Since the young broads can’t seem to get it together, the old broads are stepping up to show us how it’s done.

On one side, Ms. Dolly Parton:

Dolly Parton will release her first “mainstream country” album in 17 years next February, and will promote it with a world tour, her manager said. The first single, “Better Get To Livin’,” will reach radio September 24. Touring will begin in the first quarter of next year.

On the other, Cher:

Says Cher: “The truth is I’ve got this album I’m supposed to be working on. The truth is the songs are great. I’m totally into this album, the songs are the hardest songs. I don’t know why, but I picked the hardest songs that I’ve ever had to do on an album. I just picked them because I love them and didn’t think about actually having to sing them and they are very very difficult.” …. “I haven’t started the album yet, but I have all the songs. I was supposed to start it, but I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t good enough. I have to really buckle down. I’ve got to do some serious, serious work. I should have done it when I got off the road, but we didn’t have all the songs.” …”I picked the songs song-by-song. It’s not any kind of real music. It’s not a genre. Just great songs. More with a rock feeling to them, but not necessarily rock. Just with a great beat and also some of them sound really country.” from the Japanese magazine, Chrome Hearts.