The Dixie Chicks opened their nine-date Long Time Gone Canadian tour on Saturday night at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada.
It’s been seven years since the ladies have released a new studio album but that didn’t dampen the mostly female crowd who filled the arena. The group took the rather unique approach of performing music from their four studio albums chronologically during the main set running through four from Wide Open Spaces, six from Fly, four from Home and six from Taking the Long Way. One each from Home and Long Way were added during the encore. As has been traditional, they ignored the three original Dixie Chicks from the early nineties before Natalie Maines joined the band.
Missing from the show were the top ten hits There’s Your Trouble (1998 / #1 Country), Tonight the Heartache’s On Me (1999 / #6 Country), Cold Day in July (2000 / #10 Country), Without You (2000 / #1 Country) and If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me (2001 / #3 Country)
The set list:
Main Set
Wide Open Spaces (from Wide Open Spaces, 1998)
I Can Love You Better (from Wide Open Spaces, 1998)
Am I the Only One (Who’s Ever Felt This Way) (from Wide Open Spaces, 1998)
You Were Mine (from Wide Open Spaces, 1998)
Ready to Run (from Fly, 1999)
Goodbye Earl (from Fly, 1999)
Don’t Waste Your Heart (from Fly, 1999)
Cowboy Take Me Away (from Fly, 1999)
Some Days You Gotta Dance (from Fly, 1999)
Sin Wagon (from Fly, 1999)
Long Time Gone (from Home, 2002)
Landslide (from Home, 2002)
Truth #2 (from Home, 2002)
Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (from Home, 2002) / Lullabye (from Taking the Long Way, 2006)
Taking the Long Way (from Taking the Long Way, 2006)
Silent House (from Taking the Long Way, 2006)
Easy Silence (from Taking the Long Way, 2006)
I Like It (from Taking the Long Way, 2006)
Lubbock or Leave It (from Taking the Long Way, 2006)
Encore
Travelin’ Soldier (from Home, 2002)
Not Ready to Make Nice (from Taking the Long Way, 2006)
Mississippi (Bob Dylan cover)
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