{"id":6216,"date":"2023-12-06T02:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T01:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2023-12-06T02:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T01:12:28","slug":"dolly-parton-says-she-will-no-longer-be-touring-and-instead-will-spend-time-at-home-with-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=6216","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton says she will no longer be touring and instead will spend time at home with her husband"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolly Parton, 77, is a household name in both country music and the celebrity sphere.<\/p>\n

The Tennessee native has become nothing short of a legend and, despite performing and singing pretty much her entire life, she has loved to entertain her legions of fans.<\/p>\n

But now the iconic superstar has officially announced that she will cease touring, even as she continues creating more music. Dolly Parton, in a recent interview with Pollystar, explained that she would not be touring anymore. She explained:<\/p>\n

\u201dI\u2019ll do special shows here and there, now and then. Maybe do a long weekend of shows, or just a few shows at a festival. But I have no intention of going on a full-blown tour anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton, who managed to reach the very top of world entertainment after growing up in poverty in the Appalachian Mountains, will certainly be missed on the stage.<\/p>\n

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But the 77-year-old country music star will continue to make music, and instead of touring, she will focus her energies on spending time with her beloved husband, Carl Thomas Dean.<\/p>\n

In 1964, Dolly met Carl Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat in Nashville, Tennessee. At the time, Dolly was 18 years of age, and Carl was 21. Straight away, Carl realized something exceptional about the young lady.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first thought was, \u2018I\u2019m gonna marry that girl,\u2019\u201d Dean said in a statement of the moment they met, as quoted by Entertainment Tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy second thought was, \u2018Lord she\u2019s good lookin\u2019.\u2019 And that was the day my life began. I wouldn\u2019t trade the last 50 years for nothing on this earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dean was sitting in his pickup truck when he saw Dolly and \u201chollered\u201d at her, as she recalled in an interview with the NY Times in 1976.<\/p>\n

However, she declined a date with him. Instead, she invited him over when she babysat her nephew just days after. It was the start of a love story that never ended.<\/p>\n

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In May 1966, Dolly and Carl married in a private ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia. Her record label wanted them to wait to get married since she had a career to think about.<\/p>\n

But Dean and Dolly didn\u2019t want to wait, so they decided to tie the knot in Georgia so that the local press in Tennessee wouldn\u2019t write about it. The only ones in attendance were Dolly, Carl, and her mother.<\/p>\n

Ever since then, Dolly and Carl have been deeply in love. In 2016, the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary. To celebrate, they decided to renew their vows.And now, they will have even more time together.<\/p>\n

In the interview with Pollstar, Parton went into detail about her experiences with touring:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done that my whole life, and it takes so much time and energy. I like to stay a little closer to home with my husband. We\u2019re getting older now, and I don\u2019t want to be gone for four or five weeks at a time,\u201d Dolly said and added:<\/p>\n

\u201dSomething could happen. I would not feel right about that, if I were gone and somebody needed me. Or I would feel bad if I had to leave a tour if somebody got sick at home and needed me and then I had to walk out on the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The music star claims that her current creations in music will be in the rock n\u2019 roll genre for her husband as well. Parton was actually previously nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this past May.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I thought, well, no better time to do it.\u2019 I had always wanted to do it. My husband is a big hard rock \u2019n\u2019 roll fan, and for years I thought, \u2018One of these days I\u2019d like to do an album mainly just for him, just to kind of do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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As she continues to work on her new album, the star has also been busy with her new NBC special, Dolly Parton\u2019s Mountain Magic Christmas, which premiered on Thursday, December 1.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt\u2019s a show within a show. What we\u2019re doing is focused on the dramatic side. It\u2019s showing all the things that go on while you\u2019re putting together a show. All the arguments you have with the producers, all the problems you have with the artists, all the problems you have with scenery falling down and all the things that go on backstage, people having to cancel and reschedule real quick \u2026 I wouldn\u2019t consider me acting, because I\u2019m just totally myself in this. I\u2019m just Dolly all the way, I\u2019m not playing a character.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Dolly is working with actress-turned-producer Reese Witherspoon on an upcoming film\u2013\u201dRun, Rose, Run\u201d\u2013that is adapted from a novel of the same name that the star co-wrote with James Patterson.<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton health
\nDolly Parton has always been a symbol of strength and resilience for many of us. But, as we have seen, Dolly Parton has her reasons for not being interested in touring her music on a large scale. And considering what she\u2019s been through in her past, it all makes sense.<\/p>\n

Dolly knows very well what can happen if you don\u2019t listen to your body and ignore the warning signals. In the 1980s\u2019, she struggled with health problems for years, but she ignored them to focus on her career.<\/p>\n

When Dolly Parton was 35, she \u201cgot sick,\u201d ultimately leading to her collapsing on stage while performing in Indianapolis. During the peak of her career, the country icon was diagnosed with endometriosis<\/p>\n

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The symptoms are pain, heavy periods, and fatigue \u2013 the condition can also cause the womb\u2019s lining to grow on other organs.<\/p>\n

But Dolly ignored it by calling her pain \u201cfemale problems.\u201d In 1982, before a performance in Indianapolis, her doctor told her to take a break. But Parton didn\u2019t listen and went ahead with the show, performing against the doctor\u2019s orders. She collapsed on stage and was flown to New York to consult with doctors. Her health issues led to her canceling the remaining 30 dates of her 35-stop tour of the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

Not long after that, Dolly was forced to undergo a partial hysterectomy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was getting away with murder. I wasn\u2019t watching what I ate, I wasn\u2019t conscious of nutrition, wasn\u2019t taking care of myself. I was working hard, and underneath I was a pile of personal and emotional problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enjoy your \u2018retirement,\u2019 Dolly! You have given us so much! Relax and just enjoy your life now! We will always love you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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