Paul Simon was publicly contemplating his own retirement in interviews last year, and now it looks like he's there. As The Telegraph reports, Simon is headlining a massive concert in London's Hyde Park this summer, and it's being billed as "the farewell performance." Simon will close out the British Summer Time Festival with a 7/15 show, and James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt will open.
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Paul Simon Announces Farewell Show
By Tom Breihan
FILE – In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, musician Paul Simon performs during the Global Citizen Festival in New York. Simon was at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 to participate in a master class about songwriting, followed by an event titled “Paul Simon: A Conversation about a Musical Life.” (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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