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Elle King suddenly rescheduled an upcoming concert in Fort Worth, Texas following her controversial performance at Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday celebration.
The “Ex’s & Oh’s” singer was set to take the stage at Billy Bob’s Texas on Friday, however, the venue announced on Instagram Wednesday that the show has now been moved to Sept. 21.
A rep for Billy Bob’s told TMZ that King’s team didn’t let them know about the sudden change until the last minute and they didn’t offer a valid reason for the postponement.
King, 34, also didn’t provide any explanation as to why the concert was being postponed on any of her social media accounts.
Reps for the “America’s Sweetheart” singer confirmed to Page Six that the show was moved but didn’t give any more details.
Elle King postponed her Jan. 26 concert in Texas after her drunken Dolly Parton tribute. Photo Courtesy of Zack MasseyThe news comes less than a week after King, who is the daughter of comedic actor Rob Schneider, botched her tribute performance for Parton at the Grand Ol Opry.
King, who admitted she was drunk during the set, was slammed online for excessively swearing, slurring her words and forgetting lyrics.
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Listen to our weekly “We Hear” podcast Subscribe to our daily newsletter Shop our exclusive merch“Hi, my name is Elle King. I’m f–king hammered,” she told the audience after attempting to sing Parton’s 2001 song “Marry Me,” according to a video shared on social media.
“I don’t know the lyrics to this thing in this f–king town. Don’t tell Dolly ’cause it’s her birthday,” she sang at one point rather than the actual lyrics.
The venue did not provide a reason for the postponement. Getty Images They also told TMZ that King’s team pulled the plug on the performance at the last minute. Getty ImagesThe Grammy nominee then tried to salvage the uncomfortable performance by singing one of her own songs — but that also didn’t go very well.
“I’m not even gonna f–king lie, you bought tickets for this s–t? You ain’t getting your money back,” she told concert-goers at one point.
The set was apparently so bad that the Opry reportedly closed the curtain on King and her band early.
The legendary country venue also took to X (formerly Twitter) to apologize for the expletive-filled show, which went against their code of conduct, the following day.
King came under fire last week for “disrespecting” Parton with the botched performance. TikTok / @auctioneergirl The “Ex’s & Oh’s” singer admitted to being “hammered” during her set. auctioneergirl/TikTok“We deeply regret and apologize for the language that was used during last night’s second Opry performance,” the official Opry account replied back to one disgruntled fan.
While Parton was not in attendance to witness the highly-talked about performance, her sister Stella also weighed in on the drama on X.
Despite initially calling out the “double standard” for female singers, Stella later slammed King — who she referred to as a “lil girl” — for not learning the lyrics and taking the gig seriously.
“When you disrespect someone in my family you have disrespected every one of us,” she wrote.
However, Parton was not in attendance to witness the controversial show. Getty Images King previously shared that she likes to have a drink or two before shows in order to calm her nerves. Craig Barritt“I no longer stay silent when I see people behaving badly. The bottom line is this, if you’re lucky enough to stand before a paying audience give them your best or get off the stage,” she added in another tweet. “I don’t buy the lame weak excuse of getting ‘hammered’ to get out there. The fans pay our wages FYI. They sometimes sacrifice to do so.”
The “Jolene” singer has yet to comment on the situation.
King has admitted to struggling with alcohol in the past and told the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2022 that she likes to calm her nerves with a drink.
“I really like to drink and sing,” she told the outlet.
“I get nervous before I go on stage, [so] I have couple of drinks [first],” she explained. “Drinking makes me less nervous about hitting the notes when I sing. If I don’t make them, it won’t sting as much.”
