Dolly Parton cancels Las Vegas residency and steps back from performing amid health concerns [View all]
Dolly Parton has canceled her Las Vegas residency due to a health issue.
The 80-year-old country singer announced last year that her Las Vegas residency, which was set to begin in December 2025, would be rescheduled to September 2026. However, in an Instagram video on Monday, she said she had some “good news and bad news.”
“The good news is I’m responding really well to meds and treatments and I’m improving every day,” Parton said about an unspecified medical condition. The bad news, she explained, is that it will take her a “little while” to feel well enough to perform, meaning her Las Vegas residency will be canceled.
Parton, whose husband, Carl Dean, died in March 2025, said that the medication she has been taking for her condition makes her a little “swimmy-headed,” so it would be difficult to play guitars and banjos in “5-inch heels” and rhinestone outfits. “And you know that I’m gonna be wearing them,” she said. She compared her body to a classic car that needs some fine-tuning before it can get moving again, better than ever.
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