Paul Simon has revealed dates for a new North American leg of his A Quiet Celebration Tour, set for summer 2026. The tour follows his 2025 return to the stage after a hiatus prompted by hearing loss. Tickets go on sale February 6.
Paul Simon, the renowned singer-songwriter, is expanding his A Quiet Celebration Tour with a series of North American performances in 2026. The tour kicks off on June 4 at Frost Amphitheater in Palo Alto, California, and concludes with two shows on July 17 and 18 at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois. Highlights include a return to his home borough of Queens, New York, for a July 8 concert at Forest Hills Stadium, where Simon grew up in the nearby Kew Gardens neighborhood. His last performance in Queens was in 2018 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park during his farewell tour.
This marks Simon's first major outing since his 2018 retirement announcement, interrupted by a seven-year gap filled with occasional appearances, such as at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival and the SNL 50 special. In 2025, he toured over 50 North American cities, his first proper trek post-retirement. The break stemmed from significant hearing loss in his left ear, but collaboration with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss and a custom monitor setup enabled his comeback. Previously limited to smaller theaters for acoustic precision, Simon now schedules larger amphitheaters.
The setlist will begin with tracks from his 2023 album Seven Psalms, followed by greatest hits from his catalog. Before the North American dates, Simon has a European and U.K. leg from April 10 in Prague to May 20 in Dublin. Full tour stops include: June 7 at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles; June 12 and 13 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado; June 16 at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri; and others across the U.S. and Canada, such as July 3 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York, and July 13 at Synovus Bank Amphitheater in Atlanta. Tickets for all dates are available starting February 6 via Simon's website.