The Alamo Drafthouse Theaters will celebrate Dolly's 80th birthday with a three-night weekend of Dolly cinema. Jan. 16 will see screenings of 9 To 5. Jan. 17 will see screenings of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas and a party showing of Steel Magnolias, as well as a screening of Steel Magnolias Jan. 18. To celebrate, she taped an audience message for the chain to discourage texting and talking during the show, which you may watch here on YouTube or in the media player above.
'Holly Dolly Christmas' Goes Silver In U.K. Just a few weeks after receiving gold status in the U.S. on its fifth anniversary, A Holly Dolly Christmas was certified silver in the U.K. on Dec. 12 for more than 60,000 units sold.
'Threads' Names 2026 Tour Cities Dolly's Threads: My Songs In Symphony has announced its 2026 tour dates. The reinvention of Dolly's catalog for symphony orchestra with guest vocalists will visit the following cities:
January 3-4, 2026: Colorado Symphony – Denver, CO
January 17-18, 2026: St. Louis Symphony - St. Louis, MO
January 23-25, 2026: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Cincinnati, OH
January 31, 2026: Louisville Orchestra – Louisville, KY
February 14-15, 2026: Oregon Symphony – Portland, OR
March 19-21, 2026: Nashville Symphony – Nashville, TN
March 20-21, 2026: Grand Rapids Symphony – Grand Rapids, MI
March 28, 2026: Phoenix Symphony – Phoenix, AZ
April 7-11, 2026: Naples Philharmonic – Naples, FL
May 1, 2026: Eugene Symphony – Eugene, OR
May 15-17, 2026: Kansas City Symphony – Kansas City, MO
August 1, 2026: Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra - Chautauqua, NY
Dolly And Zac Brown In 'Interview' Dolly and Zac Brown interviewed each other for Interview magazine here. The pair duetted on the track "Butterfly" for Brown's new album, Love & Fear .
Dolly And Sabrina Makes Google List Dolly and Sabrina Carpenter's duet "Please, Please, Please" landed them among Google's Top Global Breakout Searches, the search engine revealed last week. Read more here!
Kimberly Schlapman Honors Dollywood Dolly helped out with a surprise for three sisters who have worked at Dollywood for 40 years each for Kimberly Schlapman's project here.
Dollywood Earns Regional Emmy Nomination Dollywood has been nominated for a Midsouth Regional Emmy Award for Best Documentary – Historical for its 40th anniversary documentary The Dollywood Dream. Named nominees are Scott Durand and Pete Owens, Executive Producers; and Devin Olson, Director/Producer. Winners will be announced in February.
Dolly Participating In Wynette Tribute Georgette Jones announced last week a tribute to her mother Tammy Wynette will be held at the Ryman Auditorium March 30 and taped for PBS Great Performances. She said Dolly will give an introduction and performances include Wynona, War & Treaty, Ann Wilson, Lucina Williams, Gretchen Wilson, Mandy Barnett, Macy Gray and more.
U.S., U.K., and Aussie Chart Updates After just one week this year on the 50-position Billboard Holiday Albums Chart, A Holly Dolly Christmas drops back off, down from No. 50 in its 53rd week since release. Elsewhere on the U.S. charts, Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, with its Dolly duet, is No. 21 U.S. pop albums, while Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with its Dolly duet, is No. 18 country and No. 143 pop.
Across the pond, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 slips one this week on the British country compilation album chart to No. 3, while her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection holds steady at No. 5, Dolly's Live from London holds steady at No. 15, while Emmylou Harris' Original Album Series Vol. 1 slips five to No. 16 and Linda Ronstadt's entry in the series falls three to No. 20 (both contain several Dolly appearances). Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition finds itself at No. 12 U.K. pop. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion sees its new expanded "Long Bed" version land at No. 15 country albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with its Dolly appearances, is No. 12 British country albums and No. 14 Americana albums.
Down Under, Carpenter is No. 8 pop albums, Malone No. 3 Australian country albums and No. 47 pop, and Beyonce at No. 17 country.
Dec. 9: New 'Billy The Kid' Book, Song Drop
Dolly's next children's book, Dolly Parton's Billy the Kid Dances His Heart Out, hit shelves last week and with it Dolly released a new single, "Bella," from her goddog Billy the Kid's perspective about a girl dog he has fallen for in the book. Listen on YouTube here or in the media player above. The song is available for streaming from Amazon Unlimited Music here but isn't available for purchase from Amazon. (It is available for purchase from iTunes.)
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Dolly Makes Licensing Hall Of Fame Dolly was announced last week as a member of the newest class of inductees into the Licensing Hall of Fame and celebrated with an interview about her licensing products with industry publication License Globalhere.
More Holiday Dolly On The Tube Streaming channel Circle Country has announced "A Very Dolly Christmas." On Christmas Day, the channel will alternate its programming all day between Dolly's 1996 holiday filmUnlikely Angel and a movie that reunited Dukes Of Hazard stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat, Christmas Comes to Willow Creek. Also, Canadian channel One TV has announced it will air Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors on Dec. 21.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates A Holly Dolly Christmas re-enters the 50-position U.S. Holiday Albums Chart at No. 50 in the Dec. 6 numbers released last week, notching a 53rd week on the tally. Elsewhere on the charts, . Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, with its Dolly duet, is No. 20 U.S. pop albums, while Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with its Dolly duet, is No. 14 country and No. 102 pop.
Across the pond, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 remains steady this week on the British country compilation album chart at No. 3, while her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection rises two to No. 5, Dolly's Live from London slips two to No. 10, Glen Campbell's Ghost On The Canvas Sessions with a Dolly duet falls back out of the top 20, down from No. 17, while Emmylou Harris' Original Album Series Vol. 1 gains five to No. 15 and Linda Ronstadt's entry in the series falls back out of the top 20, down from No. 16 (both contain several Dolly appearances), and The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe re-enters the top 20 at No. 16. Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition finds itself at No. 11 U.K. pop. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion sees its new expanded "Long Bed" version land at No. 2 country albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with its Dolly appearances, is No. 12 British country albums and No. 11 Americana albums.
Down Under, Carpenter is No. 7 pop albums, Malone No. 3 Australian country albums and No. 45 pop, and Beyonce at No. 18 country.
Dec. 2: Dolly Makes Theme Park Hall Of Fame
Dolly was officially inducted last month into the theme park industry's IAAPA Hall of Fame at their ceremony in Orlando. She accepted the honor via video, noting her doctors' orders to "take it easy for a while." Watch her acceptance speech here or in the media player above. Also last week, Dolly released a video message to social media wishing fans a Happy Thanksgiving.
'Star Of The Show' Makes Best Seller List Star Of The Show: My Life On Stage has given Dolly yet another New York Times Best Seller. The tome debuted last week in Hardcover Fiction, coming in at No. 9, and made the 15-book list for Combined Print and eBook Nonfiction, coming in at No. 11. However, by this week's tally it had fallen out of the top 15 on both lists.
U.K., U.S., Aussie Chart Updates Across the pond, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 remains steady this week on the British country compilation album chart at No. 3, while her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection also holds on at No. 7, Dolly's Live from London rises four to No. 8, Glen Campbell's Ghost On The Canvas Sessions with a Dolly duet slips three to No. 17, while Emmylou Harris' Original Album Series Vol. 1 holds steady at No. 20 and Linda Ronstadt's entry in the series gains two to No. 16, both of which contain several Dolly appearances. Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, with its Dolly duet, finds itself at No. 18 U.K. pop. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with its Dolly duet, is No. 17 country albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with its Dolly appearances, is No. 16 British country albums and No. 12 Americana albums.
Down Under, Carpenter is No. 8 pop albums, Malone No. 3 Australian country albums and No. 47 pop, and Beyonce at No. 25 country.,
Stateside, Carpenter comes in at No. 14 pop albums and Malone No. 100 pop albums and No. 12 country albums.
