It’s official!
She’s back! And she ain’t messing around this time!
Rejoice!
Dolly Parton announced today that not only will she be releasing a brand new album this summer, called Better Day, but she’ll be embarking on a massive world tour through the US, the UK, Europe, and Australia to promote it!
The iconic singer will be premiering her lead single, Together You & I, as part of a live performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show May 26th, with the album following in either June or July!
She explains:
“I wanted to do an album that would be very uplifting and positive, as well as inspirational. Times are hard all over. I think people need to feel better and I thought BETTER DAY was a perfect title because it says ‘hope.’ I wrote all the songs for this one; plus, I think it may be a little more contemporary than what I usually do. I’m very excited, first of all, to be going back on tour at all. But I love the fans and I miss the live stage shows. With the new stage show I hope to have a lot of new things for the fans, especially all the new songs from the BETTER DAY CD and some new and different segments in the show with a lot more fun things as well. Of course, we will always be doing our biggest and most popular songs. We’re looking for a good time for ourselves as well as for the fans.”
So exciting! It really sounds as though she put a lot of thought into this whole project, and we think it’s going to show – in the music AND the live tour!
We’re so thrilled!
Welcome back, Dolly! It’s been far too long!
Check out the Better Day tracklist and Parton’s upcoming tour dates…AFTER THE JUMP!
[Image via WENN.]
-In the Meantime
-Just Leaving
-Missing You
-Together You & I
-Country Is
-Holding Everything
-The Sacrafice
-I Just Might
-Better Day
-Shine Like the Sun
-Get Out
-Let Love Grow
The initial North American and UK/European dates are listed below, with the Australian dates to be announced shortly.
Date – City/State – Venue
Sun 17 Jul – Knoxville, TN – UT Thompson Boling Arena
Tue 19 Jul – Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre Grand Prairie
Wed 20 Jul – Albuquerque, NM – Sandia Casino
Fri 22 Jul – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
Sat 23 Jul – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
Sun 24 Jul – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
Wed 27 Jul – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino
Thu 28 Jul – Chicago, IL – Rosemont Theater
Sat 30 Jul – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre
Sun 31 Jul – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
Tue 02 Aug – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
Wed 03 Aug – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater @ Encore Park
Sat 20 Aug – Glasgow – SECC Arena
Sun 21 Aug – Glasgow – SECC Arena
Mon 22 Aug – Nottingham – Nottingham Arena
Thu 25 Aug – Copenhagen – Copenhagen Forum
Sat 27 Aug – Stockholm – Globe Arena
Sun 28 Aug – Gothenburg, Swed. – Scandinavium
Wed 31 Aug – Liverpool – Echo Arena
Fri 02 Sept – Birmingham – LG Arena
Sat 03 Sept – Cardiff – CIA Arena
Sun 04 Sept – Cardiff – CIA Arena
Tue 06 Sept – Bournemouth – BIC
Wed 07 Sept – London – O2 Arena
Thu 08 Sept – London – O2 Arena
Sat 10 Sept – Newcastle – Metro Radio Arena
Sun 11 Sept – Manchester – Evening News Arena
Mon 12 Sept – Sheffield – Motorpoint Arena
Wed 14 Sept – Dublin, IRE – O2 Arena
Thu 15 Sept – Belfast, IRE – Odyssey Arena
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