The real reason why Dolly Parton says she will never come back

Do not worry, the country's legend has even more in reserve for its fans.


Dolly Parton's The jumping days on the tourist bus are over. In a new interview,Parton revealed That she finished with the tour for good. However, fans should not be too much of their announcement. While the 76 -year -old singer will never do a complete tour, she will always play shows here and there when the time comes.

As for why Parton will not be on tour in the future, she has a good reason that has to do with her personal life. Read the rest to see what the emblematic singer-songwriter had to say.

Read this then:Dolly Parton has just published a rare photo with her longtime husband Carl Dean.

The last parton tour took place in 2016.

Dolly Parton performing in Pittsburgh in 2016
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The last time Parton went on tour was six years ago. The Pure & Simple tour promoted her album of the same name. The singer played in 60 cities in the United States and Canada from June to December 2016. According to her website, it wasIts biggest tour in North America in more than 25 years.

Before the pure & simple tour, Parton had a global tour in 2014.

She explained why she hangs up her shoes on tour.

Dolly Parton at the MovieGuide Awards in 2016
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In an interview of October 27 with Polstar,Shared parton, "I don't think I will never come back, but I know that I will do special shows here and there, from time to time. Maybe a long weekend of shows, or just a few shows during a festival . But I have no intention to do a full -fledged tour. "AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

She explained that reason has to do with herself and her 56-year-old husband,Carl Dean, to get old.

"I did that all my life, and it takes so much time and energy," she continued. "I like to stay a little closer to my home with my husband. We are getting older now, and I don't want to have gone for four or five weeks at a time. Something could happen. I wouldn't feel good about it , if I had left and someone needed me. Or I would feel bad if I had to leave a visit if someone had fallen sick at home and I needed myself and then I had to go out On fans. "

The tour also takes too long.

Dolly Parton performing at the Newport Folk Festival in 2019
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Parton also talked about the amount of work and time in planning a tour as a reason to put this career aspect behind it.

"It takes months to plan a visit to the booking dates and all this," said Parton. "Then you must also have left for all this time. It is more involved than people have an idea. You really need a year, and certainly six months, to plan an excellent tour. So,,, You can't just go out and do a few shows, you really have to commit yourself to doing enough shows to charge all this time and its efforts. "

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She warned the fans two years ago that she would slow down.

Dolly Parton at the premiere of
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In December 2020,Parton spoke toTagazine t About wanting to take more time in the coming year.

"I'm tired of Dolly, right?" she says (Going throughThe independent). "With all the things that come out, it's like, if I hear one more product, one more story, even one thing about Dolly Parton ... I think:" Well, maybe I better hang up for a while next year. ""

At the time, she said that she would always come out of music, even if she stopped turning. "[I can] make my album a cappella:Bedside with Dolly!Dolly's song songs! "She joked." It paints an image, isn't it? ""

She still works hard, however.

Dolly Parton and James Patterson at the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festival
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In her interview with Polstar, Parton again explained that she will still work, even if she is retired from the tour. In addition to looking for special shows to play, she works on a next rock and roll album and a new television Christmas special. She also plays in a film,Run, pink, run, based on the novel with which she published earlier this yearJames Patterson.

"We make a film with that, working withReese Witherspoon , his business produces it. I'm going to do that, "said Parton." But if I find good roles, I would always like to be in good films here and there, from time to time. ""


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