In March 2003, as Bush's stormtroopers were set fare to invade Iraq, Dixie Chicks lead singer, Natalie Maines, while playing the Shepherds Bush Empire, casually quipped 'we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas'. Once picked up by the media this played rather badly in their Country and Western homeland, resulting in mass burnings of their CDs and their blacklisting from many radio stations. "Shut Up And Sing" follows the events, the band's private lives and their evolving musical style.