Ariana Grande paid tribute to Dolly Parton before her concert at London’s O2 arena, screening a video of Parton performing “I Will Always Love You” before taking the stage. The gesture allowed the audience to remember the country music icon following her reported death and reflected the wider music industry’s response to her legacy.

Parton wrote and recorded “I Will Always Love You” in 1974; Whitney Houston later made it a worldwide hit through the 1992 film The Bodyguard. Grande’s London dates are part of her Eternal Sunshine Tour, her first major tour since 2019, which is due to end on 1 September before she takes a planned break from public-facing work.