Saying she needs to “rebuild my engine,” Dolly Parton has parked plans to headline the Strip.
Parton announced on social media Monday she won’t be ready to perform her half-dozen shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace this September. Those sold-out dates running Sept. 17-26 have been canceled.
Parton said in her lengthy, upbeat video message, “I have some good news and a little bad news. 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 gonna take me a little while before I’m up to stage performance level.”
The 80-year-old recording legend was originally scheduled to perform six shows at the Colosseum Vegas in December, but dropped those shows because of health issues. She has suffered from kidney stones and related autoimmune weakness and digestive-system concerns.
The meds she takes make her “a little bit swimmy headed, as my grandma used to say,” in Parton parlance.
“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,” Parton said. “…I’ll see you somewhere down the line.”
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