Dolly Parton says she will no longer be touring and instead will spend time at home with her husband

Dolly Parton, now 77, is famous in both country music and the celebrity world. The singer from Tennessee has become a legend.

She has been performing nearly her whole life and enjoys entertaining her fans.

Recently, however, the famous star announced she will stop touring, even though she plans to keep making music.

In an interview with Pollstar, Dolly shared that she’s done with tours. She said:

“I’ll do special shows here and there. Maybe a weekend of performances or a few at festivals, but I don’t plan on doing full tours anymore.”

Dolly, who rose from poverty in the Appalachian Mountains to become an international star, will surely be missed on the road.

The country music legend will keep creating songs but now wants to focus more on spending time with her husband, Carl Thomas Dean.

In 1964, Dolly met Carl outside a laundromat in Nashville. She was 18, and he was 21. Carl immediately knew there was something special about her.

“My first thought was, ‘I’m gonna marry that girl,’” Dean recalled to *Entertainment Tonight*.

“My second thought was, ‘She’s beautiful.’ That’s when my life really began. I wouldn’t trade the last 50 years for anything.”

Carl spotted Dolly while sitting in his pickup truck and called out to her, as she shared in a 1976 interview with the *New York Times*.

She turned down his date offer but invited him over while she babysat her nephew a few days later. That was the beginning of their love story.

In May 1966, Dolly and Carl tied the knot in a private ceremony in Georgia.

Dolly’s record label wanted her to delay marriage to focus on her career, but the couple didn’t wait.

They got married secretly to avoid media attention in Tennessee. Only Dolly, Carl, and her mother attended the ceremony.

Since then, the couple has been deeply in love. They celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2016 by renewing their vows.

Now, they will have even more time to spend together.

In her Pollstar interview, Dolly opened up about why she’s stepping back from touring:

“I’ve been doing this my whole life, and it takes a lot of time and energy.

I’d rather stay closer to home with my husband. We’re both getting older, and I don’t want to be away for four or five weeks at a time.

Something might happen, and I wouldn’t feel right if I wasn’t around. I’d feel bad if I had to leave a tour because someone at home needed me.”

Dolly’s new music will be rock n’ roll, a tribute to her husband. She was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in May, which inspired her to work on a rock album.

“When I got the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination, I thought it was the perfect time. I’d always wanted to do it.

My husband is a huge rock fan, and I’ve thought for years about making an album just for him.”

Alongside working on her album, Dolly has been busy with her NBC special *Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas*, which aired on December 1.

“It’s a show within a show. It focuses on all the behind-the-scenes drama.

There are arguments with producers, problems with the artists, sets falling apart, and last-minute cancellations.

I wouldn’t call it acting. I’m just being myself, just Dolly, not playing a role.”

Additionally, she is teaming up with Reese Witherspoon to produce the film *Run, Rose, Run*, based on the novel she co-wrote with James Patterson.

Dolly Parton has always been a symbol of strength. Her decision to stop large-scale touring is understandable, given all she’s been through.

In the 1980s, Dolly ignored serious health issues while focusing on her career. At 35, she collapsed on stage during a performance in Indianapolis.

She later learned she had endometriosis, a condition that causes pain, heavy periods, and fatigue.

At the time, Dolly dismissed her symptoms as “female problems.” Before the Indianapolis show in 1982, her doctor advised her to take a break, but she didn’t listen and performed anyway.

She collapsed on stage and had to be flown to New York for medical help. She canceled the remaining 30 dates of her 35-stop U.S. and Canada tour.

Shortly after, she underwent surgery for a partial hysterectomy.

“I was pushing myself too hard. I wasn’t watching what I ate or paying attention to nutrition. I was working non-stop while dealing with personal and emotional issues.”