Paul Simon Playing 3 Nights In Philadelphia This June

PHILADELPHIA — Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon Tuesday announced his new tour, "A Quiet Celebration Tour," and is planning to play three nights in Philadelphia.

Simon will present the live-debut performance of his critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated album "Seven Psalms," as well as perform a celebration of his timeless classics, on this new tour.

The tour will make a stop at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia for three performances on June 26, June 28, and June 29.

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The evolution of this extraordinary artist continues to unfold with this offering, in which Simon chose to perform in intimate venues where the acoustics are optimal in consideration of the severe hearing loss that he incurred over the last few years.

It was during the recording of "Seven Psalms," as revealed in the "In Restless Dreams" documentary, that Simon began to steadily lose the hearing in his left ear which initially made extended live performances impossible.

Together with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss, and his own production team, Simon redesigned his entire stage set up to make performing viable.

Inspired to perform again, Simon began work rehearsing and figuring out how he could bring "Seven Psalms" to the stage along with new arrangements of familiar favorites. Recorded on entirely acoustic instruments and performed predominantly by Paul, "Seven Psalms" transcended the concept of the "album" and was released as a single piece of continuous music in seven movements. Simon often says the listener completes the song, and he was eager to expand the experience into the live forum by performing this intricately layered work in intimate rooms with pristine acoustics.