Paul Simon Announces Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour

 

Artist to stage ultimate concert performances in North America, UK and Europe, promising audiences an historic evening of career-spanning hits and timeless classics

Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon, will embark on his farewell concert tour on May 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Rogers Arena. Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour will encompass shows across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, with Simon and his band bringing to the stage a stunning, career-spanning repertoire of timeless hits and classic songs which have permeated and influenced popular culture for generations.
Tickets for Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour will go on sale beginning February 8 at 9 a.m. in Europe and February 9 at 10 a.m. in North America and the UK. The complete tour itinerary is listed below. Go to PaulSimon.com for ticketing information as it becomes available.
According to Simon, the Homeward Bound tour is a fitting culmination of a performing career that began in the early 1960s and has coincided with his artistic journey as a songwriter and recording artist until the present day.
He said of this farewell tour, “I’ve often wondered what it would feel like to reach the point where I’d consider bringing my performing career to a natural end. Now I know: it feels a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating and something of a relief. I love making music, my voice is still strong, and my band is a tight, extraordinary group of gifted musicians. I think about music constantly. I am very grateful for a fulfilling career and, of course, most of all to the audiences who heard something in my music that touched their hearts.”
Having created a distinctive and beloved body of work that includes 13 studio albums, plus five studio albums as half of Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon is the recipient of 16 Grammy Awards, three of which—Bridge over Troubled Water, Still Crazy after All These Years, and Graceland—were Album of the Year honorees. In 2003, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in Simon & Garfunkel, and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
During his unparalleled career, Simon has achieved 29 Top 40 singles in the U.S. alone, with 14 of those reaching the Top 10 or higher, including “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (which reached #1), “Kodachrome,” “Loves Me Like A Rock,” “Mother and Child Reunion,” “Late In The Evening,” “You Can Call Me Al” and many others. With Simon & Garfunkel, he wrote and performed the #1 singles, “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and numerous other timeless hits.
Paul Simon is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, both as a member of Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist. Simon was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2002 and was named one of Time magazine’s “100 People Who Shape Our World” in 2006. In 2007, Simon was awarded the inaugural Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world’s culture. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. And in 2012, he was named the recipient of the prestigious Polar Music Prize along with classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Simon’s philanthropic work includes the co-founding of the Children’s Health Fund (CHF), which donates and staffs 53 mobile medical units that bring health care to low-income children and their families in urban and rural locations around the United States. Since its inception in 1987, CHF has provided more than 3 million doctor/patient visits.
Throughout his career, Simon has also raised millions of dollars for worthy causes as varied as Autism Speaks, The Nature Conservancy, CURE, Tibet House and the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s Half-Earth Project, which is committed to stopping the species extinction crisis by conserving half the planet’s lands and oceans.
The Itinerary for Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour is as follows:

VIP ticket packages are also available:

US – http://www.slotix.com/tours/6

UK & Europe – https://www.eventtravel.com/paul-simon-tickets-2018?agentCodeWeblink=AF352

North America
DATE	CITY	VENUE	ON SALE (All Times Local)
May 16	Vancouver, BC	Rogers Arena	On Sale Now
May 18	Seattle, WA	Key Arena	On Sale Now
May 19	Portland,  OR	MODA Center	On Sale Now
May 22	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	SOLD OUT
May 23	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	SOLD OUT
May 25	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena	On Sale Now
May 27	Las Vegas, NV	MGM Grand Garden Arena	On Sale Now
May 28	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	Fri, Feb 23 @ 10am
May 30	Denver, CO	Fiddler’s Green	On Sale Now
June 1	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center	On Sale Now
June 2	Houston, TX	Toyota Center	On Sale Now
June 4	Austin, TX	Frank Erwin Center	On Sale Now
June 6	Chicago, IL	United Center	On Sale Now
June 8	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center	On Sale Now
June 10	Detroit, MI	DTE Energy Center	On Sale Now
June 12	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre	On Sale Now
June 13	Montreal, QC	Bell Centre	On Sale Now
June 15	Boston, MA	TD Garden	On Sale Now
June 16	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center	On Sale Now
June 19	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum	On Sale Now
June 20	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena	On Sale Now
UK & Europe
DATE	CITY	VENUE	ON SALE (All Times Local)
June 30	Stockholm, SWEDEN	Ericsson Globe	On Sale Now
July 1	Oslo, NORWAY	Spektrum	On Sale Now
July 3	Copenhagen, DENMARK	Royal Arena	On Sale Now
July 5	Antwerp, BELGIUM	Sportpaleis	On Sale Now
July 7	Amsterdam, HOLLAND	Ziggo Dome	SOLD OUT
July 8	Amsterdam, HOLLAND	Ziggo Dome	On Sale Now
July 10	Manchester, UK	Manchester Arena	On Sale Now
July 11	Glasgow, UK	SSE Hydro	On Sale Now
July 13	Dublin, IRELAND*	RDS Arena	On Sale Now
July 15	London, UK*	Hyde Park, BST Festival	On Sale Now

* With Very Special Guests James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt