Orville Peck Tributes Dolly Parton at F1 Austin — SkimNews
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- Orville Peck took the stage shortly after 10 p.m. Friday at The Paddock Bar inside Sagebrush during the 2026 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, playing songs from Mule and fan favorites for roughly 300 people.
- Orville Peck broke out midway through the set with an acoustic-guitar rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” delivering a tribute to the late country legend.
- Dolly Parton had received a similar tribute from Peck at a London event on the night she died, when he sang an impromptu snippet of the song and told the audience she “really stood for kindness” in a world where kindness was “really lacking.”
- The Paddock Bar converted Sagebrush into a three-night music-and-comedy venue: Kameron Marlowe opened Friday, Jack Whitehall headlined Saturday, and each night combined local live acts with two-step lessons and line dancing to hits from George Strait to Shania Twain.
- The Paddock Bar counted Damson Idris, Gordon Ramsay, Charles Melton and JoJo among its guests, while Maroon 5, Alesso and Post Malone performed post-race sets elsewhere at COTA.
- House44 debuted in Austin as Lewis Hamilton’s pop-up hospitality project with Soho House, occupying a new building overlooking Turn 1 and offering gondola access with aerial views of the race.
- Formula 1 said The Paddock Bar reflected its “growing presence across music, community, and culture,” describing the activation as a cultural moment reaching well beyond the circuit.
Why it matters: For Formula 1 and Sagebrush, the three-night takeover put Peck’s roughly 300-person show inside a venue with more than 70 years of musical history, pairing local identity with celebrity draw. The activation expanded race weekend beyond hospitality and the circuit through country music, comedy and Lewis Hamilton’s House44.
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