She is still reeling from the loss of Carl Dean, 82, on March 3 after a near 60-year marriage.
But she drew on the spirit of "the show must go on" at the opening night of her Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony tour.
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Looking typically glam in a rhinestone-embellished dress, and despite the "hole in my heart" following Carl's death, Dolly, 79, smiled through the event in Nashville on Thursday.
From the stage at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center she explained the concept of the show.
She then departed to let Nashville Symphony Orchestra play some of her greatest hits, accompanied by guest singers.
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Throughout the show Dolly appears in vid...