Paul Simon has introduced particulars of ‘A Quiet Celebration’ UK and European tour, set to kick off in 2026.
The brand new dates have been introduced at this time (Friday December 12), and are available as an extension to the tour that the soloist and Simon & Garfunkel icon launched within the US earlier this summer season – his comeback after seven years of being retired.
Reveals begin with three nights on the Congress Centre in Prague on April 9, 10 and 12, earlier than persevering with with two stops in Berlin and two stops in Copenhagen. From there, Simon will play three nights in Amsterdam and three nights in Brussels on the finish of the month.
In Might, the ‘You Can Name Me Al’ singer will make two back-to-back appearances on the Grand Rex in Paris, earlier than kicking off the UK and Eire dates. These embrace a present at Liverpool’s M&S Financial institution Area, adopted by two gigs in Glasgow.
Two nights are lined up for London’s Royal Albert Corridor on Might 13 and 14, earlier than the tour wraps up in Dublin shortly after.
Every evening will open with a full rendition of his 33-minute, Grammy-nominated composition, ‘Seven Psalms’, which he launched in 2023. It would then be adopted by an assortment of classics and rarities.
Tickets go on sale subsequent Wednesday (December 17) at 10am. Go to right here for UK tickets, and right here for European tickets.
Paul Simon’s 2026 ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour dates are:
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9 – Prague, Congress Centre (Czech Republic)
10 – Prague, Congress Centre (Czech Republic)
12 – Prague, Congress Centre (Czech Republic)
15 – Berlin, Uber Eats Music Corridor (Germany)
16 – Berlin, Uber Eats Music Corridor (Germany)
18 – Copenhagen, Falconer Centre (Denmark)
19 – Copenhagen, Falconer Centre (Denmark)
22 – Amsterdam, AFAS Stay (Netherlands)
24 – Amsterdam, AFAS Stay (Netherlands)
25 – Amsterdam, AFAS Stay (Netherlands)
27 – Brussels, Bozar (Belgium)
28 – Brussels, Bozar (Belgium)
30 – Brussels, Bozar (Belgium)
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3 – Paris, Grand Rex (France)
4 – Paris, Grand Rex (France)
7 – Liverpool, M&S Financial institution Area
9 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo
10 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo
13 – London, Royal Albert Corridor
14 – London, Royal Albert Corridor
20 – Dublin, 3Arena
Over the summer season, the songwriting icon was pressured to postpone two of his aforementioned US dates after experiencing “power and intense again ache”.
“Right now it grew to become unmanageable and calls for instant consideration,” his assertion on the time learn. “Sadly, now we have to cancel these reveals presently, as we don’t have the power to reschedule them.”
“Nevertheless, we’re hopeful after this minor surgical process which has been scheduled within the subsequent few days, Paul will be capable of full the tour in addition to look into returning to make up these dates.”
Again in 2018, Simon performed in New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park in what was described as his final-ever live performance on the time. “I’ve typically puzzled what it might really feel like to achieve the purpose the place I’d take into account bringing my performing profession to a pure finish,” he stated again then. “Now I do know: it feels somewhat unsettling, a contact exhilarating and one thing of a reduction.”
He then went on to talk about his struggles with listening to loss final yr, explaining the way it made the recording technique of his 2023 album ‘Seven Psalms’ “extremely irritating”.
