NEW YORK, NY (March 18, 2014) –Dolly Parton’s new album Blue Smoke is set to release on May 13, 2014 on Sony Music Masterworks and Dolly Records.  Today Rollingstone.com debuts the brand new lyric video for the title track, “Blue Smoke.” View it here.

The Blue Smoke pre-order is now available for purchase today on iTunes at  iTunes.com/DollyParton. Consumers who pre-order the album on iTunes will receive two tracks early! They will immediately receive a download of “Blue Smoke” followed by a download of  “Home” on April 22nd.

Following the album release the Blue Smoke World Tour will hit select dates in the United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden.

About Dolly Parton: Dolly is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of Fame career have reportedly topped a staggering 100 million records world-wide. She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. Dolly was inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.  And the litany goes on.

Dolly’s career has spanned nearly five decades and is showing no signs of slowing down.  An internationally-renowned superstar, the iconic and irrepressible Parton has contributed countless treasures to the worlds of music, film and television.  Some of her hit films have included Nine to Five, Steel Magnolias, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, Straight Talk, andJoyful Noise.  Parton received two Oscar® nominations – one for writing the title tune to Nine to Five and the other for Travelin’ Thru from the film Transamerica.

BLUE SMOKE WORLD TOUR DATES:

US

May 22  Tulsa, OK - Hard Rock Casino

May 23  Tulsa, OK - Hard Rock Casino

May 25  Cherokee, NC - Harrah’s Cherokee Casino

May 27  Richmond, KY - EKU Center For The Arts (St. Mark’s Evening Among Friends)

May 28  Knoxville, TN - University of Tennessee (Benefiting Dolly's Imagination Library)

May 30  Thackerville, OK - Winstar Casino

May 31  Thackerville, OK - Winstar Casino

UK & EUROPE

Jun 8     England, Liverpool - Echo Arena

Jun 10   Northern Ireland, Belfast - Odyssey Arena

Jun 11   Ireland, Dublin - O2 Arena

Jun 12   Ireland, Cork - Live At The Marquee

Jun 14   England, Newcastle - Metro Radio Arena

Jun 15   Scotland, Aberdeen - GE Arena

Jun 17   Scotland, Glasgow - SSE Hydro Arena

Jun 18   Scotland, Glasgow - SSE Hydro Arena

Jun 20   England, Leeds - First Direct Arena

Jun 21   England, Manchester - Phones 4U Arena

Jun 22   England, Birmingham - LG Arena

Jun 24   Wales, Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena

Jun 25   Wales, Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena

Jun 27   England, London - O2 Arena

Jun 28   England, London - O2 Arena

Jun 29   England, Glastonbury – Glastonbury Festival

July 2    England, Nottingham - Capital FM Arena

July 5    Germany, Cologne - LANXESS Arena

July 6    Germany, Berlin - o2 World

July 8    Denmark, Copenhagen - Forum

July 9    Norway, Oslo - Spektrum

July 11  Sweden, Stockholm - THE GLOBE

Sony MusicMasterworks comprises the Masterworks, Sony Classical, OKeh, Portrait, Masterworks Broadway and Flying Buddha imprints. For email updates and information please visit www.SonyMasterworks.com

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Rollingstone Video Link: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/hear-dolly-parton-board-the-breakup-train-in-new-blue-smoke-20140318