Dear Stagecoach, please book the Dixie Chicks for the 2019 lineup

Kristin Scharkey | Palm Springs Desert Sun

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Dear Stagecoach,

First off, I want to say kudos on this year's festival. It was both legendary and contemporary, with tons of chart-topping talent. A special congratulations is deserved for booking Garth Brooks as the Sunday headliner. I know he's an act you've been wanting to bring to the Empire Polo Field for a long time, and his epic set with Trisha Yearwood was one to remember.

Between nabbing Brooks, a festival-elusive country music superstar, and placing Shania Twain center stage last year, I have tremendous faith in your ability to make miracles happen.

Which is why I want to appeal to your ambition, if the following is not already in the works: Please bring the Dixie Chicks to Indio.

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The Beyoncé-approved trio are long overdue for an epic U.S. "reunion." I use quotes around "reunion" because, as I'm sure you know, they embarked on a largely sold-out world tour in 2016-17. According to Billboard, the DCX MMXVI Tour was the second-highest-grossing country tour that summer — second only to Kenny Chesney.

Reviews of the tour called it "a welcome return" and described the Chicks as "nearly as sharp and slightly wiser." During those shows, they performed in front of a photo of then-presidential nominee Donald Trump with cartoony horns and a mustache. While Stagecoach has remained a largely non-political festival, this year's inclusion of Brothers Osborne — known for their own Trump video — shows you're open to outspoken artists.

What I mean to say is the Dixie Chicks are long overdue to headline one of country music's biggest stages.

But back to Beyoncé. Seriously, the world's most beloved celebrity chose to partner with the trio for a crossover into the genre. Their Country Music Awards performance of "Daddy Lessons" was iconic in more ways than one.

Anyways, the Chicks remain three of the most influential and badass women in the genre's history. At a festival that has slanted significantly toward male headliners, why not make a statement and go with the 12-time Grammy Award-winning trio? Some days you gotta dance.

Can you imagine the chorus that would rise from the field during "Wide Open Spaces"? "Cowboy Take Me Away"? "GOODBYE EARL"?! The do-si-doing that would happen when they performed "Ready to Run" and "There's Your Trouble"?!

And the tears that would fall during "Landslide." For so many, these three women were the soundtrack to the seasons of our lives.

Is country music ready to make nice? I don't know, and I highly doubt the Dixie Chicks care. Those of us who looked up to them did so because of their unabashed individuality, as well as the undeniable talent behind their artistry.

All I'm askin' for is one little chance. Please bring the Dixie Chicks to Indio.

Kristin Scharkey is the editor of DESERT magazine and community content editor at The Desert Sun. Reach her at kristin.scharkey@desertsun.com or on Twitter @kscharkey.