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Ever the philanthropist: Dolly Parton still has love for Elle King — and wants others to as well — defending the “Ex’s and Oh’s” singer after King botched the country legend’s family-friendly birthday show at the Grand Ole Opry last month.“Elle is a really great artist,” the country-music legend said during a recent interview with “Extra.” “She’s a great girl. She’s been going through a lot of hard things lately and she just had a little too much to drink.”Or, as King put it inside the Ryman Auditorium that night, she…

Dolly Parton voiced her support for Elle King after the latter stirred up controversy last month with a seemingly inebriated performance at a special Grand Ole Opry show celebrating Parton’s 78th birthday.  “Elle is a really great artist, she’s a great girl,” Parton said in her first interview about the incident on Extra. “She’s been going through a lot of hard things lately, and she just had a little too much to drink. So let’s forgive that and forget it and move on, cause she felt worse than anybody ever could.”…

"Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)" singer pushes five concerts (including one tomorrow night) after an admittedly "hammered" appearance at Grand Ole Opry last weekend Elle King has postponed a handful of upcoming concerts following a string of gigs that had fans concerned and a Nashville institution apologizing. At Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday show Friday at the Grand Ole Opry, an admittedly “fucking hammered” King delivered a messy, profane performance that ultimately had the venue saying…

Ever been to a show so bad that the venue issued an apology? That seems to be the case for Elle King after she stole the spotlight at Dolly Parton’s birthday bash in Nashville on Friday — and not in a good way.The “Ex’s & Oh’s” singer appeared to slur her words while performing during the second of the country music legend’s 78th birthday tributes at the Grand Ole Opry. King repeatedly said she didn’t know the lyrics to one of Parton’s songs and at one point admitted she was drunk. “Hi, my name is Elle King. I’m f—…

The Grand Ole Opry celebrated Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday on Jan. 19 with a night of performances at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Friday. While the country legend herself wasn’t present for the Opry Goes Dolly event, other musicians took the stage to perform her hits in tribute — or at least they were supposed to. Singer-songwriter Elle King derailed the performance by appearing onstage in a seemingly inebriated state: At one point, she admitted to being “hammered” and forgot the words to Parton’s songs during her…

Scotland’s foremost country music venue has voted narrowly to ban the use of the Confederate flag because of its “toxic” associations with slavery and white supremacy.Members of Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry voted 50 to 48 to maintain a ban brought in by the venue’s managing committee last month. The emergency general meeting on Monday evening was the culmination of a bitter internal dispute that resulted in the resignation of the committee’s president two weeks ago.The row centred around the use of the red and blue cross in a…

Garth Brooks surprised fellow country musician Ashley McBryde on national television Thursday with an invitation to the Grand Ole Opry.Both singers became emotional as Brooks delivered the invite live on “CBS Mornings” where McBryde was in the middle of promoting her new album, “Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville.” The “One Night Standards” hitmaker was confused at first when the “Friends in Low Places” artist appeared via video.“What’s happening?” she said as Brooks addressed her remotely from the Opry in Nashville,…

Country Music Hall of Famer and Grammy winner Barbara Mandrell retired from music more than two decades ago, but the Grand Ole Opry still feels like home to her. Mandrell, 73, made a rare public appearance on Saturday night at the Opry to celebrate her 50th anniversary of being an Opry member. “Here we are at home again,” Mandrell told The Associated Press in an interview backstage at the Opry House before the long-running radio and TV program. “Fifty years. Not everybody gets that blessing.”…