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Dolly Parton entertained an enthusiastic Glastonbury crowd during her hour-long set in the now traditional legends slot on Sunday afternoon.

The country legend took to the stage in a sparkly white trouser suit and delivered an engaging set full of familiar hits and appealing new songs from the “Blue Smoke” album.

Dolly also showed off her musical prowess, playing guitar, banjo, fiddle, autoharp, and saxophone – taking a crack at Boots Randolph’s “Yakety Sax,” which is better known as the Benny Hill theme tune.

The audience warmed to Dolly as she told them of her background as a farmer’s daughter (“I grew up in the country, so this mud ain’t nothing new to me”) and discussed the history behind songs such as “Coat of Many Colors” and “Jolene” – joking that Jolene can come and get her grey-haired husband now if she still wants him.

“Jolene” – Dolly Parton

Dolly closed the show with “9 to 5,” before coming back to perform “Lay Your Hands On Me” (with Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora) and “I Will Always Love You” for her encore. It was evident that Dolly was delighted by the reception that she received from the crowd and perhaps a little surprised that so many knew her lyrics well enough to sing along.

Speaking to Jo Whiley after the show, Dolly said “It was exciting and it was fun. It was everything that everybody said it was going to be”.

Before the show, Dolly was presented with an award in recognition of selling 100 million records worldwide. She said that she would hang it in her Dollywood Museum in Tennessee.

Dolly Parton Glastonbury set list

• Baby I’m Burnin’ / Girl on Fire
• Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That
• Jolene
• Blue Smoke
• Coat of Many Colors
• Rocky Top
• Mud Song
• Banks of the Ohio
• Hits Medley
• Here You Come Again
• Two Doors Down
• Islands In The Stream
• 9 to 5
• Lay Your Hands on Me
• I Will Always Love You.

The full set is available for seven days on BBC iPlayer. Coverage begins around 43 minutes into the video.

The following dates remain on the European leg of Dolly Parton’s “Blue Smoke” tour:

• 2 July – Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England
• 5 July – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
• 6 July – o2 World, Berlin, Germany
• 8 July – Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 9 July – Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
• 11 July – Eriksson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
• 14 July – Moon & Stars Festival, Locarno, Switzerland.

To coincide with the UK tour, a special edition of the “Blue Smoke” album with a bonus disc of hits was issued earlier this month in the UK. The original album and the special edition can be ordered via the links below.

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