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"Global superstar Dolly Parton served as a headliner at the UK&amp;apos;s long-running Glastonbury Festival on Sunday, June 29th. The mud-soaked event was witnessed by 100,000 fans in attendance and streamed live around the world.\r\nSee Where Dolly Parton Lands on Our 100 Greatest Singers List\r\n&amp;quot;This is a very exciting day for me and we&amp;apos;ve got all kinds of things going on,&amp;quot; Parton told reporters at a pre-show press conference, according to the Guardian. &amp;quot;Look, I don&amp;apos;t have a bit of mud on me! When I was coming in this morning I was looking at all the mud and thinking, this is not that different from where I grew up in the mud. My daddy was a farmer in East Tennessee and I grew up on a farm &amp;#x2014; mud is mud wherever you go.&amp;quot;\r\nAlso at the press event, the most-honored woman in country music history received a huge plaque in recognition of her career-long sales of more than 100 million albums worldwide.\r\nDuring her Glastonbury set, which also included a cover of Alicia Keys&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Girl on Fire,&amp;quot; Parton was joined on stage by Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora for a duet of &amp;quot;Lay Your Hands on Me,&amp;quot; written by Sambora and covered by Parton on Blue Smoke. (Watch their collaboration below.) It was Sambora&amp;apos;s second appearance with the country icon in two days. The pair also teamed up for that tune at Parton&amp;apos;s sold-out performance at London&amp;apos;s O2 Arena on Friday, June 27th.\r\nAlthough the 68-year-old Parton did manage to stay mud-free once she hit the Pyramid stage, she did stir up a bit of controversy over whether she was lip-synching during her hour-long Glastonbury performance. Sky News presenter Kay Burley ignited the firestorm on Twitter with that suggestion, labeling the iconic entertainer&amp;apos;s set &amp;quot;disappointing.&amp;quot;\r\nActor Stephen Fry was among those coming to Parton&amp;apos;s defense, saying it was an &amp;quot;HD live processor issue&amp;quot; which made her appear to be miming such legendary hits as &amp;quot;Islands in the Stream&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Jolene,&amp;quot; as well as songs from the recently released Blue Smoke album.\r\nIn a statement, a Parton representative denied the claim, saying, &amp;quot;Some people don&amp;apos;t know an amazing singer when they hear one.&amp;quot;\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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