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Dixie Chicks Send Message Of Love To Orlando Victims At New York Concert

"We cannot let the hatred and the anger win out."
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Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks performs onstage in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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The Dixie Chicks might not be ready to make nice, but they're ready to make a change.

Following the mass shooting early Sunday morning at a queer nightclub in Orlando, the country group paid tribute to victims of the attack at the end of their Madison Square Garden show on Monday night in New York.

Before launching into a cover of Ben Harper's "Better Way" in front of a rainbow heart, the band's frontwoman, Natalie Maines, shared a message of love to all of those touched by the Orlando tragedy. 

"We cannot let the hatred and the anger win out," she said, according to Newsday. "We gotta put positivity out there in the universe.”

The band members' children joined their mothers onstage for the final number, making an already emotional moment even more memorable. 

The group previously recognized those affected by the shooting via social media, extending their "hearts and thoughts" to "friends and families who have lost their loved ones to violence in Orlando."

Watch footage from the Monday night performance below: 

Read more on the Orlando Shooting:

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Congress Is ‘Complicit’ In Orlando Slaughter, Senator Says

Barack Obama On Orlando Shooting: ‘We Will Not Give In To Fear’

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James Corden Opens Tony Awards With Powerful Message To Orlando Shooter

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Vigils Held In Honor Of Victims Of Orlando Nightclub Shooting
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People take part during a vigil in solidarity outside Manhattan's historic Stonewall Inn to express their support for the victims killed at Pulse nightclub in Orlando in New York on June 13 ,2016. (credit:KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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People hold candels and lights during a vigil in solidarity outside Manhattan's historic Stonewall Inn to express their support for the victims killed at Pulse nightclub in Orlando in New York on June 13 ,2016. (credit:KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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The names of shooting victims are written in chalk in a park across from the iconic New York City gay and lesbian bar The Stonewall Inn on June 13, 2016 in New York City. (credit:Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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People pause in front of the iconic New York City gay and lesbian bar The Stonewall Inn to lay flowers and grieve for those killed in Orlando on June 13, 2016 in New York City. (credit:Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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People stand during a vigil outside The Stonewall Inn remembering the victims of the Orlando massacre in New York, U.S., June 13, 2016. (credit:Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
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Chris Bartley (front) is hugged by Sam Johnson at a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. June 13, 2016. (credit:Gretchen Ertl/Reuters)
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Attendees pause under a giant pride flag during a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. June 13, 2016. (credit:Gretchen Ertl/Reuters)
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Congregants at All Sainst Church in Pasadena, California embrace, June 13, 2016, during a Eucharist and prayer against homophobia and gun violence held in reaction to the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. (credit:ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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People light candles during a vigil in memory of the victims of the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, at St Anne's church in the Soho district of London, June 13, 2016. (credit:Dylan MartinezReuters)
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A handwritten note is left following a candlelit vigil in memory of the victims of the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, outside St Georges Hall in Liverpool, northern England, June 13, 2016. (credit:Phil Noble/Reuters)
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Mourners embrace during a vigil, in memory of the victims of the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, at St Anne's Church in the Soho district of London, Britain June 13, 2016. (credit:Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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Men embrace during a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, in the Soho district of London, June 13, 2016. (credit:Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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Mourners embrace during a vigil, in memory of the victims of the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, at St Anne's Church in the Soho district of London, Britain June 13, 2016. (credit:Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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A man touches the ground next to rainbow flags during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, at Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on June 13, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (credit:Daniel Munoz via Getty Images)
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People light candles during a vigil for the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, on Old Compton Street, Soho on June 13, 2016 in London, England. (credit:Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
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A general view of a candlelight vigil, for victims of the Orlando, Florida nightclub shooting, outside of the United States Consulate on June 13, 2016 in Milan, Italy. (credit:Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)
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People light candles during a vigil for the attack at the gay club in Orlando, on Monday, June 13, in Bangkok, Thailand. (credit:Dario Pignatelli/Getty Images)
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People pause during a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, in the Soho district of London, June 13, 2016. (credit:Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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Mourners light candles placed on rainbow flag draped with a black crape outside Barcelona's city hall during a vigil at Sant Jaume Square in Barcelona on June 13, 2016. (credit:JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images)
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