"They've kicked off the Australian leg of their tour and the reviews have been absolutely fantastic," Mr Craft said.
The group played in Brisbane last Saturday and put on two shows in Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday.
They play Melbourne tomorrow and wrap their Australian leg up in Perth next Wednesday.
"Then they will make their way across to Napier," Mr Craft said, although the timetable for that was yet to be determined as they were travelling by charter aircraft and "pacing" themselves.
After the Mission they will head straight to Canada for concerts there.
After a couple of years of act uncertainties for the Mission the response to the Dixie Chicks event had delighted everyone, Mr Craft said.
"It had been difficult over the past couple of years to find suitable artists [for the Mission] but in this industry that's the way it sometimes goes."
However, the future was looking bright at this stage as preparations were already under way to source a major act for 2018.
"Oh we've got a couple of hot ones we are looking at under way."
Ground preparations began about a week ago and staging production crews were preparing to get under way setting up the big stage today.
Work will then crank up through the week with hospitality sites and other requirements being put in place.
The Dixie Chicks backing band are scheduled to stage a rehearsal next Thursday.
The only possible unpredictable factor at this stage, eight days out, was the weather, although Mr Craft had no concerns at this point.
The drivers of the concert conceded at the announcement of the date that there was always a risk of the autumn weather taking a bite out of things, although that had not affected the huge ticket sales.
At this stage of long-range forecasts concert management would likely prefer to go with the Weatherwatch version which has Saturday April 8 down as partly cloudy and with a temperature of 17C - after a week of damp weather.
The MetService long-range forecast is not so friendly - it is going for rain and light winds and a temperature of 18C.
"We'll be fine," Mr Craft said, adding that showers would not affect the concert if they were to fall.
Only a storm-driven deluge like that which forced a cancellation to the 2009 Lionel Ritchie concert would cause concerns.