14 DAY TRIAL // On Sunday evening, Dolly Parton, the American country legend, took to the Pyramid stage of the Glastonbury festival and people flocked to see her live on stage. She was one of the headliners of the festival and many looked forward to her performance.
Sadly, controversy and scandal soon emerged, as the singer is now being accused that she mimed her way through her entire performance. Most of the British media is today debating whether or not Dolly was merely moving her lips to the music in her performance, and a consensus has yet to be reached.
The Mirror reports that the Sky News presenter Kay Burley was the first to point out the fakery with a tweet that said, “Oh, Dolly is miming. How disappointing.” People immediately shot back with rebukes of this claim, and some of them were famous people such as comedian Jason Manford, singer Boy George and actor Stephen Fry.
The latter pointed out that “That's not miming. If it appears not always to lip-sync that’s an HD live processor issue. You see it with reporters.”
However, more and more people later took to their own social media accounts to express their views on Dolly's performance saying that she was indeed lip-syncing. Most of the people who complained, however, remained unsure if their assessment was correct and blamed Dolly's numerous plastic surgeries for her bland facial expression.
Videos broadcast by local televisions did indeed show that Dolly had trouble moving her face to the sound of the music, making it seem like she was only following the lyrics instead of actually singing them.
This rumor was blasted by her spokesperson, who was unequivocal, “No, she sings live. Some people don't know an amazing singer when they hear one.”
Seemingly oblivious to all the backlash, Dolly Parton brought along with her on stage Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and worked her way through some of her most famous hits, such as “Nine to Five” and “Jolene,” getting the public all worked up and singing along with her in unison.
For people watching from home, the experience was less pleasurable and they didn't hesitate to voice their discontent, forcing her fans to find ways of defending her and explaining the fact that, at times, her voice seemed to be heard ahead of her moving her lips.
From faulty sound set-up at the concert to weird effects imposed by the TV coverage, Parton fans tried their best to provide logical explanations as to why Dolly seemed to be only humming along during her songs, as she visibly struggled to move her lips to the lyrics.
The debate continues ...