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Feb 8, 2003

The Dixie Chicks are musical guests on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," performing "Travelin' Soldier" and "Sin Wagon"

Feb 11, 2003

Warner Bros. releases the "Grammy Nominees 2003" compilation. It features The Dixie Chicks' version of "Landslide," along with James Taylor, Norah Jones, 'N Sync, The Dave Matthews Band, Sting, Sheryl Crow, Britney Spears and John Mayer

Feb 20, 2003

The Dixie Chicks' album "Wide Open Spaces" is certified by the RIAA for reaching 12 million in shipments

Feb 23, 2003

The Dixie Chicks collect three trophies--Best Country Album, for "Home"; Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group, "Long Time Gone"; and Best Country Instrumental, "Lil' Jack Slade"--during the 45th annual Grammy Awards at New York's Madison Square Garden

Mar 1, 2003

The Dixie Chicks sell a record 867,000 tickets in a single day when seats go on sale for 59 dates on a summer tour. Fifty-one of those concerts are sold out the same day, with the trio raking in a cool $49 million

Mar 10, 2003

Dixie Chick Natalie Maines tells a London concert audience, "We're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The audience cheers, but many U.S. radio stations stop playing Chicks music as the nation prepares for war in Iraq

Mar 11, 2003

Faith Hill, Toby Keith and Shania Twain take the post position with five nominations apiece for the second annual CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards. The Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban claim four nominations each

Mar 14, 2003

The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Among the 1990s female hits on the list are Martina McBride's "Independence Day" and The Dixie Chicks' "Wide Open Spaces"

Mar 14, 2003

The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines issues an apology to president George W. Bush, saying she was "disrespectful" when she told a U.K. audience she was "ashamed" of him four days earlier. Many radio stations still refuse to play the band's music

Mar 15, 2003

Outraged music fans in Louisiana destroy Dixie Chicks CDs with a 16-ton tractor in protest of Natalie Maines' criticism of president George W. Bush

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