Dolly Parton has just announced that her Las Vegas residency, rescheduled for September 2026, has been canceled.
The 80-year-old music icon shared a video to her Instagram on Monday (May 4) sharing the news, addressing her health, as well as the death of her husband Carl Thomas Dean last year.
“Thank you for standing by me and showing me so much love and support over the past year. I’ve still got some healing to do, but I am on my way! See you soon,” she captioned the post.
Dolly Parton Shares Health Update in New Video
Why Did Dolly Parton Cancel Her Las Vegas Residency?
The good news is I’m responding really well to meds and treatments, and I’m improving every day. The bad news is it’s going to take me a little while before I’m up to stage performance level because some of the meds and treatments make me a little bit swimmy-headed, as my grandma used to say.
Here’s a full transcript of Dolly‘s five minute long video…
“Well, hey there, it’s Dolly, and I’m here to give you an update on a few things going on in my life. First, it’s concerning my health, and I have some good news and a little bad news, but the good news is I’m responding really well to meds and treatments, and I’m improving every day. Now, the bad news is it’s going to take me a little while before I’m up to stage performance level because some of the meds and treatments make me a little bit swimmy-headed, as my grandma used to say.”
“And, of course, I can’t be dizzy carrying around banjos, guitars, and such on five-inch heels, and you know that I’m going to be wearing them. Not to mention all those heavy rhinestone outfits, the big hair, my big personality. Lord, that would make anybody swimmy-headed. But this thing of me is like an old classic car that, once restored, can be better than ever.”
“But when they raised the hood on this old antique, they realized that I need to rebuild my engine, and that my transmission is slipping, my oil pan is leaking, and my muffler’s busted, and my shocks and pistons need to be replaced, and for sure, my spark plugs need to be changed, because you know, as well as I know, that I can’t lose my spark. I know, I’m still crazy, but they didn’t mention nothing about my mental health. But, you know, I’ve told you before that I’ve always had problems with my kidney stones. Lord, they dig more stones out of me a year than the rock quarry in Rockwood, Tennessee.”
“But seriously, my immune system and my digestive system got all out of whack over the past couple, three years, and they’re working real hard on rebuilding and strengthening those. And hopefully, I’ll be up to snuff again soon. Maybe I shouldn’t have said snuff. Snuff wouldn’t be very good for either of those, would it? Plus, I wouldn’t want my lower lip to fall off on top of everything else. That’d be like losing a hubcap, wouldn’t it? Anyway, I know I’m being silly, but I’m just trying to keep everything light and airy. They say that a happy heart is like good medicine. Do you think I might be over-medicating myself right now?”
What Dolly Parton Said About Her Recovery and Future Plans
“But the truth is, I am still working. I still do videos. I still record. I run up and down to Dollywood now and then. And I’m working hard on getting my museum and my hotel open in Nashville later this year. And I am spending a lot of time writing and reworking on my Broadway musical. It’s called Dolly: A True Original Musical. And that’s going to be opening later in New York this fall or early winter.”
Will Dolly Parton Return to the Stage?
“Oh, I know you’re thinking, Lord, sick or well, that girl’s always promoting something. Well, that’s true, but that’s how you get it done. And, oh, on a more serious note, I am truly sorry that I’m going to miss all of you that had tickets to see me in Las Vegas. Well, you get on to Vegas and you have a big time. And hopefully, sometime, you’ll come up to New York and maybe see my show. And I’ll see you somewhere down the line.”
“But I just want you to know also that a lot of you have been concerned about me and Carl, and you were so great about that. But after going through a year first, I mean, the holidays, and especially our wedding anniversary, and the day of his death, March 3rd, you know, that was hard for me. But I will always love him, and I’ll always miss him. But you would be surprised at how much your love and concern meant to me during that time. Lord, my house and my porch look like the botanical gardens with all the flowers, and my den look like the post office with all the cards and letters.”
“So, yes, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you. You have been a big part of my healing. Speaking of Carl and my health, I remember back years ago, I was saying something. I was griping about something hurting or this and that. And Carl said, ‘now, honey, you’ve got to remember, you’re not getting any younger.’ I said, ‘well, honey, you’ve got to remember that as long as there are plastic surgeons in this world, I’m not getting any older.’ But anyway, of course, plastic surgeons can make you look as good as they can on the outside. But it’s serious business when you’re talking about internal medicine. So I have great doctors, and I’m doing really well, and they assure me that everything I have is treatable. So I’m going with that. And I just want you to know I thank you for standing by me and that I will always love you. Thank you.”
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