Paul Simon announces North American tour after 7-year break
Published: 3:15pm, 21 Feb 2025
Paul Simon's retirement from touring is officially over.
Seven years after completing his farewell tour, the legendary singer-songwriter and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee announced on February 18 that he would embark on an extensive North American tour. Simon 's A Quiet Celebration Tour will begin on April 4 in New Orleans and conclude on August 3 in Seattle. It will showcase the music from his Grammy-nominated 2023 album Seven Psalms , along with new arrangements of some of his best-known songs.
His return to the road of Simon, 83, is a welcome surprise for fans, not only in light of his 2018 farewell tour, but because the severe hearing loss he suffered in his left ear while recording Seven Psalms led him to declare he would not be able to tour again even if he wanted.
But that was then, and this is now. And Simon has been working hard to counter his hearing issues.
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