Paul Simon, 83, announces retirement returns to the new tour

Paul Simon.
Todd Owyoung/NBCPaul Simon Announced that he will return to the tour after retirement in 2018.
Simon, 83, stepped down for a live performance due to hearing loss, but confirmed on Tuesday, February 18 that he will return to his 52-year-old road A quiet celebration trip Support his 2023 album Seven Psalms. The singer will tour New Orleans in New Orleans for two nights on April 4 and 5.
Simon’s A quiet celebration trip The last three shows planned for July 31 to August 3 in Seattle are planned to last until August in Nashville, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York City. Tickets for the entire tour will be available on Simon’s website on Friday, February 21, where fans can also find the full trek dates and venues.
According to the press release, Simon personally chose A quiet celebration trip Ensure correct acoustics. His production team worked with Stanford’s initiative to heal hearing loss to create a stage setting that would not hinder Simon’s hearing.
His 15th studio album Seven Psalms Five years after giving up live performances, it marked the return of music. In addition to working with a cappella Octet Voces8 and his wife, Simon also used the recorded acoustic instruments Edie Brickell.

Simon has performed occasionally in live performances over the past seven years, including paying tribute to his career at the Grammy Awards ceremony in April 2022 Stephen Colbert’s late performance Promotion in March 2024 Seven Psalms.
Simon is recently Saturday Night LiveHis 50th Anniversary Special on Sunday, February 16, where he opens with Duetting Sabrina Carpenter On Simon & Garfunkel classic “Homeward Bound”.
His long-term musical companion Art Garfunkel It was confirmed in December 2024 that the two were back after the “agenary period”.
“I know we’ve met for the first time recently,” Garfunkel told Living with Kelly and Mark. “We had a period of alienation for a few years until–he had a son who moved into where I lived and I knew I would meet Harper [Simon] Harper went out for dinner for the first time in years, and Paul and I went out for the first time. This is very touching. ”

Simon & Garfunkel has had a strange relationship since forming a duo of Tom & Jerry’s voice duo in 1956. Friends in childhood often clashed with their artistic vision and decided to split permanently in 1970.
The two have been reunited countless times over the past 55 years, including the 1981 Central Park party concert that attracted half a million people. In 2015, Garfunkel blamed Simon’s shoulders solely to split the group.
“It’s weird. I can’t do anything,” Garfinkel told telegraph Their division. “I want to be open to it. I don’t want to say anything anti-Simon, but it seems very improper to not enjoy the glory and get rid of it. Crazy. All I have to do is rest from Paul because he makes I felt nervous. The joke was gone.”
Simon & Garfunkel last performed together in 2010 as part of the American Film Academy’s tribute Mike Nicholsthe highly acclaimed director remembers his music in the 1967 film graduate.