America's iconic "Backwoods Barbie," singer Dolly Parton, is just one of the headlining artists closing their national tours during the week ending November 24 as compiled by TicketNews.

Parton wraps her 2008 trek on November 19 with a performance at the Civic Center in Des Moines, IA, following a November 18 show at the Resch Center in Green Bay, WI. The Backwoods Barbie's tour got off to a late start due to back problems suffered by the singer earlier in the year. But Parton quickly gained any lost momentum by completing the most successful European tour of her career and adding more U.S. dates to the books.

It's been a busy year for country icon Dolly Parton, who spent much of the spring and summer touring North American and Europe in support of the February 2008 release "Backwoods Barbie."

The most recent addition to Parton's North American tour starts on October 17 at Mizner Park's Center for the Arts in Boca Raton, FL, and concludes with a two-night stand at Casino Rama in Rama, ON. The 14-date jaunt also includes an October 24 gig at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA, and a November 2 concert at Foxwoods Casino's MGM Grand Theater in Mashantucket, CT.

Back from the most successful European tour of her 40-plus year career, Dolly Parton is ready to take on America with a new leg of shows in August, which will be followed by a U.S./Canada tour beginning in October.

Parton was in Europe for a number of stadium and arena dates from June 13-July 6 and performed 17 shows in Sweden, Ireland, Scotland and England to more than 170,000 fans. This surpassed her 2007 European tour, where she played 21 shows for over 140,000 people. Her sold-out shows in Glasgow (12,000) and two in London (17,000 each) were filmed by director Fran Strine (Nickelback’s "Rock Star” video) for a future DVD release.

Dolly Parton has been forced to postpone her upcoming U.S. tour due to a back condition. Doctors have advised her to take six to eight weeks off in order to recover properly. The tour--in support of Parton's “Backwoods Barbie” album, due out Feb. 26 on Dolly Records--was set to kick off Feb. 28 in Minneapolis, MN. The concerts should be rescheduled for late April through May. Tickets will be honored for the new dates.

Dolly Parton told Los Angeles radio listeners Aug. 28 that 9 to 5, the new musical for which she has penned songs, will open on Broadway in spring 2009. . .