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Dolly Parton is canceling her Las Vegas residency successful nan aftermath of her ongoing wellness issues.
The 80-year-old state euphony fable shared nan news successful a societal media video connected Monday, eight months aft she postponed nan residency from December 2025 to September 2026.
“I person immoderate bully news and a small bad news,” Parton said successful her video. “The bully news is I’m responding really good to meds and treatments and I’m improving each day.”
But Parton’s “bad news” s that “it’s gonna return [her] a small while” earlier she’s “up to shape capacity level,” truthful she’s canceling her planned six-show “Dolly: Live successful Las Vegas.”
“I americium genuinely sorry that I’m going to miss each of you that had tickets to spot maine successful Las Vegas. Well, you get connected to Vegas, and you person a large time… And I’ll spot you location down nan line,” she said.
Parton continued, “I’m doing really well, and they guarantee maine that everything I person is treatable, truthful I’m going pinch that, and I conscionable want you to cognize I convey you for opinionated by maine and that I will ever emotion you.”
Later successful her video, Parton addressed her husband Carl Dean’s death. He passed distant successful March 2025 astatine property 82.
“A batch of you person been concerned astir maine and Carl, and you were truthful awesome astir that,” she said. “But aft going done a twelvemonth of firsts, I mean nan holidays, and particularly our wedding anniversary, and nan day of his death, March 3, that was difficult for me.”
Parton explained she “will ever emotion and miss” her precocious husband, earlier adding that everyone’s “love and concern” has helped her get done nan tragedy.
In her caption, Parton thanked her fans for “standing by maine and showing maine truthful overmuch emotion and support complete nan past year.”
She added, “I’ve still sewage immoderate treatment to do, but I americium connected my way! See you soon. 💖 🦋.”
Last September, Parton pulled retired of an quality astatine Dollywood due to kidney stones. In a taped video connection to fans, she said she was pursuing proposal from her doctors to rest.
“Don’t interest astir me, I’m gonna beryllium OK,” she said. “Just can’t do it today.”
Later that month, Parton announced she was postponing her Las Vegas residency owed to “health challenges.”
“My doctors show maine that I must person a fewer procedures,” she wrote via Instagram astatine nan time.
The “9 to 5” vocalist besides said that while she’s “still capable to activity connected each of my projects from present successful Nashville,” she needs “a small clip to get show ready.”
Parton had to miss her 80th day ceremony at the Grand Ole Opry successful January owed to her wellness struggles.
In a pre-taped video, Parton said, “I wish I could beryllium location successful personification but I’ll beryllium sending you each my love, for sure.”
She besides told her fans to “have nan champion nighttime ever.”
