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Breadcrumb Trail LinksSportsNFLMusicFootballEntertainment Get the latest from Jon McCarthy straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Nov 23, 2023  •  1 minute read Dolly Parton performs during halftime in the game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys at AT&ampamp;T Stadium on Nov. 23, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. Photo by Ron Jenkins /Getty ImagesArticle contentIf anyone can unite America it should be Dolly Parton, but social media was divided after the country music legend’s U.S. Thanksgiving…

The country star donned the iconic blue-and-white outfit to perform "Jolene," "9 to 5," and songs from her new album Rockstar Dolly Parton’s promotional push behind her new album Rockstar has been as well-planned as a military operation. The country music superstar has been everywhere, from an hourlong interview on ABC earlier this month to the field at the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium last weekend, where she sang the Volunteers’ rally song “Rocky Top.” On Thanksgiving Day, Parton…

Dolly Parton couldn’t wait more than a weekend to start expanding her new rock album, Rockstar, quipping on Instagram yesterday, “Surprise! Did you all think I was done?” As part of the “download exclusive version” of the album, Parton has tacked on two extra tracks: A new rendition of her classic “Jolene” featuring Måneskin, as well as a cover of Eddie Money’s 1977 hit, “Two Tickets To Paradise. As it stands, the two bonus cuts are only available if you purchase the downloadable version of Rockstar on…

Volunteers legend Peyton Manning escorts country singer to the field ahead of game against top-ranked Bulldogs Fresh off conquering the rock world with her all-star new album, Dolly Parton returned to her Tennessee roots Saturday with a rendition of “Rocky Top” at the University of Tennessee’s football game. The Felice and Boudleaux Bryant-penned classic — which doubles as both an official Tennessee state song and the Volunteers’ fight song — has long been a part of Parton’s live repertoire,…

At 30 tracks, and featuring upwards of 40 guests, this rock album from one of country’s most famous and resonant voices all too often resembles a shaggy behemoth hell-bent on overkill. Bygones – an original composition – finds Parton alongside Rob Halford from Judas Priest and Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, the latter fighting Parton for the hairspray. An overegged cover of Let It Be ropes in not just Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, but Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood too. Lead single World on Fire, on which Parton rails…

Dolly Parton has done it all. She has asserted her primacy over the reactionary forces of Nashville’s music industry, sold 100m records, written umpteen classic songs, broken into Hollywood, opened her own amusement park and had a species of lichen, a Soviet battle tank and a cloned sheep named in her honour. It’s a delightful, fully deserved state of affairs, but it comes with a problem attached: what do you do next?The artwork for Rockstar.Her 49th solo album attempts to answer this question. Rockstar came about when…

Country singer/Rock and Roll Hall of Famer shares latest preview from all-star Rockstar With her Rockstar looming, Dolly Parton has shared her rendition of the Queen classics “We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You” as a reminder that the Paris Olympics 2024 are exactly one year away. The video for the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s rendition of the sports anthems was made in collaboration with NBC, which will televise the Paris Olympics starting July 26, 2024. The visual finds Parton…

Dolly Parton doesn’t see herself getting off the stage anytime soon, or really ever. The country music icon said during a recent interview on the Greatest Hits Radio show that she has no plans for retirement in her future because she’s “not one to sit around and do nothing.” “I would never retire. I’ll just hopefully drop dead in the middle of a song onstage someday. Hopefully, one I’ve written. But that’s how I hope to go,” Parton, 77, quipped. “Of course, we don’t have much of a choice in…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Celebrity 'I think I’ve left a great body of work behind,' country music icon says, dismissing talk of continuing as an artist via AI Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Jul 04, 2023  •  Last updated 12 minutes ago  •  2 minute read In this file photo taken on Feb. 8, 2019, Dolly Parton arrives for the 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Photo by VALERIE MACON /AFP via…

At 77, Dolly Parton is justly being celebrated, along with her more established virtues, for an ability to unite disparate groups. She has, it’s claimed, an equally strong fanbase in the Trumpian “Rust Belt” as among the gay clubbers of New York City, to pick two of America’s polarised stereotypes.Her London visit to promote a new rock-influenced double album and a book is proving just how broad that Parton cultural spectrum is. Gathered in a grand hotel last week to cheer her on and, ostensibly at least, to ask some…