Hello, I'm Dolly Tour

Hello I'm Dolly Tour

Tour by Dolly Parton
File:Hello I'm Dolly Tour - 5.jpg Dolly singing "Hello I'm Dolly," the opening number of the show.
Start date	October 14 2004
End date	December 19 2004
Legs	1
No. of shows	36 in United States 3 in Canada 39 in total
Dolly Parton concert chronology

The Hello I'm Dolly Tour in 2004 was Dolly Parton's first concert tour since 2002, her first major tour in a decade, and her largest tour in two decades.

History

After staging the very intimate, club-set Halos & Horns Tour in 2002, Parton returned with a venture on a much larger scale. The Hello I'm Dolly Tour included new lighting, costumes, and included huge screens on the sides of the stage for each venue. Parton said:

“The show itself has every color of me in it, from gospel to bluegrass to country to the bigger production numbers, and to the pop hits that I've been fortunate to do through the years. I think there will be something for everybody. I wanted to do it in a big way so all of us can enjoy it. My band and I are really looking forward to this!”

The tour was originally slated to promote Blue Smoke, which was to be Parton's new CD. The album was scheduled to include a mix of new Parton material ("I Dreamed About Elvis", "Blue Smoke") as well as covers of older songs ("Imagine", "Me & Bobby McGee"). The album was supposed to be released after the tour was over, presumably in the beginning of the 2005. Those plans were pushed back however because of Parton's involvement with writing the score to the 9 to 5 musical. It did eventually come to fruition, albeit becoming an album composed entirely of covers and was renamed Those Were The Days.

Regardless, "Blue Smoke" remains a fan favorite and was incredibly well received during these concerts. "I Dreamed About Elvis" is a Parton composed song, also slated to appear on the never released Blue Smoke. The song details the oft told story that Elvis Presley wanted to record "I Will Always Love You". Those plans never came to fruition. It too was well-received during these shows.

Tour dates

Date	City, State	Venue
October 14	Greenville, South Carolina	BI-LO Center
October 15*	Atlanta, Georgia	Fox Theatre
October 16 & 17*	Biloxi, Mississippi	Grand Casino Biloxi
October 19	Cleveland, Ohio	Gund Theater
October 20	Columbus, Ohio	Schottenstein Center
October 22, 23 & 24*	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Casino Rama Centre
October 26	Detroit, Michigan	Fox Theatre
October 27*	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Resch Center
October 29	St. Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
October 30	Omaha, Nebraska	Qwest Center Theatre
October 31	St. Louis, Missouri	Savvis Center
November 4	Raleigh, North Carolina	RBC Center
November 6	Norfolk, Virginia	Scope Arena
November 7	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Joel Coliseum Theatre
November 11	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena
November 12*	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Circus Maximus Theatre
November 13*	Uncasville, Connecticut	Mohegan Sun Arena
November 14	Fairfax, Virginia	Patriot Center
November 17	Albany, New York	Pepsi Arena
November 18	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Spectrum
November 19	Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Arena
November 20*	Reading, Pennsylvania	Sovereign Center
November 21	State College, Pennsylvania	Bryce Jordan Center
December 2	Austin, Texas	Frank Erwin Center
December 3*	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center
December 5	Houston, Texas	Toyota Center
December 7*	Las Vegas, Nevada	The Coliseum
December 8	Phoenix, Arizona	Dodge Theatre
December 9	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond
December 10	San Jose, California	HP Pavilion
December 11*	Reno, Nevada	Reno Hilton Theatre
December 12*	Sacramento, California	ARCO Arena
December 16*	Boise, Idaho	Idaho Center Theater
December 17	Portland, Oregon	Rose Garden
December 18	Spokane, Washington	Spokane Arena
December 19*	Everett, Washington	Everett Events Center

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Set list

The set list for the show was changed around quite a bit during the length of the tour. The "Mountain Home" segment, which often occurs towards the beginning of Parton's shows actually ended the shows in the first half of the tour. And in a very surprising move, at many of the East Coast shows, Parton moved "I Will Always Love You," normally her last song (before an encore) to the middle of the show. (This was to coincide with "I Dreamed About Elvis.")

When the tour returned from a Thanksgiving hiatus in the beginning of December, songs were added and the usual format that Parton had used in earlier tours was reinstated with the "Mountain Home" segment pushed up to its normal place and "I Will Always Love You" again used as the last song before an encore.

"Islands in the Stream" was sung with a Kenny Rogers puppet using pre recorded vocals from Rogers. The puppet was used at only a few of the shows during the East Coast portion of the show and subsequently dropped from the setlist.

Opening Night

This was the setlist from the opening night show in Greenville, South Carolina.

1. Hello I'm Dolly
2. Two Doors Down (abbreviated)
3. 9 to 5 (abbreviated)
4. Hits Medley (Jolene, Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That, Here You Come Again)
5. The Grass Is Blue (on piano)
6. Baby, It's Cold Outside (with Richard Dennison)
7. I Dreamed About Elvis
8. Viva Las Vegas (with the Grascals)
9. PMS Blues
10. Blue Smoke
11. Go to Hell
12. Me & Bobby McGee
13. Imagine
14. Islands in the Stream (with Kenny Rogers dummy)
15. My Tennessee Mountain Home
16. Coat of Many Colors
17. Smoky Mountain Memories
18. Thank God I'm a Country Girl
19. Little Sparrow (a capella)
20. I Will Always Love You
21. Hello God (Encore)

Other songs performed

Other songs that were performed at some, not all, shows,

1. Brand New Key
2. Burnin' Love
3. Welcome Home
4. When Johhny Comes Marching Home
5. Shine
6. Rocky Top

References

• Dollymania

See also

• The Grascals