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Dolly Parton got off bed rest to record final song with U2, Bono reveals

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U2's Bono revealed that Dolly Parton left her bed rest to record "Torn," her final song with the band for their upcoming album "Carnaval De Luz" due out on November 19. The track, co-written by Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol, is a tender country ballad about broken family ties. Bono expressed his admiration for Parton's vocal performance, noting that it captures the essence of her voice despite her illness.

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Dolly Parton, the legendary country singer, made her final vocal recording for U2's new album "Carnaval de Luz". The album's closing track, titled "Torn," features a duet with U2 frontman Bono and was recorded in June 2023, just months before Parton's death at age 80. Despite being ill, Parton left her bed to record the song, which Bono described as her singing "her heart out." Parton wrote the lyrics for "Torn" alongside Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol and U2. The album is set to be released on November 13, 2026, marking what many believe will be Parton's last recorded contribution to music.

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Dolly Parton left bed rest to record her final song in June, two months before her death, U2’s Bono revealed. asserted

Bono → leave → death

The late country music icon, who died on Aug. 25 at age 80, gave her final vocal performance for the track “Torn,” off the band’s upcoming “Carnaval De Luz” album. asserted

who → die → album

The record will come out on Nov. 19 — and Bono, 66, told Rolling Stone on Thursday that he “can’t even listen” to Parton’s part since her passing. asserted

he → come → passing

“When she got ill, she got out of her bed to sing this song,” the U2 frontman shared with the outlet. asserted

frontman → get → outlet

“And you can hear that.” asserted

you → hear → that

“She sang her heart out,” he gushed, “and I cannot believe that’s an 80-year-old woman.” asserted

that → sing → heart

Bono noted that he wanted to collaborate with the “9 to 5” hitmaker on the entire album, but she dubbed it “a little too Irish” for her. Want more celebrity and pop culture news? asserted

she → note → news

“But,” he recalled, “she said, ‘I got this song. asserted

I → recall → song

It’s called ‘Torn,’ and do you wanna see where you can take it somewhere else, maybe?’” asserted

you → call → it

Bono explained how “very moving” it was “to have had these intimacies with such a figure,” saying, “The fact that they’re not there now, in any way you can call back, other than through her songs, is very sobering.” asserted

you → explain → songs

Parton, notably, listened to the song before losing her battle to cancer and “loved” the final mix, per producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee. asserted

Parton → listen → Lee

“She was so proud of her vocal and the recording,” Lee said Thursday. asserted

Lee → say → vocal

We were very nervous that she might not approve, or would be uncomfortable with it, but she loved it.” uncertain

she → approve → it

The song, co-written by Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, was described in a press release as “a tender country song detailing broken family ties that holds wider resonances.” asserted

that → co → resonances

“Torn” will not be the first posthumous song of Parton’s to drop since her death as her “Bound to Ride” cover came out earlier this month. asserted

cover → drop → death

The track was recorded in 2022 as part of the all-star tribute album, “Where the Soul Never Dies: Celebrating 80 Years of the Stanley Brothers.” asserted

Soul → record → Brothers

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