Kenny Rogers at the 2012 ACM concert, "Lionel Richie & Friends". On April 10, 2013, the CMA announced that Rogers would be a 2013 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, along with Cowboy Jack Clement and Bobby Bare. In June 2013 he performed at the Glastonbury Festival in the Sunday afternoon 'Legends' slot. In 2013, Rogers recorded a new album with the name "You Can't Make Old Friends". This album included the title track, a new duet with Dolly Parton, which was his first single released in six years. In 2015, Rogers announced his farewell tour, titled "The Gambler's Last
Glastonbury Thorn Glastonbury Thorn The Glastonbury thorn is a form of common hawthorn, "Crataegus monogyna" 'Biflora' (sometimes incorrectly called "Crataegus oxyacantha" var. "praecox"), found in and around Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Unlike ordinary hawthorn trees, it flowers twice a year (hence the name "biflora"), the first time in winter and the second time in spring. The trees in the Glastonbury area have been propagated by grafting since ancient times. The tree is also widely called the holy thorn, though this term strictly speaking refers to the original (legendary) tree. It is associated with legends about Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity