDERS FOR THE NAME?
>> WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE GOT OUR DUCKS IN A ROW IMMEDIATELY.
WE THOUGHT CHICKS WOULD BE A NAME BUT WE HAD TO ENTERTAIN A
FEW OTHER NAMES.
ONE OF THE ONES CAME UP WAS OUR INITIALS SO WE WOULD GO FROM THE
CHICKS TO MEN.
>> Stephen: MARTIE, EMILY, NATALIE, GOT IT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> WELL, WE HAD NAMES IN THE PAST WE WOULD CALL OURSELVES AS
OUR ALTER EGOS, AND WE COULD HAVE PULLED THOSE FROM THE PAST.
ONE WAS PUSS 'N BOOTS.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
THERE WAS ALREADY A BAND CALLED THAT.
>> UNT SNIEWNT WHAT WAS THE LAST ONE?
>> WOOLLY PUDDIN'.
>> Stephen: WOOLLY PUDDIN'.
OKAY.
I LIKE IT.
( LAUGHTER ) A FEW PEOPLE TWEETED OUT
CRITICISM OF THE NAME CHANGE.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE REALLY LIKED IT, BUT ALREADY THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SEAN SPICER SAID THE DIXIE CHICKS ARE DROPPING DIXIE FROM
THEIR NAME AND ARE NOW CALLED THE CHICKS BUT SOME WOMEN MIGHT
FIND OUT FENCIVE SO I PROPOSE THEY GO BY "THE."
SOME CLOWN CALLED SENATOR TED CRUZ SAYS SOME BAND SELLING
RECORDS TELLS THE ENTIRE SOUTH TO ( BLEEP ) OFF AND ADOPTS A
TERM INSULTING TO WOMEN INSTEAD.
ANY RESPONSE?
>> PEACE AND LOVE.
PEACE AND LOVE.
>> Stephen: THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU FOLKS WAS 2006 FROM THE
TIME 100 DINNER.
WE DIDN'T TALK FOR VERY LONG, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD
APPRECIATE ABOUT EACH OTHER IS GETTING IN SOME TROUBLE FOR
SAYING THINGS ABOUT GEORGE W.
BUSH BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AFTER I HAD DONE MY
CORRESPONDENTS DINNER SPEECH IN WASHINGTON, AND THAT WAS IN 2006
WHEN NO ONE WAS REALLY CRITICIZING HIM PUBLICLY.
YOU GUYS HAD DONE IT THREE YEARS BEFORE IN 2003.
AND I ADMIRE THAT YOU SPOKE YOUR MIND.
OBVIOUSLY, HISTORY HAS PROVEN YOU RIGHT ABOUT BEING DRAGGED
INTO A BOONDOGGLE IN IRAQ UNDER FALSE PRETENSES, AND ALL THE
CHAOS AND THE TRAGEDY THAT CAUSED.
YOU SAY IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU
AS A BAND, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS ENORMOUS BACKLASH AND THERE WERE
pTHREATS AGAINST YOU AND A BOYCOTT.
WHY WAS IT ONE TO HAVE THE BEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
>> IT WAS KIND OF LIBERATING THAT OUR AUDIENCE KNEW WHO WE
WERE AND WHAT WE THOUGHT.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY LIBERAL, AND SPOKEN OUR MINDS, BUT THAT
WAS JUST THE ONE MOMENT WHERE NATALIE SAID THAT AND THE FIRE
STORM ERUPTED.
BUT, YEAH, IT KIND OF FELT LIKE, OKAY, THE CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG
AND THAT'S WHO WE ARE, AND HOW COULD WE NOT BE BEING PATRIOTIC
TO WORRY ABOUT THE TROOPS IN HARM'S WAY WITH THE INVASION?
IT WAS KIND OF IRONIC THAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING NOT WHAT SHE
SAID BUT THAT SHE DIDN'T SUPPORT THE TROOPS.
I THINK, IF YOU ASK PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW EVEN KNOW IF THEY
KNOW WHAT SHE SAID, IT WAS SO INNOCUOUS, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE A NEW WAY TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU
FEEL.
THE NEW ALBUM GASLIGHTER COMES OUT TOMORROW.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED IN MAY BUT THEN HAD TO BE PUT ON
HOLD BECAUSE TO HAVE THE COVID CRISIS.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO NOT CREATE AN ALBUM OF NEW MUSIC TOGETHER
FOR 14 YEARS, AND THEN BE READY TO SHOW TO THE WORLD AND HAVE TO
HIT THE BRAKES AT THE LAST MINUTE?
WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS OR WHAT WAS THAT FEELING LIKE?
>> THAT WAS A HUGE BUMMER.
I THINK MOSTLY WE WERE REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR FANS TO HEAR THE
NEW ALBUM, BUT WE ALSO WERE FOLLOWING THAT UP WITH A TOUR.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON A TOUR THIS SUMMER, OUR FIRST SHOW WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE JUNE 6.
BOTH OF MY SONS HAVE BANDS, AND THEY'RE AWESOME MUSICIANS, AND
THEY WERE GOING TO OPEN FOR US.
SO, YEAH, LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, PLANS CHANGED AND THINGS
CHANGED.
BUT FOR THE ALBUM RELEASE, I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S BEEN GOOD.
I THINK WE NEEDED A FEW MORE MONTHS TO REALLY GET EVERYTHING
TOGETHER AND RELEASE IT HOW WE WANT TO BUT, YEAH, IT'S
INTERESTING.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
>> Stephen: THE SINGLE SOME IN THE AUDIENCE ARE WATCHING NOW IS
MARCH MARCH, WHICH IS A REALLY POWERFUL PROTEST ANTHEM.
AND IT SEEMS SO FITTING TO THE MOMENT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
WHEN DID YOU ACTUALLY WRITE THAT?
>> A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WE STARTED.
IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THE PRODUCTION ON IT AND GET IT THE
WAY IT IS ON THE ALBUM.
BUT THE LYRICS ARE BASICALLY WRITTEN TWO YEARS AGO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE, IN SOME
WAYS, WHAT THAT SONG, SEEMS LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN YESTERDAY.
>> I KNOW.
IT'S CRAZY.
WE DID WANT TO PUT IT OUT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE
IT LENT ITSELF TO THE TIMES RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE HAD GONE TO MARCH FOR OUR LIVES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
SEEING THAT ENTIRE MOVEMENT, AND IT WAS THE MOST POWERFUL THING
I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF, AND WE WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT THAT.
THAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR THE SONG.
IT'S EERIE HOW MUCH IT PERTAINS TO RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS ARE PERFORMING "MARCH MARCH" IN JUST
A MOMENT.
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.
WE WILL HAVE MORE CHICKS.