Dolly Parton Plans New Album, World Tour

Dolly Parton is gearing up to make her return to country music.

 

Parton will be making her mark this summer with her new album, which will feature all-new studio material. “Better Day” is set to be released under Dolly Records and will follow with a world tour which will bring her throughout the U.S., Europe and Australia.

 

The album’s first single, “Together You & I,” will be revealed with a live performance May 26 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” while the song simultaneously arrives at radio. Shortly after, the video of the single will also debut.

 

“I wanted to do an album that would be very uplifting and positive, as well as inspirational,” Parton said. “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.’”

 

“Better Day” is the follow-up album from Parton’s critically acclaimed and successful “Backwoods Barbie” album that was released in 2008. The world tour will launch July 17 in Parton’s home state of Tennessee in Knoxville, and will be highlighted by two shows on July 22 and 23 and the historic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Then, the tour will be making a hop across the pond in August, to perform at the O2 Arena in London on Sept. 7 and 8. This is also the venue where Parton recorded and filmed her widely praised 2009 two-disc DVD/CD set.

 

The full track listing of “Better Day” is as follows:

 

 

The full tour date list is as follows:

 

Jul 17 – Knoxville, TN – University of Tennessee, Tompson Boling Arena

Jul 19 – Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre Grand Prairie

Jul 20 – Albuquerque, NM – Sandia Casino

Jul 22 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

Jul 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

Jul 24 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion

Jul 27 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino

Jul 28 – Chicago, IL – Rosemont Theater

Jul 30 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre

Jul 31 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap

Aug 2 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center

Aug 3 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater @ Encore Park

Aug 20 – Glasgow – Glasgow SECC

Aug 21 – Glasgow – Glasgow SECC

Aug 22 – Nottingham – Nottingham Arena

Aug 25 – Copenhagen – Copenhagen Forum

Aug 27 – Stockholm – Globe Arena

Aug 28 - Göteborg, Sweden – Gothenburg Scandinavium