Paul Simon 2018 Farewell Tour To Visit Houston

HOUSTON, TX — Paul Simon's still crazy after all these years. From hanging out with Julio in the schoolyard to swooning and crooning Mrs. Robinson, he's still tough enough to be your bodyguard. But be wary of calling him Al. The legendary rocker from New York announced this week he'll play his farewell tour aptly dubbed Homeward Bound in 2018 to wrap up his touring career.

He'll play late in the evening on June 2 at the Toyota Center on Saturday, June 2. Ok, the time hasn't been officially announced, but the Houston stop is just one of three Texas dates. He'll play Dallas on June 1 and Austin on June 4. Tickets for North American shows go on sale this Friday (Feb. 9) at 10 a.m. Central Time. Ticket information.

The tour will encompass shows across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, with Simon and his band bringing to the stage a stunning, career-spanning repertoire of timeless hits and classic songs which have permeated and influenced popular culture for generations.

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.

"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," Simon said in a news release announcing the tour. "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."

His body of work includes 13 studio albums, plus five studio albums as half of Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon is the recipient of 16 Grammy Awards, three of which — Bridge over Troubled Water, Still Crazy after All These Years, and Graceland — were Album of the Year honorees. In 2003, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in Simon & Garfunkel, and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

During his career, Simon achieved 29 Top 40 singles in the U.S. alone, with 14 of those reaching the Top 10 or higher, including “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (which reached No. 1), “Kodachrome,” “Loves Me Like A Rock,” “Mother and Child Reunion,” “Late In The Evening,” “You Can Call Me Al” and many others. With Simon & Garfunkel, he wrote and performed the #1 singles, “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and numerous other timeless hits.

Paul Simon is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, both as a member of Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist.

Of course, there was this unforgettable show Live at Central Park with longtime partner Art Garfunkel.

Image: 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. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)