After almost a a decade long apartmentLegendary artist Paul Simon returns to the stage on a special tour.
Simon, 83, plans to embark on a number of intimate concert performances – the event of spring and summer 2025, which he calls “a quiet celebration”.
“The evolution of this extraordinary artist continues to take place,” the public statement said, “in which Simon decided to occur in intimate places where acoustics are optimal given the serious hearing loss that has been created in the last few years.”
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Legendary songwriter Paul Simon revealed his plans to return to the stage after withdrawing from his delicious music career. (John Lampar/Getty Images)
In May 2023, Simon discovered most of his left ear hearing.
However, “Sound of silence” The associate shared that he was “inspired to re -perform”.
“Simon has decided to occur in intimate places where acoustics are optimal given the serious hearing loss that has been created in recent years.”
“Simon started practicing and understanding how he could bring ‘seven psalms’ to the stage, along with new arrangements of famous favorites,” he continued in a statement for the public.
Paul Simon performed live at the Greek Theater in 1980. (Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images)
“Simon often says that the listener is completing the song, and he wanted to expand the experience on the live forum, performing this intricate layer of work in intimate rooms with intact acoustics.”
“Mirna tour celebration” He will start at New Orleans on April 4 and travel to North America, except for performing in Canada. Simon will conclude his tour in Seattl in August.
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His tour comes after he noticed earlier that his hearing had worsened as he created his last album “Seven Psalms”.
“Suddenly I lost most of his hearing in my left ear, and no one has an explanation for that. So, everything got harder,” Simon said before 2023 The Times.
Paul Simon shared that he was “inspired to re -perform” after he initially announced a retirement from the tour almost ten years ago. (Ilya S. Savenok)
“My reaction to that was frustration and embarrassment; it’s not very angry yet, because I thought it would go through, fix myself.”
Unfortunately, Simon’s hearing did not improve. At the time, the singer also noticed that she was recovering from the Kovida and said in an interview: “The boyfriend, have they overwhelmed me in the last few years.”
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In 2018, Simon announced that it was withdrawal from the tour. In the post on social networks, he wrote: “I feel that travel and time away from my wife and family take a toll that diminishes the joy of playing” adding, it feels a little disturbing, a touch of exciting and something from something relieved. “
Simon’s wife for over 30 years, Edie Brickell, sang a duet with him in the last part of “Seven Psalms”. (Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/Filmmagic)
His wife of more than 30 years, Edie Brickell, sang a duet with him in the last part of “Seven Psalms”, which includes texts, “the sky is beautiful/ it’s almost like a house/ children, get ready/ time to get home home .
The couple divides three children: Adrian Edward, Lulu and Gabriel Elijah.
Simon was previously married late Carrie Fisher. The couple met in the late 70s, but they did not get married until August 1983. They divorced less than a year later, in July 1984.
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Fox News Digital, Elizabeth Stanton, contributed to this report.
