Dolly Parton On Retiring: “I’ll Just Hopefully Drop Dead In The Middle Of A Song Onstage”

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Dolly Parton rocked covers of two classic Queen power anthems in a new music video to promote coverage of the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The 77-year-old country icon's video features "We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You," which will be included on Parton's forthcoming album, "Rockstar." As a "huge fan of the Olympics and Team USA," Parton was inspired to create an Olympic-themed video for the song that "celebrates the athletes and gets people excited about next year’s Games in Paris," a press release said.

Dolly Parton is giving fans a taste of her upcoming rock album by releasing two iconic Queen covers included on the project.

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Next year at this time, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Paris.NBCUniversal has the coverage rights, and it’s revving up awareness in a collaboration with global icon Dolly Parton’s new video.

Dolly Parton has shared her triumphant cover of Queen‘s ‘We Are The Champions’ as the latest single from her forthcoming album ‘Rockstar’.The track is the latest to be released from the Country legend’s upcoming 49th solo studio album. Her cover of the 1977 hit sees Parton belt out through the song’s anthemic melody and includes an interpolation of Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ at the end.‘We Are The Champions’ is the fourth single to be released, following ‘Bygones‘ featuring Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford and Mötley Crüe‘s Nikki Sixx, cover of ‘Magic Man’ with Heart‘s Ann Wilson and ‘World On Fire’.‘Rockstar’ will feature nine original songs and 21 covers of rock classics such as Heart‘s ‘Magic Man’, Prince‘s ‘Purple Rain’, The Rolling Stones‘ ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and many more.

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Dolly Parton has no plans to stop working, apparently ever. In an interview with the "Greatest Hits Radio" show, Parton explained that she feels a responsibility to continue her career. "I always believe that if you've wanted your dreams to come true and you are lucky enough to have that happen, then you’ve got to be responsible because you gotta keep the dream alive," Parton said.

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Dolly Parton is opening up about her eventual retirement.

Dolly Parton‘s not leaving the stage any time soon. In fact, when it comes to retirement, the 77-year-old country star would rather “drop dead” onstage instead of planning her last curtain call.

Dolly Parton's not leaving the stage any time soon. In fact, when it comes to retirement, the 77-year-old country star would rather «drop dead» onstage instead of planning her last curtain call.The singer shared her feelings about retirement while on the show, telling host Ken Bruce that there's a responsibility that comes with realizing one's biggest dreams.«I always believe that if you've wanted your dreams to come true and you are lucky enough to have that happen, then you’ve got to be responsible because you gotta keep the dream alive,» she explained. «And every dream kind of spawns another dream.

Dolly Parton has expressed her reluctance to give up live shows — saying that she would rather “drop dead” onstage than retire.The 77-year-old country icon was speaking as part of a new interview on Wednesday (July 12), when she admitted that she has no intention of slowing down her music career anytime soon.“‘I would never retire!” the ‘Jolene’ singer stated, appearing on Ken Bruce’s Greatest Hits Radio. “I would hopefully drop dead in the middle of a song on stage someday – and hopefully one I’ve written.”“That’s how I hope to go,” she added.

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