Dolly Parton Reveals More Stars For Telethon Lineup was a Top 3 story on Friday: (Webster) Dolly Parton's camp have revealed that several more big name music stars have been added to the growing list of celebrities set to perform during Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund telethon on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. (EST). We were sent the following details:

Chris Stapleton, Chris Young, Big & Rich, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, LOCASH, Chris Janson and Montgomery Gentry are just a few of the new names added to perform during the event, which also has added three new broadcast partners, AXS TV, RFD and The Heartland Network.

In addition, USAToday.com and USA Today National Networks to live stream the telethon on their affiliate newspaper websites, including all Tennessee newspaper sites Tennessean.com, Knoxnews.com, commercialappeal.com, jacksonsun.com, theleafchronicle.com, dnj.com, and others.

The nationally-broadcast, three-hour telethon seeks to raise money for the Dollywood Foundation My People Fund, established by Parton, The Dollywood Company and Parton's dinner theaters in the wake of last week's wildfires in the entertainment icon's home area of Sevier County, Tennessee. Read more - here.

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