The Dixie Chicks are going to hit the road for the first time in nearly a decade.
According to CBS News, the Grammy-winning group announced the launch of a 40-city-plus tour. Dubbed the “DCX MMXVI World Tour,” the tour will kick off on June 1 in Cincinnati.
Dixie Chicks have announced a summer 2016 U.S. tour https://t.co/pbvKBtlkSo pic.twitter.com/Nn6UnE4gSS
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) November 16, 2015
According to the Dixie Chicks’ website, the world wide tour will last through the fall, culminating at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2016.
Mark your ! @DixieChicks are coming to a city near you on their #DCXMMXVI World Tour: https://t.co/TqIevnGDmd pic.twitter.com/12d4QCywGH
— CMT (@CMT) November 17, 2015
The Christian Science Monitor reports that the girls originally planned to limit their tour to Europe, but added venues in the United States.
The Dixie Chicks have been rather silent over the past few years. The trio’s last album, Taking the Long Way, was released in 2006 and garnered a Grammy for album of the year.
Dixie Chicks to play Hollywood Bowl Oct. 10 on 2016 World Tour https://t.co/FapRYdqDjJ pic.twitter.com/RqMIRKXwOx
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 16, 2015
The chicks parted ways and sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire formed their own duo Court Yard Hounds, while Natalie Maines released her debut solo effort in 2013.
Despite parting ways, the Dixie Chicks are an incredibly successful music group and the highest-selling female group in the US, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Tickets for the U.S. dates of the 2016 Dixie Chicks World Tour will go on sale this Friday.