Paul Simon has canceled two live shows this weekend, based on a press release launched simply hours earlier than a efficiency scheduled for Saturday night time (June 28) on the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Simon was set to play the venue each Saturday and Sunday night time.
“Regretfully, Paul Simon should cancel two exhibits tonight June 28 and tomorrow night time June 29 — at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music,” learn the assertion, which may be discovered on Simon’s Instagram account. “Paul has been battling continual and intense again ache. At present it grew to become unmanageable and calls for rapid consideration. Sadly we now have to cancel these exhibits presently, as we don’t have the power to reschedule them.”
“We’re hopeful after this minor surgical process which has been scheduled within the subsequent few days, Paul will have the ability to full the tour in addition to look into returning to make up these dates,” the memo mentioned.
The message instructed ticketholders for Simon’s June 28-29 live shows, which had been part of his A Quiet Celebration Tour, to “please go to your level of buy or native ticket supplier for a full refund.”
Although Simon, 83, had indicated his tour again in 2018 was a farewell tour — on the time, he’d mentioned he was affected by important listening to loss — in February 2025, he introduced a spring/summer season tour after making an look on the televised SNL50 celebration (singing “Homeward Certain” with Sabrina Carpenter).
Simon’s 2025 tour, which made it to New York Metropolis simply earlier than Philadelphia, started in April and has dates scheduled by way of early August. At press time, his subsequent tour date is in Lengthy Seashore, California, on July 7, adopted by stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and Seattle.
