The Dixie Chicks to Split Up After Grammys

The loved & hated by some Dixie Chicks are planning to split up & go their separate ways after the Grammy Awards in February.  Chin up, guys, we’ll make it through this one together, eh?

Emily Robison, Martie Maguire & Natalie Maines are finally going to break up the band after all the turmoil they have been through with their political stances & views.  According to Star magazine, the split has more to do with family than just your ordinary accumulation of death threats & such.  Here’s the scoop:

The controversial country superstars have secretly decided to split up after the Grammy Awards – because Emily Robison and Martie Maguire no longer want to share the nest with outspoken Natalie Maines, say sources.

“The Chicks are tired and wrung out,” said a group insider. “They feel they’ve come to the end, and they want a break from each other to spend more time with their families.”

The three women, who have seven children among them, are at odds over Natalie’s blunt political ramblings. And while sources say sisters Emily and Martie share many of Natalie’s anti-George W. Bush views, they feel her public rants have taken the focus off their music.

“They’ve supported many of her political beliefs, even though it’s put their lives and the lives of their families in jeopardy,” said the insider.

“They’ve received death threats, and it’s made them all nervous wrecks.”

You know, it’s just too damn bad.  The Dixie Chicks have been making sweet music together since 1989.  Maybe this is just a threat of some kind, we’ll just have to wait for those mid-February Grammys I guess. 

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