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Country icon Dolly Parton hits the road

By Patrick Luce Jul 12, 2011, 17:00 GMT

One of the most honored female country singers of all time returns this summer with a much-anticipated album of all-new studio material - Better Day (Dolly Records) - and a world tour bringing her throughout America and then onto the U.K., Europe and Australia. The excitement gets underway when the iconic singer, songwriter, musician, actress and philanthropist unveils the album\'s soaring first single "Together You & I" with a live ...more

Country icon Dolly Parton has announced plans to hit the road on July 17th for a world tour in support of her new studio album ‘Better Day.’ In addition to the already announced dates, the singer has added a second leg of U.S. tour dates in October.

The tour kicks off in Knoxville in Parton’s home state of Tennessee with U.S. dates including two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles (July 22 and 23), marking her first-ever concerts at the historic venue. 
 
While in Los Angeles, the iconic singer, songwriter, musician, actress and philanthropist will perform the new album’s first single “Together You And I” on “The Tonight Show” Friday, July 22.

Following her U.S. dates, Parton will take her “Better Day” tour overseas for 18 shows in England, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden - starting August 20. The overseas leg will feature a pair of shows (September 7 and 8) at the O2 Arena in London, the venue where Parton recorded and filmed Live From London (Dolly Records), her widely praised 2009 two-disc DVD/CD set that included songs from her 2008 Backwoods Barbie album alongside her many classic hits.
 
The fall U.S. dates kick off Friday, October 7 in Cedar Park, TX and will continue through mid-October before she heads to Australia in November for a run of dates.
 
‘Better Day’ is Parton’s much-anticipated album of all-new studio material.  Featuring 12 original compositions, the album is the fourth release on the independent label.
 
Parton’s updated U.S. tour dates are:

7/17  Knoxville, TN          U. of Tennessee/Thompson Boling Arena   

7/19  Dallas, TX             Verizon Theatre Grand Prairie  
7/20  Albuquerque, NM   Sandia Casino      
7/22  Los Angeles, CA    Hollywood Bowl   
7/23  Los Angeles, CA    Hollywood Bowl   
7/24  Concord, CA         Concord Pavilion  
7/27  Prior Lake, MN       Mystic Lake Casino
7/28  Chicago, IL            Rosemont Theater
7/30  Wallingford, CT     Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre      
7/31  Vienna, VA           Wolf Trap   
8/2    Durham, NC         Durham Performing Arts Center
8/3    Alpharetta, GA     Verizon Wireless Amp @ Encore Park 
10/7  Cedar Park, TX     Cedar Park Center
10/8 Tulsa, OK            BOK Center

10/11 Biloxi, MS          Mississippi Coast Coliseum
10/14 Valdosta, GA       Wild Adventures Theme Park
10/15 Clearwater, FL    Ruth Eckerd Hall
10/16 Sarasota, FL     Van Wezel PAH