May 12, 2006 — The AP reports that in an interview set to air on CBS' 60 Minutes this Sunday at 7 p.m. Eastern, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks says her comment about President Bush she made in London in March 2003 prompted a death threat that summer that was different from the others. "It was definitely scary because it wasn't just somebody wanting to write a hate letter," she says. "It was somebody who obviously thought they had a plan." Emily Robison clarifies, "There was one specific death threat on Natalie. (It) had a time, had a place, had a weapon. I mean, everything?`You will be shot dead at your show in Dallas.'"
The band flew into Dallas, "went straight from the police cars to the stage and straight from the stage back to the police cars and back to the plane," Maines says. The Chicks say the death threats lead them to install metal detectors at their shows. Today, the trio refuses to apologize to fans who were upset by Maines' comment. "We're not politicians. We're musicians," says Natalie. The band, which also includes Martie Maguire, echoes that sentiment in the song "Not Ready to Make Nice" on their latest album, Taking the Long Way, slated for release May 23.
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