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Legendary singer Dolly Parton slammed for lip-syncing

Josie Rozenberg-Clarke

Dolly Parton

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Fans of country singer Dolly Parton are divided over claims she was miming during her Glastonbury debut this weekend. Check out the video above!

The 68-year-old legend drew a bigger crowd to her set than headliners Metallica and Arcade Fire but her performance soon caused a Twitter show-down over her apparent lip-syncing.

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British news presenter Kay Burley was one of the first to speak up, tweeting: "Oh, Dolly's miming. How disappointing."

This kicked off a war of words between fans of the singer on social media…with fellow celebs leaping to Dolly's defence!

Singer Boy George snapped back at newsreader Kay by tweeting: "Well I hear you wear false eyelashes?" Erm, right.

"That's not miming. If it appears not always to lip-sync that’s an HD live processor issue. You see it with reporters," comedian Stephen Fry tweeted.

A spokesperson for Dolly slammed the lip-sync rumours, saying: "No, she sings live. Some people don't know an amazing singer when they hear one."

What do you think FIXers – did Dolly mime?

Approving editor: Amy Nelmes

Our very own Kylie was accused of lip-syncing earlier this year...you be the judge!

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