Kesha and Jack White paid tribute to Dolly Parton with special performances during their separate concerts on Tuesday.

The country music icon died on Tuesday at the age of 80 following a short battle with cancer, leading fans, friends and artists to share heartfelt messages online.

During her Tuesday concert in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kesha honoured Parton by covering her 1980 song ‘Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You)’, which her mother Pebe Sebert helped write.

“I just want to say thank you for bringing me so much joy today, because earlier today, I'm sure many of y'all know that we lost Ms. Dolly Parton,” Kesha told the crowd, according to social media footage. “We literally lost an angel. But through her art and through her kindness and through her love, she will live forever.

“For those of you who don't know, I come from a long lineage of songwriters and before I was born, my mom actually wrote a song for Dolly Parton. And that song bought us a house, like a roof. That song put me through school.”

Kesha also recalled joining Parton for a duet of ‘Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You)’ on her 2017 album ‘Rainbow’, explaining that standing beside “such a legendary woman” made her feel as though “God was on (her) side”.

“That's how it feels working with Dolly Parton. So in honour of her incredible legacy and her beautiful life, I'd like to sing the song that my mom wrote for her,” she added, before beginning her version of the track.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, The White Stripes musician Jack White delivered a dramatically reworked interpretation of Parton’s 1973 classic ‘Jolene’ at London’s Eventim Apollo.

Footage uploaded to his Instagram showed White ending the shortened cover by placing his hands together in prayer, making the sign of the cross and gesturing toward the sky.

The White Stripes regularly included the song in their live sets and issued their recording as a B side in 2000. Parton admired their interpretation, describing it as “one of the greatest versions ever of Jolene” during a 2016 interview with The Guardian.