Paul Simon Announces Homeward Bound- The Farewell Tour

While the phrase "never say never" is always applicable in these situations, it looks like Paul Simon is about to hang it up and finish touring with the announcement of Homeward Bound - The Farewell Tour.

Photo by Jessica Gilbert, Image Courtesy of Legacy Recordings

Tour dates are below and it seems Rhymin' Simon is calling it quits, who can blame him, he has lasted longer than most. Some more info:

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.”

RtBE have had the pleasure of seeing him a few times in a various incarnations, (even singing a duet with one of the sites heroes) so this is far from a sad day, but we can say if you can check him out on this tour you should as he is an artist worth seeing live and he is right; his band is always tight. 

There are no hometown NYC dates in this announcement, so it is a safe bet more dates will follow, but for now you can buy tickets this week for the dates below. We will also add a few live Simon tunes from throughout his career to get you in the mood: 

The Itinerary for Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour is as follows:

North America
DATE	CITY	VENUE	ON SALE (All Times Local)
May 16	Vancouver, BC	Rogers Arena	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
May 18	Seattle, WA	Key Arena	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
May 19	Portland,  OR	MODA Center	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
May 22	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
May 23	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
May 25	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
May 27	Las Vegas, NV	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
May 30	Denver, CO	Fiddler's Green	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
June 1	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Arena	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
June 2	Houston, TX	Toyota Center	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
June 4	Austin, TX	Frank Erwin Center	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
June 6	Chicago, IL	United Center	Sat, Feb 10 @ 10am
June 8	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center	Sat, Feb 10 @ 10am
June 10	Detroit, MI	DTE Energy Center	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
June 12	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 12pm
June 13	Montreal, QC	Bell Centre	Sat, Feb 10 @ 12pm
June 15	Boston, MA	TD Garden	Sat, Feb 10 @ 10am
June 16	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center	Sat, Feb 10 @ 10am
June 19	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
June 20	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena	Sat, Feb 10 @ 10am
UK & Europe
DATE	CITY	VENUE	ON SALE (All Times Local)
June 30	Stockholm, SWEDEN	Ericsson Globe	Thu, Feb 8 @ 9am
July 1	Oslo, NORWAY	Spektrum	Thu, Feb 8 @ 9am
July 3	Copenhagen, DENMARK	Royal Arena	Thu, Feb 8 @ 9am
July 5	Antwerp, BELGIUM	Sportpaleis	Thu, Feb 8 @ 10am
July 7	Amsterdam, HOLLAND	Ziggo Dome	Fri, Feb 9 @ 11am
July 10	Manchester, UK	Manchester Arena	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
July 11	Glasgow, UK	SSE Hydro	Fri, Feb. 9 @ 10am
July 13	Dublin, IRELAND*	RDS Arena	Mon, Feb 12 @ 10am
July 15	London, UK*	Hyde Park, BST Festival	On Sale Now

* With Very Special Guests James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt