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Dolly Parton Sets The Record Straight About Her Thoughts On Politics

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Country legend Dolly Parton is speaking out about a interview that was taken out of context! Parton released a statement clarifying the comments she made in a recent interview. The statement reflected Parton’s personality and quick wit.

 “This morning while I was watching the news I saw many reports that I had endorsed Hillary Clinton. My comment about supporting a woman in the White House was taken out of context. I have not endorsed Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump. I try not to get political but if I am, I might as well just run myself ’cause I’ve got the hair for it, it’s huge, and they could always use more boobs in the race. But seriously, I have not decided who I’m voting for, but no matter what we’re gonna be suffering from PMS, Presidential Mood Swings.”

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The statement comes after numerous reports were released saying that Parton had endorsed Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton. The question came up when she did a phone interview with New York Times, when asked how she felt about a female presidential nominee and Parton responded:

Well, I think that that would be wonderful. Hillary might make as good a president as anybody ever has. I think no matter if it’s Hillary or Donald Trump, we’re gonna be plagued with PMS either way — presidential mood swings! But I personally think a woman would do a great job. I think Hillary’s very qualified. So if she gets it, I’ll certainly be behind her.

Parton’s sister Stella Parton defended her sister saying:

 

Parton is gearing up to start the second leg of her Pure & Simple tour. The tour kicks back off on July 19th and will run through December 10th. She is also Getting ready to release her new CD Pure and Simple that is set to be released on August 19th , 2016!

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Parton is also hard at work on developing a TV series based on the 2015 movie Coat Of Many Colors that was based on her life! We had the pleasure of Talking to Dolly’s sister Stella Parton about her experience on the set of that movie and her future plans with the movie franchise.  Check out Tour Dates below For Parton’s Pure & Simple tour and visit DollyParton.com for more information!

DOLLY PARTON PURE & SIMPLE TOUR DATES:
July 19 US Cellular Center – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
July 20 Grand Casino Hinckley – Hinckley, Minn.
July 22 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center – Sioux Falls S.D.
July 23 Deadwood Mountain – Deadwood, S.D.
July 26 UCCU Center – Orem, Utah
July 27 Red Rocks Amphitheater – Denver, Colo.
July 29 Sprint Center – Kansas City, Mo.
July 30 Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Mo.
Aug. 02 Celeste Center- Columbus, Ohio
Aug. 03 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum – Fort Wayne, Ind.
Aug. 04 The Colosseum at Caesar Windsor – Windsor, ON, Canada
Aug. 06 Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Mich.
Aug. 07 Ravinia Festival – Highland Park, Ill.
Aug. 09 Norton Center for the Arts – Danville, Ky.
Aug. 10 Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.
Aug. 12 BOK Center – Tulsa, Okla.
Aug. 13 Verizon Arena – Little Rock, Ark.
Sept. 09 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON, Canada
Sept. 10 Foley Fair Grounds – Seguin, ON, Canada
Sept. 12 MTS Centre – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Sept. 13 Mosaic Place – Moose Jaw, SK, Canada
Sept. 16 Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary, AB, Canada
Sept. 17 Rogers Place – Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sept. 19 Rogers Arena – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sept. 21 ShoWare Center – Kent, Wash. SOLD OUT
Sept. 22 Northern Quest Casino – Airway Heights, Wash.
Sept. 24 Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, Calif.
Sept. 25 Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, Calif.
Sept. 27 Valley View Casino – San Diego, Calif.
Sept. 28 Vina Robles Amphitheatre – Paso Robles, Calif.
Sept. 30 Laughlin Amphitheatre – Laughlin, Nev.
Oct. 01 Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, Calif.
Oct. 02 Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, Calif.
Nov. 15 Pigeon Forge Convention Center – Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Nov. 18 North Charleston Coliseum – North Charleston S.C.
Dec. 06 Frank Erwin Center – Austin, TX
Dec. 09 Global Event Center at WinStar World Casino and Resort – Thackerville, Okla.
Dec. 10 Global Event Center at WinStar World Casino and Resort – Thackerville, Okla.

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Interview With Stella Parton- Dolly Parton Duet Coming Soon!

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What an honor it was to sit down with Stella Parton during our recent trip to Nashville!

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Parton is the younger sister of Dolly Parton and has made quite a name for herself over the years! She recently released her 18th studio album, Mountain Songbird. The album has 13 songs, 11 of which are a tribute to her older sister.

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I have been asked many times throughout my career to record an entire album of her (Dolly’s) music, but in my heart and mind, I never felt I could ever do her music or performances justice. So in the end, while making the decision to record this tribute album of eleven of my favorites, I decided to sing the story songs because they resonated with me the most. Dolly has always been my favorite songwriter, although I grew up in a family chocked full of them. It was indeed a daunting task to choose eleven of my favorite songs from a catalog so vast. I have chosen to sing them as sincerely and respectfully as possible and I hope you can hear that in my humble and honest approach to my sister’s beautiful songs. I am pleased and honored to share my sister tribute.

In our interview, Stella explained the difficulty of having to choose only 11 songs out of over 3,000! It’s amazing to think Dolly has written that many! The sisters also teamed up to write a song together for the project and Stella told us it will be coming out as a single soon!

WATCH OUR INTERVIEW WITH STELLA PARTON

Dolly has listened to the album and couldn’t be more proud of the way it turned out!

Stella is a great singer, entertainer and songwriter. All the more reason I am so proud she decided to do a tribute CD of my songs. She was there from the beginning of my career and always complimented and encouraged me in my writing. I admire and respect the way that she chose to do my songs. She stayed true to the original spirit in which I wrote them and yet found a way to make them her own. I really love how they turned out and I think you will, too. It’s been a personal source of joy to be able to hear this loving tribute from one sister to another and just to be able to work that closely with her. I am especially proud of the song we wrote together “More Power To Ya.” I hope you will enjoy this CD as much as we’ve enjoyed working on it for you.

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Stella will also be in the sequel to the movie Coat of Many Colors which is based on her family and largely Dolly’s life growing up. The sequel is titled Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love and will be centered around their family’s Christmas traditions, an unexpected blizzard and the start of Dolly’s singing career.

LISTEN TO STELLA PARTON’S ALBUM MOUNTAIN SONGBIRD

 

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Dolly Parton And Katy Perry To Perform Together On ACM Awards!

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This just in, Country Legend Dolly Parton and Pop Superstar Katy Perry are joining forces to perform on the 51ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS! This will be a first time performance together for these two and the first time Perry will be performing at the ACM Awards. 

Parton shared the news on social media:

Parton will be honored with the Tex Ritter Award for her television movie, Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors. This award is given to a movie released and/or receiving major exposure during the preceding calendar year, featuring or utilizing country music.

In a video message, Parton shares Perry might be presenting the Tex Ritter Award to her and then they are going to be singing “some things” together. Just to clarify, those were her words, that’s not actually the title of any of their songs. 🙂

Perry was super excited to share the news and it will no doubt increase the views for the ACM Awards.

 

Parton and Perry join previously announced performers, including Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Cam, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Sam Hunt, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Chris Young with Cassadee Pope and Florida Georgia Line. Additional acts and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

The ACMs air on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.