Dolly Parton News

Dolly captivated the audience at Radio City Music Hall last night in New York City, playing to a nearly sold-out crowd of over 5,000 people. Norah Jones, along with Kyan Douglas and Carson Kressley from Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, were among the celebrities in attendance at the hippie-styled show. Dolly talked and joked with the audience throughout the show, and gave some insight as to why many of the songs she covered from the 60’s and 70’s meant so much to her. The crowd went wild for standards like “9 To 5″, “Here You Come Again” and “Two Doors Down”, but Dolly was also very well received on many of her recent cover songs.

The highlight of the night came when she performed a selection of back-to-back songs from her upcoming album, Those Were The Days, starting with “Turn, Turn, Turn” and working up to “Blowin’ In The Wind” and “Imagine”. Although she tried to shy away from the strong political overtones that many of the songs carried, she also managed to revitalize them in a way that made them relevant in today’s current sociopolitical climate which garnered a surprisingly strong and positive reaction from the audience. Despite some technical difficulties with the microphones and curtain at the opening, the lighting and stage design were among the best of any of her previous stage productions. Dolly capped of the show as usual with “I Will Always Love You” before returning for an encore of “Hello God” with a worked-in chorus of “He’s Alive”.

1. Those Were The Days
2. 9 To 5
3. Jolene
4. Crimson And Clover
5. Me And Bobby McGee
6. My Tennessee Mountain Home
7. Coat Of Many Colors
8. Smoky Mountain Memories
9. Marry Me
10. Applejack
11. Little Sparrow
12. Here You Come Again
13. Two Doors Down
14. PMS Blues
15. If I Were A Carpenter
16. Turn, Turn, Turn
17. Blowin’ In The Wind
18. Imagine
19. I Will Always Love You
20. Hello God
21. He’s Alive

Dolly plays the Mohegan Sun Casino tonight in Uncasville, Connecticut and the Mann Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tomorrow. Check back soon for more Vintage tour photos!

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