Paul Simon has canceled two concerts this weekend, based on an announcement 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 scuffling with continual and intense again ache. At the moment it grew to become unmanageable and calls for quick consideration. Sadly we’ve got 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 stated.
The message instructed ticketholders for Simon’s June 28-29 concert events, which have 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 stated he was affected by vital listening to loss — in February 2025, he introduced a spring/summer tour after making an look on the televised SNL50 celebration (singing “Homeward Bound” 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 means of early August. At press time, his subsequent tour date is in Lengthy Seaside, California, on July 7, adopted by stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and Seattle.