Dolly and the Doctor

[lalaith1]

So....was the long trek to O2 to see Ms Parton, worth postponing the viewing of Journey's End? Yes, actually.  I was impressed. Really. Rarely seen such a professional live performance - I already knew she was pretty damn cool (the songwriting, the look, and above all the fantastic Imagination Library programme) but I didn't know she was such an

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[hobbituk]

Hobbitdad was a MAJOR Dolly fan. My fondest memory is the year I got him tickets to see her play live for his birthday. I queued from the crack of dawn to ensure I got good seats - 3 rows back from the stage(because the front two involved tilting heads back at a scary angle), dead centre - and then put them in his card. I gave it to him and said "I'm sorry - I'm a bit skint this month and could only afford this..." Being hobbitdad, he instantly said it was no problem - the thought was what counted. Then he opened the envelope, went about twenty shades of red, gave me a quick hug and vanished into the bathroom for about twenty minutes. *grins