Paul Simon Delivers As ‘A Quiet Celebration’ Tour Winds Down
The post Paul Simon Delivers As ‘A Quiet Celebration’ Tour Winds Down appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Paul Simon performs on stage during his ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour. Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at … More Symphony Center in Chicago, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen “Here’s a… an old song,” said Paul Simon with a smile on stage in Chicago. “I suddenly realized they’re all old songs,” he said softly with a wink on opening night of a sold out three evening stand at Symphony Center, part of his “A Quiet Celebration” return run. Few songwriters can match the canon of music Simon, 83, has meticulously crafted over the course of more than six decades. Partnering with Art Garfunkel, Simon moved over 100 million records globally, tacking on another 35 million albums sold as a solo artist, rendering him one of the best selling artists of all time. The duo’s final studio album Bridge Over Troubled Water stood for a spell as the best selling album ever following its release in 1970, with Simon continually experimenting with an array of sounds in his wonderfully diverse body of solo work, going on to move in excess of 16 million copies of his 1986 opus Graceland. Paul Simon performs on stage during his ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour. Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at … More Symphony Center in Chicago, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen Following a farewell tour in 2018, Simon has appeared on stage a handful of times but “A Quiet Celebration” marks his first full tour since, with the legendary singer and songwriter appearing for multi night runs in each city, performing in smaller theaters better equipped to support and showcase the nuance in his new music better than the arenas he could otherwise easily fill (a North American run which continues this weekend in San Francisco, California ahead of closing shows in Vancouver, British Columbia July 26 through…
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Paul Simon performs on stage during his ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour. Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at … More Symphony Center in Chicago, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen “Here’s a… an old song,” said Paul Simon with a smile on stage in Chicago. “I suddenly realized they’re all old songs,” he said softly with a wink on opening night of a sold out three evening stand at Symphony Center, part of his “A Quiet Celebration” return run. Few songwriters can match the canon of music Simon, 83, has meticulously crafted over the course of more than six decades. Partnering with Art Garfunkel, Simon moved over 100 million records globally, tacking on another 35 million albums sold as a solo artist, rendering him one of the best selling artists of all time. The duo’s final studio album Bridge Over Troubled Water stood for a spell as the best selling album ever following its release in 1970, with Simon continually experimenting with an array of sounds in his wonderfully diverse body of solo work, going on to move in excess of 16 million copies of his 1986 opus Graceland. Paul Simon performs on stage during his ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour. Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at … More Symphony Center in Chicago, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen Following a farewell tour in 2018, Simon has appeared on stage a handful of times but “A Quiet Celebration” marks his first full tour since, with the legendary singer and songwriter appearing for multi night runs in each city, performing in smaller theaters better equipped to support and showcase the nuance in his new music better than the arenas he could otherwise easily fill (a North American run which continues this weekend in San Francisco, California ahead of closing shows in Vancouver, British Columbia July 26 through…
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