Dixie Chicks are finding out that sometimes it's best to keep your mouth shut, particularly when your career is at stake. Last week Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks lashed out at president Bush during a concert in London saying "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."

Listeners from across the US, upon hearing the comments, started calling radio stations and requesting that the Dixie Chicks music stop being played on the air. A number of stations listened to their listeners and removed the Dixie Chicks from their playlists. In Kansas City one station received over 800 emails, another in Alabama received 250 complaints.

Natalie apologized on Firday saying "As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect."

So far a lot of the bands fans and listeners are still quite upset at the comments, and only time will tell if the comments have a long lasting affect on the bands continued success.

The Dixie Chicks are in Europe promoting their recent release "Home," which won a Grammy last month for Best Country Album.

The group is scheduled to kick off the U.S. leg of its "Top of the World Tour" on May 1 in Greenville, South Carolina.

People suck. I'd even be willing to bet that the Grammy would've been gone elsewhere had these comments come in January.

Doesn't change the quality of the music. Awards and radio playlists are just extensions of the industry that will now pull their support from a group that's contributed quite a bit to its welfare. People suck.

I don't get it. The Dixie Chicks are allowed to voice their opinions, but when ither people call radio stations to voice THEIR opinions that's NOT good?

Nice to see soem people learning that words, like actions have consequences. Try listening in France, they are probably FAWNING over the DC now

I think it has as much to do with how it was done (if not more) Natalie Maines certainly has the right to speak her mind. But to do it on stage, at a concert she overstepped the bounds of good taste and was interpeted to mean that was the position of the Dixie Chicks (a business). People reacted to that, I think.

i think she does have a right to free speach, but what the heck was she thinking?

I agree that words have consequences, but I find it hard to believe that 800 emails would have more of an effect on management decisions than would the millions of people who simply like the music and don't care about the words that they're not singing.

Anyone remember when Lennon was quoted outta context and forced to "apologize?" It was bullshit then and it's bullshit now. I'm sorry it has to affect the business so much.

she should have said "I saw Bush getting head off Blair last night" if you gotta shoot yourself, do it good

LOL Chillin.. Yeah I remebmber Milla, remember the fuss over "Imagine"?

"Imagine" that. /bad joke

Yeah. I don't give a damn if this Dixie Chick is a hardcore supporter of the Third Reich, I'd still listen to her music. The Dixie Chicks are one of the few, well, two actually, country bands/performers whos music I appreciate. Them and George Strait kick ass.

Radio call-out has a formula to prevent gaming. It has been demonstrated who it was that tried to intimidate the stations. It was an organized right-wing effort, and the stations have corrected their reactions. Lipton is still running the ads on their corporate website and have ignored the smear incident.

what's next kids?