A lot of country music fans still dislike the Dixie Chicks. Everything that they do is going to be criticized. If Beyoncé was performing with Shania Twain nobody would have cared.
That wasn't the backlash though. The comment below was cited in a LA Times article regarding the backlash:
SHE DOES NOT BELONG!!!! When have they ever invited ANY country singer to their BET awards...NEVER!!!!STOP IT. I bet Alan, George and Vince think CMT has gone NUTS.”
Conservative country music fans lash out at CMA performance by Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks
After pop star Beyoncé joined the Dixie Chicks at the CMAs on Wednesday in Nashville, conservative country music fans didn't pull any punches.
www.latimes.com