Overview
- The trio announced on Monday that Taking the Long Way: 20th Anniversary Edition will be released Oct. 2 through Legacy Recordings with digital and physical formats.
- The expanded set adds five bonus tracks, including unreleased demos of “Not Ready To Make Nice,” “So Hard,” and “Flowers,” while two rarities, “Thin Line” and “Live Wire,” become streamable for the first time.
- A three‑LP collector’s package will feature refreshed cover art, an exclusive vinyl etching and updated packaging to accompany the archival material.
- The Chicks will perform the full album each night on a North American tour running from Sept. 30 in Detroit to Nov. 3 in Los Angeles, with newly added shows in Philadelphia, Boston and a third night at the Dolby Theatre.
- The project revisits work created after Natalie Maines’ 2003 London comment and the subsequent industry backlash, recalling how the 2006 album won five Grammys and helped reshape the band’s public and artistic legacy.