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    • 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
    Apr 24, 2003
    President George W. Bush reacts to a slight by Dixie Chick Natalie Maines during an NBC interview: "They shouldn't have their feelings hurt just because some people don't want to buy their records when they speak out. Freedom is a two-way street"
    May 2, 2003
    The Dixie Chicks appear nude on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, with words such as "boycott," "traitors" and "free speech" superimposed on their bodies, as they discuss the controversy that came from an anti-Bush comment by Natalie Maines
    Jun 1, 2003
    The Dixie Chicks cancel a show at Cleveland's Gund Arena, with lead singer Natalie Maines suffering from a sore throat. It's reportedly the first time the band has ever had to postpone a date
    Jun 2, 2003
    When The Dixie Chicks play the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan, Natalie Maines references a previous insult of president Bush, telling the crowd, "I had absolutely no voice yesterday, and I could swear you could hear clapping from the White House"
    Jul 6, 2003
    The Dixie Chicks perform at Dallas' American Airlines Center despite a threat that Natalie Maines will be shot on stage
    Oct 12, 2003
    The Dixie Chicks perform with The Eagles at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., in a benefit for the Recording Artists Coalition. The show closes with Don Henley and Natalie Maines collaborating on "Desperado"
    Jun 14, 2004
    An ACLU ad featuring The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines appears in The New Yorker. She writes: "I am not an American who confuses politics with patriotism. I am an American who loves our country because we are all guaranteed the freedom to disagree with government decisions"
    Jul 14, 2004
    Dixie Chick Natalie Maines and her husband, Adrian Pasdar, welcome a baby boy, Beckett Finn Pasdar
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