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Paul Simon Rounds North America
Paul Simon is taking on headline shows throughout June, with tons of tunes off a fresh album.
Anna C. Jones – Paul Simon
BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham, Ala.
The new dates open in St. Augustine, Fla., on June 1 and close June 28 in Denver’s
Along the way the gigs are basically all arenas and amphitheatres and the dates mostly stick to the regional South and Midwest until a few shows further west at the end of the run.
Simon is pushing tunes from Stranger to Stranger, his 2016 release through Concord Records.
The artist recently had a record he held for nearly 50 years broken. According to Konbini, Simon & Garfunkel were the last act to replace themselves at the No. 1 spot on the sales charts before Future achieved the feat with his two back-to-back releases Future and Hendrxx last month.
The last time the storied duo of Simon and Garfunkel played together was in 2010 and fans hoping for another reunion probably don’t need to be reminded that Paul has essentially confirmed that the group is done permanently. He said in a 2016 NPR interview: ”You know, I mean, quite honestly, we don’t get along. So it’s not like it’s fun. If it was fun, I’d say, OK, sometimes we’ll go out and sing old songs in harmony. That’s cool. But when it’s not fun, you know, and you’re going to be in a tense situation, well, then I have a lot of musical areas that I like to play in. So that’ll never happen again. That’s that.”
Here is Paul’s tour routing:
June 1 – Saint Augustine, Fla., St. Augustine Amphitheatre
June 2 – Atlanta, Ga., Chastain Park Amphitheatre
June 4 – Simpsonville, S.C., Heritage Park Amphitheatre
June 6 – Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 7 – Cary, N.C., Koka Booth Amphitheatre
June 10 – Cincinnati, Ohio, PNC Pavilion At Riverbend
June 11 – Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre
June 13 – Cleveland, Ohio, Jacobs Pavilion At Nautica
June 14 – Chicago, Ill., Huntington Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island
June 17 – Eau Claire, Wisc., Foster Farms (Eaux Claires Music And Arts Festival)
June 18 – Sioux Falls, S.D., Denny Sanford Premier Center
June 20 – Billings, Mont., Rimrock Auto Arena At MetraPark
June 21 – Missoula, Mont., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field
June 23 – Spokane, Wash., Spokane Arena
June 24 – Bend, Ore., Les Schwab Amphitheater
June 25 – Stateline, Nev., Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena At Harveys
June 28 – Morrison, Colo., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Tickets to these shows go on sale to the general public on March 18, except Toledo and Cleveland, which go on sale March 18. Learn more about the artist at PaulSimon.com.