New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Dolly Parton brings herPure &
Simple concert tour home to Sevier County, Tennessee with a stop at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge on November 15 to benefit her Imagination Library. The Pure &
Simple tour is Parton's first North American concert tour in more than 25 years and takes her to more than 60 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on July 1. Dollywood season passholders will have an opportunity to purchase concert tickets before the general public. Additional details about Parton's November Pigeon Forge concert stop will be released at a later date.
Parton is as busy as ever, and with the Pure &
Simple tour, a new CD and much more in the works, she doesn't plan on slowing down any time soon. Parton's set-list during the tour includes a number of hit songs, with a few new offerings from her double-disc album Pure &
Simple with Dolly's Biggest Hits. She also will be playing a number of hits that have not been heard live for decades.
Parton's Imagination Library is a literacy program administered through the Dollywood Foundation which provides an age appropriate book each month to children from birth to age five in participating communities. To date, the Imagination Library has provided more than 70 million books in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Pure &
Simple with Dolly's Biggest Hits two-CD set will include all new material as well as a compilation of Parton's biggest hits. The entertainment icon is on one of the biggest hot streaks of her career after her hugely successful TV movie, "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors," attracted a network record of more than 15.8 million viewers. It was the most watched movie on network TV in more than three years and will be released on DVD May 3.
For more information about Dollywood, please visitwww.dollywood.com or call 1-800-DOLLYWOOD. For more information about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, please visitwww.imaginationlibrary.com.
About The Dollywood Company:
A highly-awarded and widely-recognized leader in the amusement industry, The Dollywood Company consists of the 150-acre Dollywood theme park; the 35-acre Dollywood's Splash Country; Dollywood's DreamMore Resort; and Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Cabins. As unique as its namesake and owner Dolly Parton, Dollywood is the 2010 Applause Award winner, the theme park industry's highest accolade; winner of nearly 30 Golden Ticket Awards; and recipient of 25 Brass Ring Awards for Live Entertainment (more than any other theme park in the world). In 2014, Dollywood was named a top three US theme park by USA Today and TripAdvisor recognized Dollywood as a top 20 worldwide theme park in 2015. Dollywood is open nine months a year (late March through early January) and offers rides and attractions, shows, and a dozen crafters authentic to the East Tennessee region. Dollywood's Splash Country, recognized by the Travel Channel as one of the country's most beautiful waterparks and named 2009's Must-See Waterpark by the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions, operates from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The 300-room Dollywood's DreamMore Resort provides guests spectacular mountain views and family-friendly amenities next door to Dollywood theme park and Dollywood's Splash Country. Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Cabins offers luxurious cabin accommodations overlooking Dollywood. For more information, call 1-800-DOLLYWOOD or visit dollywood.com. Operating days and hours vary.
