Paul Simon will be anything but “Homeward Bound.”The legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famer recently announced he’s striking out on ‘A Quiet Celebration Tour,’ his first official outing since he retired from the road in 2018.There will be quite a New York City homecoming for Forest Hills High School and Queens College graduate as well.Midway through the 55-concert spring and summer run, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter will make five back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back appearances at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.
The shows go down on Monday, June 16, Wednesday, June 18, Friday, June 20, Saturday, June 21 and Monday, June 23.News of the tour may be quite a shock to fans of the former Simon and Garfunkel member.
On top of his 2018 touring retirement — due to time away from his family and passing of guitarist Vincent Nguini — he also experienced hearing loss while working on his 2023 album “Seven Psalms.”Soon after, he consulted the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss who aided him in an effort to lessen the damage done.
They came up with fixes like repairing hair cells within his ear and repositioning his speakers onstage.At all concerts, fans can expect “intimate shows [of music and conversation] featuring your favorite classics along with the debut live performance of [Simon’s] Grammy-nominated and critically-acclaimed ‘Seven Psalms’ [in its entirety],” according to Simon’s Instagram.His wife Edie Brickell will join him onstage at all shows.If this sounds like a one-of-a-kind bucket list show to you, tickets are available for all ‘A Quiet Celebration’ gigs.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find for any one show was $71 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have tickets starting anywhere from.
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