DOLLY PARTON TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM BLUE SMOKE IN THE U.S. ON MAY 13

DOLLY PARTON TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM BLUE SMOKE IN THE U.S. ON MAY 13

NEW YORK, NY (February 10, 2014) – Iconic singer, songwriter, musician, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton announces the release of her new album Blue Smoke which will be released by Sony Music Masterworks and Dolly Records on May 13, 2014.  Following the album release the Blue Smoke World Tour will hit select dates in the United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden.

“On this CD I think there are all of the colors of my life in all the
areas of music that you’ve allowed me to dabble in through the years,”
says Dolly Parton.  “You will hear my old world mountain voice on songs
like ‘Banks of The Ohio’ and ‘If I Had Wings’ my tender side on songs
like ‘Miss You – Miss Me’ and ‘Unlikely Angel.’ My country / bluegrass
side of songs like ‘Home,’ ‘Blue Smoke’ and ‘Don’t Think Twice’ and my
funny tongue-in-cheek side on ‘Lover du Jour.’”

TRACK LISTING:

1. Blue Smoke
2. Unlikely Angel
3. Don’t Think Twice
4. You Can’t Make Old Friends
5. Home
6. Banks of the Ohio
7. Lay Your Hands on Me
8. Miss You-Miss Me
9. If I Had Wings
10. Lover du Jour
11. From Here to the Moon and Back
12. Try

Dolly is the most honored female country performer of all time.
Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards,
she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a
record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a
record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the
past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections,
paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of Fame
career have reportedly topped a staggering 100 million records
world-wide. She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music
Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music
Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music
Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award. Dolly was inducted as a
member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.  And the litany goes
on.

Dolly’s career has spanned nearly five decades and is showing no
signs of slowing down.  An internationally-renowned superstar, the
iconic and irrepressible Parton has contributed countless treasures to
the worlds of music, film and television.  Some of her hit films have
included Nine to Five, Steel Magnolias, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, Straight Talk, and Joyful Noise.  Parton received two Oscar® nominations – one for writing the title tune to Nine to Five and the other for Travelin’ Thru from the film Transamerica.

BLUE SMOKE WORLD TOUR DATES:

NEW ZEALAND/AUSTRALIA
Feb 11   Australia, Melbourne – Rod Laver Arena
Feb 12   Australia, Melbourne – Rod Laver Arena
Feb 13   Australia, Adelaide – Entertainment Centre
Feb 15   Australia, NSW, Hunter Valley – Hope Estate
Feb 16   Australia, Tamworth – TRECC
Feb 18   Australia, Sydney – Entertainment Centre
Feb 19   Australia, Sydney – Entertainment Centre
Feb 21   Australia, Brisbane – Entertainment Centre
Feb 22   Australia, Brisbane – Entertainment Centre
Feb 24   Australia, Cairns – Cairns Convention Center
Feb 27   Australia, Perth – Perth Arena

US
May 22  Tulsa, OK – Hard Rock Casino
May 23  Tulsa, OK – Hard Rock Casino
May 25  Cherokee, NC – Harrah’s Cherokee Casino
May 27  Richmond, KY – EKU Center For The Arts –  (St. Mark’s Evening Among Friends)
May 28  Knoxville, TN – University of Tennessee –  (Benefiting Dolly’s Imagination Library)
May 30  Thackerville, OK – Winstar Casino
May 31  Thackerville, OK – Winstar Casino

UK & EUROPE
Jun 08   England, Liverpool – Echo Arena
Jun 10   Northern Ireland, Belfast – Odyssey Arena
Jun 11   Ireland, Dublin – O2 Arena
Jun 12   Ireland, Cork – Live At The Marquee
Jun 14   England, Newcastle – Metro Radio Arena
Jun 15   Scotland, Aberdeen – GE Arena
Jun 17   Scotland, Glasgow – SSE Hydro Arena
Jun 18   Scotland, Glasgow – SSE Hydro Arena
Jun 20   England, Leeds – First Direct Arena
Jun 21   England, Manchester – Phones 4U Arena
Jun 22   England, Birmingham – LG Arena
Jun 24   Wales, Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena
Jun 25   Wales, Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena
Jun 27   England, London – O2 Arena
Jun 28   England, London – O2 Arena
July 02   England, Nottingham – Capital FM Arena
July 05   Germany, Cologne – LANXESS Arena
July 06   Germany, Berlin – o2 World
July 08   Denmark, Copenhagen – Forum
July 09   Norway, Oslo – Spektrum
July 11   Sweden, Stockholm – THE GLOBE