The singer initially announced his retirement in 2018. Paul Simon, 83, has stepped out of his retirement, as he announced his plans to go on tour. All of Simon’s shows will be taking place at intimate venues around the country, a decision made in response to his hearing loss as “the acoustics are optional” in these spaces, according to a press release. The Grammy winner is working with his production team and the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss for the tour, to plan out his stage setup with “moving monitors to surround him.”.
Along with songs from his latest album Seven Psalms, which was released in 2023, concertgoers can expect to hear Simon perform some of his beloved classics. “The Sound of Silence” singer will begin his tour in April, with two nights at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana. The following three shows will be in Austin, Texas at the Bass Concert Hall. Some of the other cities he’ll be visiting are Kansas City, Nashville, Boston, New York City, and Los Angeles.
His final three shows of this tour will be on July 31, August 2, and August 3, and they’ll all be held at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington. Simon announced his retirement in 2018, noting that the American and European Homeward Bound tour would be his last one. Still, he went on to create new music, releasing Seven Psalms years later. However, in 2023, he also confessed that while he was writing this album, he suffered a near-total loss of hearing in one ear. He also claimed that doctors had been unable to diagnose the cause of the hearing loss.
“That's come back to enough of a degree that I'm comfortable singing and playing guitar and playing a few other instruments,” he said, while attending the premiere of the two-part documentary, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, from director Alex Gibney. “I can hear my voice the way I want it in the context of the music,” Simon added. “If there's a drum or an electric guitar, it's too loud and I can't hear my voice. But when I first lost the hearing, I couldn't get, it threw me off. Everything was coming from this side.”.
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