{"id":628460,"date":"2025-12-12T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628460\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:41:14","slug":"paul-simon-has-announced-his-first-shows-in-europe-in-eight-years-heres-how-to-get-tickets-to-the-london-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628460\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Simon Has Announced His First Shows In Europe In Eight Years \u2013 Here&#8217;s How To Get Tickets To The London Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-461863784-1024x720.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 20: Paul Simon performs onstage during The Nearness Of You Benefit Concert at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on January 20, 2015 in New York City.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto by Ilya S. Savenok\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Simon<\/strong> hasn\u2019t played any European shows since 2018, but he\u2019s just announced he\u2019ll be hitting the road around these parts for the \u2018A Quiet Celebration\u2019 tour in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary singer will play <strong>two nights at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall venue on May 13 &amp; 14, 2026<\/strong>, which comes alongside UK &amp; Ireland dates in <a href=\"https:\/\/secretliverpool.co\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretliverpool.co\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_cross\">Liverpool<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretglasgow.com\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretglasgow.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_cross\">Glasgow<\/a>, and Dublin. These follow an extensive run of \u2018A Quiet Celebration\u2019 in North America earlier this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSIREeEjnjo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Credit: @paulsimon, via IG<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Simon<\/strong> last played London when he headlined <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/mumford-and-sons-bst-hyde-park-2026\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/mumford-and-sons-bst-hyde-park-2026\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">BST Hyde Park<\/a> in July 2018, playing a set that featured both his solo material and a few numbers from his beloved Simon &amp; Garfunkel material.<\/p>\n<p>On a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulsimon.com\/news\/paul-simon-announces-2026-european-uk-ireland-dates-for-a-quiet-celebration-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.paulsimon.com\/news\/paul-simon-announces-2026-european-uk-ireland-dates-for-a-quiet-celebration-tour\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">post about the tour<\/a> to his website, it was confirmed that Simon\u2019s backing band for the shows woud be: Mark Stewart on guitar, Bakithi Kumalo on bass, Steve Gadd on drums, Andy Snitzer on saxophone, Jamey Haddad on percussion, Mick Rossi on piano, Gyan Riley on guitar, Nancy Stagnitta on flute, Caleb Burhans on viola, and Eugene Friesen on cello.<\/p>\n<p> How to get tickets to see Paul Simon in London <\/p>\n<p>General sale tickets to see Paul Simon go live on <strong>Wednesday, December 17 at 10am<\/strong>. You can find the details at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tour.paulsimon.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/tour.paulsimon.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">official Paul Simon website<\/a> with concert date lists.<\/p>\n<p> Paul Simon European tour dates 2026 <\/p>\n<p>April 9 \u2013 Prague, Prague Congress Centre<br \/>April 10 \u2013 Prague, Prague Congress Centre<br \/>April 12 \u2013 Prague, Prague Congress Centre<br \/>April 15 \u2013 Berlin, Uber Eats Music Hall<br \/>April 16 \u2013 Berlin, Uber Eats Music Hall<br \/>April 18 \u2013 Copenhagen, Falkoner Centre<br \/>April 19 \u2013 Copenhagen, Falkoner Centre<br \/>April 22 \u2013 Amsterdam, AFAS Live<br \/>April 24 \u2013 Amsterdam, AFAS Live<br \/>April 25 \u2013 Amsterdam, AFAS Live<br \/>April 27 \u2013 Brussels, BOZAR<br \/>April 28 \u2013 Brussels, BOZAR<br \/>April 30 \u2013 Brussels, BOZAR<\/p>\n<p>May 3 -Paris, Grand Rex<br \/>May 4 \u2013 Paris, Grand Rex<br \/>May 7 \u2013 Liverpool, M&amp;S Bank Arena<br \/>May 9 \u2013 Glasgow, SEC Armadillo<br \/>May 10 \u2013 Glasgow, SEC Armadillo<br \/><strong>May 13 \u2013 London, Royal Albert Hall<\/strong><br \/><strong>May 14 \u2013 London, Royal Albert Hall<\/strong><br \/>May 20 \u2013 Dublin, 3Arena<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Ilya S. Savenok\/Getty Images Save Paul Simon hasn\u2019t played any European shows since 2018, but he\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[14298,748,393,38545,4884,257,3020,24380,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-628460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-big-concert","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-folk","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-pop","15":"tag-spring","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115707123948902252","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}