Dolly Parton News

Dolly has partnered with CMT and Shop.com to present the “Holly Dolly Christmas Sweepstakes”. From now through December 13th, fans can enter for a chance to win a five minute phone call from Dolly as well as Dolly prizes, a shopping spree from Shop.com, and prizes from Loveless Cafe. Visit CMT.com for your chance to win! The full prize packages are as follows:

1 Grand Prize:

* SHOP.COM shopping spree for $2,500.
* One (1) five minute phone call with Dolly Parton.
* One (1) Loveless Deluxe Breakfast gift basket from Loveless Cafe.
* One (1) autographed Dolly Parton prize pack including her new cd/dvd 2 disc set, Live from London.

1 Second Prize:

* SHOP.COM shopping spree for $1,000.
* One (1) Cafe Sampler Gift Pack from Loveless Cafe.
* One (1) autographed Dolly Parton prize pack including her new cd/dvd 2 disc set, Live from London.

1 Third Prize:

* SHOP.COM shopping spree for $500.
* One (1) Ham’s & Jam’s Gift Pack from Loveless Cafe.
* One (1) autographed Dolly Parton prize pack including her new cd/dvd 2 disc set, Live from London.

For today only (October 26th), fans can order the new Dolly box set at a special discounted price of $27.49 from barnesandnoble.com. Please note that you must order the box set directly from Sony/Legacy at the normal price to receive the free bonus album of A Real Live Dolly.

Dolly dishes about her life, career and numerous upcoming projects in a new interview that is making the rounds through various Canadian newspapers syndicated by Sun Media. In the interview, Dolly reveals that she’ll likely tour toward the end of next year and she still plans on releasing both a dance album and children’s album. “I have done a lot of dance songs and I will put that out at the right time. I have a lot of fans that love to dance; I have a huge gay following,” Dolly states. “I definitely would love to do a children’s show like Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, something entertaining to grownups too. And I will do some children’s albums; in fact, I have that kind of on a front burner.” As for what she’s working on now, Dolly said “Right now, I’m working on a musical of my life story for the next several months. It will be for Broadway or a movie; I haven’t decided yet.” Read the entire interview from the Winnipeg Sun.

This week, NPR celebrates the release of Dolly’s new box set a week early with First Listen. Listen to ten classic Dolly songs with commentary from the NPR Staff and get a first listen on all of the unreleased songs only at NPR.org.

Remember there is still time to pre-order Dolly’s box set and receive A Real Live Dolly as a FREE bonus album! Also look for details soon on how you can win a box set!

Dolly’s live performance of “Jolene” from her upcoming Live From London CD/DVD has debuted on country music blog, The Boot. Dolly’s Live From London album, featuring 15 live recordings of her biggest hits, drops November 10th and is available for pre-order now from Amazon and her official website.

A brand new Dolly and Kenny Rogers duet will be featured on Kenny’s upcoming box set, Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years, due out October 27th from Time Life (the same day as Dolly’s new box set). Dolly had mentioned in her blog back in February that she would be recording a new duet with Kenny and now their new duet titled “Tell Me That You Love Me” will be released on Kenny’s upcoming 3 CD collection. The box set will also contain some of their classic duets like “Islands In The Stream” and “Real Love”. Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years is available for preorder now from Amazon!

And remember that you can still preorder Dolly’s upcoming box set and receive a free bonus album of A Real Live Dolly complete with additional never-before-heard bonus tracks!

Dolly’s official website is holding their second annual “Dress Like Dolly” Halloween Contest! It’s simple to enter, just e-mail pictures of you or your friends dressing up as Dolly Parton this Halloween to info@dollypartonmusic.net before November 7th. Three “Dolly: Live From London” prize packages will be awarded to the top three entries:

1st Place: Ultimate Dolly “Live From London” Package containing a custom made Hatch Print poster, “Live From London” DVD/CD combo pack, “Live From London” t-shirt, Dolly Records hat, Ultimate Dolly Fan Laminate and a coffee mug.

2nd Place: Triple-Threat “Live From London” Package containing the “Live From London” DVD/CD combo pack, Ultimate Dolly Fan Laminate and “Live From London” t-shirt

3rd Place: “Live From London”Combo containing the “Live From London” DVD/CD combo pack and the Ultimate Dolly Fan Laminate.

Dolly’s upcoming live concert release Dolly: Live From London will be hitting stores on November 10th with a suggested retail price of $14.99 according to the latest press release. This two-disc CD/DVD set will feature Hi-Def live concert footage of Dolly performing 15 of her biggest songs from her sold-out 2008 concerts at London’s O2 Arena. Dolly’s live performance of “Here You Come Again” will serve as the first single and music video for the album.

The DVD portion of Dolly: Live From London will feature exclusive intimate interviews Dolly between the songs, an “Interview” segment with Dolly’s staff who share what it’s like working for Dolly, and a “Soundcheck” feature where fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at Dolly’s show and “witness her joking with the band, mapping out the show and hypnotizing everyone with her angelic performance style and unique songwriting.” Other portions of the DVD will include a “London Loves Dolly” feature where fans share their favorite songs, memories, and personal experiences with Dolly and a “Meet-N-Greet” segment that follows a few lucky fans that get the chance to meet Dolly backstage.