Dolly Parton has announced that she will be performing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

The country star and queen of Dollywood announced the news to her Twitter followers tweeting: “I’m incredibly excited to FINALLY announce that the #BlueSmokeWorldTour is coming to @GlastoFest on June 29th! ;) Stay tuned for more info…”

The gig will form part of her “Blue Smoke World Tour” which commences its UK leg in Liverpool on June 8th.

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis last night tweeted her joy at being able to add Parton to the line up: "We are delighted to say that Dolly is coming to Glastonbury... It really doesn't get much better than this!"

Dolly will be releasing her 42nd studio album which is entitled “Blue Smoke” on May 12th in the UK.