Twenty years later, The Chicks are ready to revisit the album that changed everything. The Grammy-winning trio of Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer has announced the Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary Tour, a 10-city, 16-date theater run across North America this fall, subtitled “Still Not Ready to Make Nice.”
The tour launches September 30 at Detroit’s Fox Theatre and winds through Chicago’s The Auditorium, Washington D.C.’s The Anthem, New York’s Beacon Theatre, Nashville’s The Truth, and venues in San Antonio, Austin, Seattle, and San Francisco, before wrapping with two nights at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on November 1 and 2.
For the first time, the group will perform “Taking the Long Way” in its entirety each night before closing with fan-favorite hits. The album, produced by Rick Rubin, originally debuted in 2006 and swept the Grammys, taking home Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for “Not Ready to Make Nice,” among five total wins.
It marks the trio’s first U.S. run since their 2023 arena tour, this time trading massive venues for intimate, historically significant theaters.
An artist presale begins June 3 at 10 a.m., with general tickets on sale June 4 at thechicks.com/tour.
