Dolly Parton Adds Pure & Simple Tour Dates
After announcing the first of her Pure & Simple Tour stops in late April, Dolly Parton has added even more dates to the trek, which will be her largest North American tour in more than 20 years. Now, shows are scheduled through November.
Parton will begin her Pure & Simple Tour on June 3 in Greensboro, N.C. (and she won't be canceling the show due to the state's controversial "bathroom law"). New concert locations include Denver, Colo.'s Red Rocks Amphitheater and Los Angeles, Calif.'s Hollywood Bowl, as well as a show in Parton's hometown of Pigeon Forge, Tenn. A full list of currently announced dates is below, and more information is available on Parton’s official website.
Although she’s launching a pretty extensive trek, Parton admits that she “wasn’t really planning to do a tour this year.”
“I thought, ‘Well, I don’t really have the time; I don’t want to take the time to work up some big show with all kinds of stuff behind [it],’” Parton admits. “[But] I know I can sing. I know I’ve got all these songs … And I thought, ‘Well, I have my stories. I have my songs.’”
The singer’s shows will be largely acoustic, allowing her voice to take center stage.
“I’ll do a lot of talking. What else would I do, right?” she jokes. “We’re excited about the whole show. We did some shows at the Ryman last year and some shows at Dollywood for the Imagination Library, and we used the Pure & Simple show. We’ve added some new things to it, of course, but people really liked it. They said they could hear good, they could see good. We’re excited about that.”
Parton’s tour will also coincide with the release of a new double-disc album, Pure & Simple With Dolly’s Biggest Hits, which will include some brand-new songs as well as several beloved classics. An exact release date has not yet been announced, but a press release notes that the project is expected this summer.
Dolly Parton, Pure & Simple Tour Dates:
June 3 -- Greensboro, N.C. @ Greensboro Coliseum
June 4 -- Duluth, Ga. @ Infinite Energy Center
June 5 -- Greenville, S.C. @ Peace Center
June 7 -- Charleston, W.V. @ Charleston Civic Center
June 8 -- Vienna, Va. @ Wolf Trap
June 10 -- Northfield, Ohio @ Hard Rock
June 11 -- Cincinnati, Ohio @ Horseshoe Casino
June 12 -- Lewiston, N.Y. @ Artpark
June 15 -- Philadelphia, Pa. @ Mann Center
June 17 -- Lenox, Mass. @ Tanglewood
June 18 -- Bangor, Maine @ Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
June 21 -- Boston, Mass. @ Wang Theatre
June 22 -- Wilkes-Barre, Pa. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
June 25 -- Forest Hills, N.Y. @ Forest Hills Stadium
June 26 -- Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center
June 28 -- Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Consol Energy Center
July 19 -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa @ US Cellular Center
July 20 -- Hinckley, Minn. @ Grand Casino Hinckley
July 22 -- Sioux Falls, S.D. @ Denny Sanford Premier Center
July 23 -- Deadwood, S.D. @ Deadwood Mountain
July 26 -- Orem, Utah @ UCCU Center
July 27 -- Denver, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
July 29 -- Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center
Aug. 2 -- Columbus, Ohio @ Ohio State Fair
Aug. 3 -- Fort Wayne, Ind. @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Aug. 4 -- Windsor, Ontario, Canada @ Caesar’s Windsor
Aug. 6 -- Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena
Aug. 7 -- Highland Park, Ill. @ Ravinia Festival
Aug. 10 -- Evansville, Ind. @ Ford Center
Sept. 9 -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sept. 13 -- Moose Jaw, Sasketchewan, Canada @ Mosaic Place
Sept. 16 -- Calgary, Alberta, Canada @ Scotiabank Saddledome
Sept. 17 -- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada @ Rogers Place
Sept. 19 -- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada @ Rogers Arena
Sept. 21 -- Kent, Wash. @ ShoWare Center
Sept. 22 -- Airway Heights, Wash. @ Northern Quest Casino
Sept. 24 -- Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sept. 25 -- Santa Barbara, Calif. @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Sept. 27 -- San Diego, Calif. @ Valley View Casino
Sept. 28 -- Paso Robles, Calif. @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre
Sept. 30 -- Laughlin, Nev. @ Laughlin Amphitheatre
Oct. 1-2 -- Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl
Nov. 15 -- Pigeon Forge, Tenn. @ Pigeon Forge Convention Center
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