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Entertainment · Music · published 2026-08-27 · via Billboard

Ariana Grande Honors Dolly Parton with Pre-Concert Video Memorial

Before her O2 Arena performance, Grande played a video of Parton singing "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute. Parton died at age 80. The tribute was separate from Grande's setlist.

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The tribute video played ahead of Grande's set, giving O2 attendees a moment to reflect on Parton's legacy before the concert began. Parton originally wrote and recorded "I Will Always Love You" in 1974, though the song reached global audiences primarily through Whitney Houston's 1992 rendition for The Bodyguard soundtrack.

Grande's London show is part of her Eternal Sunshine Tour, her first major concert trek since 2019. The tour concludes Sept. 1, after which Grande plans to step back from public-facing work, according to a statement issued earlier this month that cited the toll of ongoing public scrutiny during the tour's run.

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High-profile tributes like this could introduce Parton's catalog to younger pop audiences who may

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