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Country icon Dolly Parton (80) has canceled a series of concerts in Las Vegas planned for September for health reasons.
05/05/2026, 06:3205/05/2026, 06:32
The performances in the casino city in the US state of Nevada were supposed to take place last year, but at that time the singer (“Jolene”, “Nine to Five”) had already postponed the show to 2026 due to illness.
Country icon Dolly Parton has health problems.Image: keystone
She has “good news and a little bit of bad news,” Parton said in an Instagram video. The Grammy award winner told her fans that her body is responding very well to medication and treatments and is feeling better every day. But unfortunately it will be “a little while” before she can be on stage again. The resources made her a little dizzy. She humorously continued that it was therefore not possible to go on stage with her musical instruments in high heels and heavy rhinestone costumes.
Broadway musical planned
Parton made the comparison to a vintage vehicle that will run better than ever after a complete overhaul. The star said her immune and digestive systems have become imbalanced in recent years and she suffers from kidney stones. But she continues to work on several projects, Parton assured. A musical about her life called “Dolly: A True Original Musical” is scheduled to come out on New York’s Broadway later this year. (sda/dpa)