DCX MMXVI World Tour

The DCX MMXVI World Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour from American country music trio Dixie Chicks. It started on April 16, 2016, in Antwerp, Belgium and finished on April 18, 2017, in London, Ontario, Canada. The tour was the first time in ten years the band had toured the United States and Australia as a headlining act. It was the first time the band performed in New Zealand. For the shows in 2017, the tour was renamed the DCX MMXVII World Tour. This was the last tour where they were known as the Dixie Chicks.

DCX MMXVI World Tour

Tour by Dixie Chicks
Tour poster
Location	Europe, North America, Oceania
Start date	April 16, 2016
End date	April 18, 2017
Legs	4
No. of shows	13 in Europe 61 in North America 8 in Oceania 82 Total
Dixie Chicks concert chronology

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.^[1] Due to demand additional North American dates were announced on May 2, 2016.^[2] The Oceania leg was announced in October 2016.^[3][4]

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.

Opening acts

^[5]

• Augustana
• The Heavy
• Anderson East
• Josh Herbert
• Elle King
• Smooth Hound Smith
• Vintage Trouble
• Avalanche City

Recordings

At the second to last show in the U.S. on October 8, 2016, Natalie Maines announced: "As you can see we've chosen you guys and the forum to be the audience for our DVD". The Edmonton, Calgary, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Hamilton shows were included in a one-night cinema event DCX MMXVI Live that was shown in theatres on August 7, 2017, followed by a DVD/Blu-ray/CD release on September 1, 2017, from Columbia Records.

Setlist

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1. "The Long Way Around"
2. "Lubbock or Leave It"
3. "Truth #2" (Patty Griffin cover)
4. "Easy Silence"
5. "Everybody Knows" / "Favorite Year" / "Some Days You Gotta Dance"
6. "Long Time Gone"
7. "Video Games" (Lana Del Rey cover) / "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover)
8. "Top of the World"
9. "Goodbye Earl"
10. "Travelin' Soldier"
11. "Daddy Lessons" (Beyoncé cover)
12. "Don't Let Me Die in Florida" (Patty Griffin cover)
13. "White Trash Wedding"
14. "Ready to Run"
15. "Mississippi" (Bob Dylan cover)
16. "Landslide"
17. "Silent House"
18. "I Like It"
19. "Cowboy Take Me Away"
20. "Wide Open Spaces"
21. "Sin Wagon"

Encore

23. "Not Ready to Make Nice"
24. "Better Way" (Ben Harper cover)

Notes

• "Video Games" was replaced with "Nothing Compares 2 U" starting with the performance in Horsens.^[9][10]
• "Daddy Lessons" was performed in Manchester, Glasgow, Pittsburgh, Camden, Toronto, Hershey, Vancouver, Auburn, Irvine, Dallas, Houston, Tampa, St. Paul, West Valley City, Mountain View, Raleigh, New Orleans, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.^[11]
• "Everybody Knows" replaced "Favorite Year" starting in Michigan. In turn, "Some Days You Gotta Dance" replaced it during the performances in Hershey, Toronto, Calgary, Raleigh, Los Angeles, Brisbane and Sydney
• "Silent House" and "I Like It" were not performed in Brisbane and Sydney.
• Something in the Air replaced "Nothing Compares 2 U", starting with the show in New Zealand.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
Europe
April 16, 2016	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena	Augustana	3,805 / 4,382	$223,464
April 17, 2016	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion		9,500 / 9,500	$754,847
April 19, 2016	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall		—	—
April 20, 2016
April 22, 2016	Horsens	Denmark	Forum Horsens
April 24, 2016	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
April 25, 2016	Stockholm	Sweden	Hovet
April 27, 2016	Malmö		Malmö Arena
April 29, 2016	Birmingham	England	Barclaycard Arena
April 30, 2016	Manchester		Manchester Arena		8,546 / 9,134	$606,008
May 1, 2016	London		The O2 Arena		13,078 / 15,471	$898,090
May 3, 2016	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro		11,259 / 11,421	$563,845
May 4, 2016	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena		—
North America Leg 1[2][12]
June 1, 2016	Cincinnati	United States	Riverbend Music Center	Augustana Josh Herbert	19,877 / 19,877	$1,150,340
June 3, 2016	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center		18,428 / 20,415	$1,045,808
June 4, 2016	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre		14,197 / 14,841	$952,409
June 5, 2016	Tinley Park		Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre		21,516 / 28,059	$1,372,366
June 8, 2016	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center	The Heavy Josh Herbert	8,210 / 15,883	$511,197
June 10, 2016	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion		11,262 / 21,731	$514,181
June 11, 2016	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center		15,943 / 24,599	$824,242
June 13, 2016	New York City		Madison Square Garden		10,366 / 14,521	$1,387,319
June 14, 2016	Mansfield		Xfinity Center		10,503 / 19,422	$753,200
June 16, 2016	Bangor		Darling's Waterfront Pavilion	Anderson East Josh Herbert	10,876 / 12,877	$706,634
June 17, 2016	Hartford		Xfinity Theatre		10,291 / 23,089	$668,426
June 18, 2016	Camden		BB&T Pavilion		9,573 / 23,429	$565,407
June 21, 2016	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre		30,477 / 31,351	$2,022,400
June 22, 2016
June 24, 2016	Hershey	United States	Hersheypark Stadium		12,157 / 16,532	$817,664
June 25, 2016	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live		17,742 / 21,297	$1,191,951
July 7, 2016	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		12,870 / 14,463	$1,030,490
July 8, 2016	Auburn	United States	White River Amphitheatre		13,758 / 15,432	$927,073
July 9, 2016	Ridgefield		Sunlight Supply Amphitheater		15,342 / 17,160	$1,057,715
July 12, 2016	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre		17,832 / 21,142	$979,925
July 13, 2016	Wheatland		Toyota Amphitheatre		14,783 / 17,271	$736,778
July 15, 2016	Chula Vista		Sleep Train Amphitheatre	AugustanaL Smooth Hound Smith	12,816 / 18,841	$797,272
July 16, 2016	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena		9,319 / 11,059	$970,166
July 17, 2016	Phoenix		Ak-Chin Pavilion		13,480 / 19,102	$682,771
July 20, 2016	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre		12,402 / 13,844	$992,657
August 5, 2016	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion	Vintage Trouble Smooth Hound Smith	19,701 / 19,701	$1,367,443
August 6, 2016	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion		15,626 / 15,626	$1,082,571
August 7, 2016	Austin		Austin360 Amphitheatre		12,277 / 12,277	$975,008
August 10, 2016	Virginia Beach		Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater		10,443 / 17,804	$550,568
August 12, 2016	Raleigh		Coastal Credit Union Music Park		17,785 / 19,408	$897,444
August 13, 2016	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion		18,010 / 18,184	$1,178,026
August 14, 2016	Alpharetta		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		12,229 / 12,229	$760,235
August 17, 2016	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		16,325 / 16,325	$1,517,305
August 19, 2016	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre		15,588 / 18,629	$897,334
August 20, 2016	West Palm Beach		Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre		10,405 / 18,186	$555,878
August 24, 2016	Maryland Heights		Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre		17,897 / 19,521	$911,283
August 25, 2016	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center		16,909 / 23,252	$852,771
August 27, 2016[a]	Falcon Heights		Minnesota State Fair Grandstand		—
August 28, 2016
August 30, 2016	Kansas City		Sprint Center		13,520 / 13,520	$1,138,510
September 1, 2016	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre		—
September 2, 2016	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre		18,483 / 19,011	$898,560
September 8, 2016	Tulsa		BOK Center	Elle King	8,063 / 9,337	$766,268
September 9, 2016	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena		8,809 / 14,259	$691,159
September 10, 2016	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center		9,529 / 10,041	$812,884
September 15, 2016	Moline		iWireless Center		6,783 / 9,668	$500,689
September 16, 2016	Columbus		Nationwide Arena		9,430 / 13,651	$828,362
September 17, 2016	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		7,621 / 10,545	$592,808
September 22, 2016	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		9,821 / 10,780	$862,342
September 23, 2016	Toledo		Huntington Center	Augustana	4,778 / 5,614	$424,653
September 24, 2016	Green Bay		Resch Center		6,464 / 6,917	$620,056
September 29, 2016	Edmonton	Canada	Rogers Place	Elle King	12,152 / 12,152	$1,018,230
September 30, 2016	Saskatoon		SaskTel Centre		9,841 / 10,713	$800,788
October 1, 2016	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome		11,194 / 11,194	$933,512
October 7, 2016	Oakland	United States	Oracle Arena		7,228 / 10,560	$561,848
October 8, 2016	Inglewood		The Forum		5,766 / 6,134	$572,898
October 10, 2016	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl		16,048 / 16,048	$1,345,158
Oceania[3][4]
March 25, 2017	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Avalanche City	9,252 / 9,686	$1,073,410
March 26, 2017[b]	Ipswich		Willowbank Raceway		—
March 29, 2017	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena		12,383 / 12,508	$1,243,770
March 30, 2017			ICC Sydney Theatre		6,702 / 7,919	$729,867
April 1, 2017	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		21,304 / 21,650	$2,487,280
April 2, 2017
April 5, 2017	Perth		Perth Arena		—	—
April 8, 2017	Napier	New Zealand	Mission Estate Winery		—	—
North America Leg 2
April 14, 2017	Ottawa	Canada	Canadian Tire Centre	Smooth Hound Smith	—	—
April 15, 2017	Montreal		Bell Centre
April 17, 2017	Hamilton		FirstOntario Centre
April 18, 2017	London		Budweiser Gardens
Total					788,574 / 959,194	$56,153,563

Notes

1. The August 27 and 28, 2016, concerts in Falcon Heights are part of the Minnesota State Fair.
2. The March 26, 2017, concert in Willowbank is part of CMC Rocks.

Critical reception

Anastasia Verleysen of the Het Nieuwsblad says, "The Dixie Chicks 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."^[6] 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."^[13] Erik Leijon for Montreal Gazette wrote about the 2017 leg of the tour: "Saturday night's set was a reminder that beyond having the courage to speak openly, the Dixie Chicks possess the heart-stopping harmonies, bluegrass stompers, superstar presence and enviable pop instincts to back up any words."^[14]

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