One month after postponing the release of her forthcoming album, "Backwoods Barbie," Dolly Parton [ tickets ] now has postponed her US tour, which originally was scheduled to launch at the end of this month.

Citing a "back condition," Parton temporarily shelved the tour plans after doctors advised her to take six to eight weeks off in order to recover properly, according to a press release.

"I know I have been breaking my neck and bending over backwards trying to get my new 'Backwoods Barbie' CD and world tour together, but I didn't mean to hurt myself doing it!," Parton said in a prepared statement.

"But hey, you try wagging these puppies around a while and see if you don't have back problems," she added, referring to her ample chest. "Seriously though, the doctors said I will be good as new in a few weeks, and I can't wait to get back out there. See you soon."

Parton was due to launch the tour with a Feb. 28 performance in Minneapolis, MN. Organizers plan to reschedule the dates for late April through May, according to Parton's publicist.

Exactly one month ago, Parton announced that "Backwoods Barbie," which originally was set for a Feb. 5 release, had been pushed back until "late February/early March." She has since nailed down a Feb. 26 release for the album, which features the lead-off single "Better Get to Livin'."

"Backwoods Barbie" is Parton's first new studio set since 2005's "Those Were the Days," and is billed in a press release as her "first album of mainstream country music in 17 years." The forthcoming collection features nine originals among its 12 tunes, including the Parton-penned title track, which will be used in the score for a Broadway-musical adaptation of "9 to 5" (based on the 1980 movie of the same name that co-starred the singer with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin) currently planned for 2009.

Parton--who co-produced "Backwoods Barbie" with her guitarist and bandleader Kent Wells--will issue the album on her newly created indie label, Dolly Records.

"I put it on my own label because many of the majors really didn't want me because of my age, thinking I was over," the singer said in a press statement. "But I feel different about that. I figured the major labels are pretty much a thing of the past anyway, kind of like they thought I was. The way music is being played today, why not make all the money, if there's any money to be made."