Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton at Forest Hills Stadium - 6/25/16 (photo via @chonakasinger)

Dolly Parton played Forest Hills Stadium, continuing tour in July (pics, video, setlist)

“There might be some way for some person not to enjoy a concert by a musical legend like Dolly Parton, who still has her full vocal range even as her contemporaries are heading into retirement or worse. Perhaps someone who only appreciates songs that sound exactly like they do on the CD, or who prefers their artists sing song after song and leave the stage with barely an acknowledgment of the audience, would be disappointed that Parton manages to find nuances in her own work that many fans won’t have heard before and mines covers of her work for inspiration – such as Norah Jones’s jazzy version of The Grass Is Blue.

But who, after being told by Parton how much she appreciated their fandom, would dare admit that?” [The Guardian]

Dolly Parton is currently on her Pure & Simple tour, her biggest tour in more than 20 years. Its latest leg wrapped up in Pittsburgh last night (6/28), after hitting NYC on Saturday (6/25) for a show at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium. The tour picks up again in mid-July in Cedar Rapids, IA. From there she has dates scheduled across North America until December. All remaining dates are listed below.

In her two hour long concert in Queens, Dolly played at least eight instruments, repeatedly gave statements of love and pride to her LGBT fans, and sang all her hits just the way you remember them. As the Guardian review quoted above points out, she even rolled out her classic joke: “You know what I say, it takes a lot of money to look this cheap.” Her setlist from that show is below. A video of her singing “Jolene” that night as well as some photos from the concert are also below.

She’ll be releasing a double-disc album called Pure & Simple with Dolly’s Biggest Hits on August 26, with The Complete Trios, a compilation with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, to be released on September 9.

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Dolly Parton @ Forest Hills Stadium Setlist (via)
Train, Train
Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That
Jolene
Pure & Simple
Precious Memories
My Tennessee Mountain Home
Coat of Many Colors
Smoky Mountain Memories
Applejack
Rocky Top/Yakety Sax
Banks of the Ohio
American Pie / If I Had a Hammer / Blowin’ in the Wind / Dust in the Wind / The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Seeker
I’ll Fly Away
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Baby, I’m Burnin’
Outside Your Door
The Grass Is Blue
Those Memories of You
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
Little Sparrow / If I Had Wings
Two Doors Down
Here You Come Again
Islands in the Stream
9 to 5
I Will Always Love You

Encore:
Hello God / He’s Alive


DOLLY PARTON – 2016 TOUR DATES

TUESDAY Jul 19 – U.S. Cellular Center – Cedar Rapids, IA
WEDNESDAY Jul 20 – Grand Casino Hinckley – Hinckley, MN
FRIDAY Jul 22 – Denny Sanford Premir Center – Sioux Falls, SD
SATURDAY Jul 23 – Deadwood Mountain Grand – Deadwood, SD
TUESDAY Jul 26 – UCCU Center – Orem, UT
WEDNESDAY Jul 27 – Red Rocks Amphitheater – Denver, CO
FRIDAY Jul 29 – Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO
SATURDAY Jul 30 – Scottrade Center – St Louis, MO
TUESDAY Aug 2 – Celeste Center – Columbus, OH
WEDNESDAY Aug 3 – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum – Fort Wayne, IN
THURSDAY Aug 4 – The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor – Winsor, ON
SATURDAY Aug 6 – Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, MI
SUNDAY Aug 7, 2016 – Ravinia – Highland Park, IL
MONDAY Aug 9 – Norton Center for the Arts – Danville, KY
WEDNESDAY Aug 10, 2016 – Ford Center – Evansville, IN
FRIDAY Aug 12 – BOK Center – Tulsa, OK
SATURDAY Aug 13 – Verizon Arena – North Little Rock, AR
FRIDAY Sep 9 – Molson Canadian Amphitheater – Toronto, ON
SATURDAY Sep 10 – Foley Fair Grounds – Seguin, ON
TUESDAY Sep 13 – Mosaic Place – Moose Jaw, SK
FRIDAY Sep 16 – Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary, AB
SATURDAY Sep 17 – Rogers Place – Edmonton, AB
MONDAY Sep 19 – Rogers Arena – Vancouver, BC
WEDNESDAY Sep 21 – ShoWare Center – Kent, WA
THURSDAY Sep 22, 2016 – Northern Quest Casino – Spokane, WA
SATURDAY Sep 24 – Shoreline Amphitheater – Mountain View, CA
SUNDAY Sep 25 – Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA
TUESDAY Sep 27 – Valley View Casino – San Diego, CA
THURSDAY Sep 29 – Vina Robles Amphitheatre – Paso Robles, CA
FRIDAY Sep 30– Laughlin Event Center at Edgewater Hotel Casino – Laughlin, NV
SATURDAY Oct 1 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA
SUNDAY Oct 2 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA
TUESDAY Nov 15 – LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge – Pigeon Forge, TN
FRIDAY Nov 18 – North Charleston Coliseum – Charleston, SC
THURSDAY Dec 6 – Frank Erwin Center – Austin, TX
SUNDAY Dec 9 – Global Event Center at WinStar World Casino and Resort – Thackerville, OK
MONDAY Dec 10 – Global Event Center at WinStar World Casino and Resort – Thackerville, OK