Paul Simon Un-Retires, Announces Dates for 2025 Spring/Summer ‘A Quiet Celebration Tour’
The outing comes two years after the 83-year-old rock icon said he wouldn't be able to perform live again due to severe hearing loss.
Paul Simon
Back in 2018, Paul Simon performed the final show of what he called his farewell tour. The gig at Queens’ Flushing Meadows Corona Park in September 2018 came after Simon, 83, revealed that he was suffering from significant hearing loss, a situation that ramped-up significantly during the sessions for the singer’s 2023 song cycle, Seven Psalms.
“Quite suddenly, I lost most of the hearing in my left ear, and nobody has an explanation for it,” he said at the time. “So everything became more difficult.” Simon said he thought the issue wold “pass” or “repair itself,” though it did not and he conceded back then that he would likely never tour again.
Then, surprisingly, there Simon was on Sunday night (Feb. 16) opening the three-plus hour SNL50 Celebration special singing a duet with Sabrina Carpenter on his song “Homeward Bound.” And on Tuesday (Feb. 18), Simon announced that he’s hitting the road this spring and summer for a run of North American dates on the “A Quiet Celebration Tour.”
The shows that will have the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer playing multiple nights in a row in most cities, and it’s slated to kick off on April 4 at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans, followed by stops in Austin, TX, Denver, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Dallas, Nashville, Milwaukee, Chicago, Toronto, Vienna, VA, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Long Beach, CA, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver before winding down with three shows at Benaroya Hall in Seattle; see the announcement poster here.
The gigs in smaller rooms than Simon has typically played, will allow the singer to perform the songs from Seven Psalms live for the first time. According to a release, the settings are “in intimate venues where the acoustics are optimal in consideration of the severe hearing loss that he incurred over the last few years.”
A presale for select shows on the tour will kick off on Thursday (Feb. 20) at 10 a.m. local time, with a public on-sale slated for Friday (Feb. 21) at 10 a.m. local time here.
Check out the dates for Paul Simon’s 2025 A Quiet Celebration North American tour below:
April 4 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theater
April 5 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theater
April 8 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
April 10 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
April 11 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
April 14 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
April 16 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
April 17 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
April 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
April 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
April 23 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
April 26 – Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre
April 28 – St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
April 29 – St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
May 7 – Dallas, TX @ AT&T Performing Arts Center
May 8 – Dallas, TX @ AT&T Performing Arts Center
May 11 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 13 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 14 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 17 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
May 18 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
May 21 – Chicago, IL @ Symphony Center
May 23 – Chicago, IL @ Symphony Center
May 24 – Chicago, IL @ Symphony Center
May 27 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
May 29 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
May 30 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
June 6 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap
June 7 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap
June 10 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center, Wang Theatre
June 12 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center, Wang Theatre
June 13 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center, Wang Theatre
June 16 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater
June 18 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater
June 20 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater
June 21 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater
June 23 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theater
June 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Academy of Music
June 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Academy of Music
June 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Academy of Music
July 7 – Long Beach, CA @ Terrace Theater, Long Beach Performing Arts Center
July 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Disney Hall
July 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Disney Hall
July 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Disney Hall
July 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Disney Hall
July 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Disney Hall
July 19 – San Francisco, CA @ Davies Symphony Hall
July 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Davies Symphony Hall
July 22 – San Francisco, CA @ Davies Symphony Hall
July 25 – Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum
July 26 – Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum
July 28 – Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum
July 31 – Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall
August 2 – Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall
August 3 – Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall
