Dolly Parton fans, rejoice! Dolly will release a new album, Better Day, this summer (date TBA) and is embarking on the Better Day World Tour which will kick off in Knoxville, Tenn., near her birthplace of Sevierville, Tenn., on July 17. The tour will take her across the United States, Europe and Australia. She will debut the first single from the album, “Together You & I” on the Ellen DeGeneres Show May 26.
“I wanted to do an album that would be very uplifting and positive, as well as inspirational,” Dolly said. “Times are hard all over. I think people need to feel better and I thought Better Day was a perfect title because it says ‘hope.’”
Dolly wrote every song on the upcoming album and says she aims for this project to be better than her last release, Backwoods Barbie. “Well, I always think every album is better than the last one… at least I strive for that,” she said. “I wrote all the songs for this one; plus, I think it may be a little more contemporary than what I usually do.”
As for the tour, Dolly is not only excited about hitting thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhe road – she’s promising fans a lot of new elements in both her music and her stage show.
“I’m very excited, first of all, to be going back on tour at all,” she said. “But I love the fans and I miss the live stage shows. With the new stage show I hope to have a lot of new things for the fans, especially all the new songs from the Better Day CD and some new and different segments in the show with a lot more fun things as well. Of course, we will always be doing the biggest and most popular songs. We’re looking for a good time for ourselves as well as for the fans.”
A full list of Dolly’s tour dates can be found on her website. Tell us — what’s your favorite classic Dolly Parton song? Leave us a comment below!
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