Dolly Parton News

Dates for the second U.S. leg of Dolly’s Better Day World Tour have just been announced in e-mail blast to her fans. On-sale dates and times will be posted to the Tour page as they become available. The new tour dates are as follows:

October 7th – Cedar Park, TX – Cedar Park Center
October 8th – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
October 11th – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
October 14th – Valdosta, GA – Wild Adventures Theme Park
October 15th – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
October 16th – Sarasota, FL – Van Wezel PAH

Dollyite pre-sales for Cedar Park, TX, Clearwater, FL, and Sarasota, FL begin today at noon local times for current Dollyite members.

CMT has posted a behind-the-scenes video on the making of Dolly’s new music video “Together You & I” that was filmed back in May at the Shelby Street Pedestrain Bridge in Nashville. The clip shows Dolly in high spirits as she performs, chats with the video’s director Trey Fanjoy, and interacts with the fans that showed up for the early morning taping. Watch the full video in the player below or at CMT’s website.

Dolly chatted recently with the Associated Press about her new Better Day album and the video features clips from her new music video for “Together You & I”. Watch the full piece in the player below!

Dolly’s new music video for “Together You & I” has just premiered on CMT! Directed by Trey Fanjoy and filmed last month in Nashville, the video will be available on other music video outlets this week. Check out the video in the player above!

Dolly Parton’s new Better Day album is in stores today! Dolly’s been busy chatting up the album in the media and reviews are pouring in from all directions.

Dolly chatted with Denver’s KDVR and explained the concept behind the album: “This Better Day album I thought was really a good time when people are kinda down in the dumps with the economy and all the things going on in the world. And I just thought, well we need to kinda be lifted up a little bit so I wrote all songs that had a ray of hope and a little bit of sunshine and promise in every one of them. And so hopefully will feel better after they hear it.”

Dolly also talked with Washington D.C.’s FOX 5 News and delved into her own philosophy and outlook on life: “I often say if I see something not right, I set out trying to make a little better. I’m a very positive person, I have a good attitude. That doesn’t mean that I’m always happy, I’m just a human being and I’m a songwriter so I have to live with my feelings on my sleeve…I really think that there’s enough sadness in the world so some of us should try to find all the happiness that we can.”

Dolly referenced the recent phony dooms-day prediction in passing while chatting with St. Louis’ KTVI saying, “Everybody is kinda down in the dumps with the economy and all the storms and devastation and all the wars and all the dooms-day stuff going on, people talking about the end of the world…Nobody knows when the end of time is coming but God, not some fanatic somewhere.”