Honky tonk angel: Australian PM recalls saving Dolly Parton tour after oversize bus was banned

Anthony Albanese tells national broadcaster country singer sort of lives in' 14.5-metre bus during segment commemorating her 78th birthday

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The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has recalled how he saved Dolly Parton's 2011 tour down under by allowing the country music star to bring a big bus deemed too large for Australian roads.

Albanese, who describes himself as an indie rock and roll" fan, retold his star turn in an ABC Radio segment commemorating Parton's 78th birthday on Friday.