ONLY CONFIRMED CONCERTS FOR SIMON & GARFUNKEL IN 2009
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What was called an early Valentine's gift for New York fans, today became a love letter penned exclusively for Australia and New Zealand.
Simon & Garfunkel, ranked among the greatest artists of all time, are to tour the Antipodes for eight concerts in June promoter Michael Chugg, Executive Chairman of Chugg Entertainment, announced today.
The world's first and only confirmed 2009 tour dates for the beloved duo; the news comes just weeks after their surprise three-song performance at New York's Beacon Theatre on Valentine's eve.
Having not visited Australia for more than 25 years, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel will kick off their antipodean tour in New Zealand playing Auckland's Vector Arena on Saturday June 13.
Across the Tasman, the prodigious-pair start their Australian Tour at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on June 17 before two concerts at both Sydney's Acer Arena on June 20 and 21 and Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, June 25 and 26. They will play the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on June 30 before finishing at Perth's Burswood Dome on July 2.
For all shows, a special Visa Entertainment pre-sale starts at 12 noon local time on Monday April 6 and runs until 5 p.m. Wednesday April 8; Australian tickets go on sale to the general public via Ticketek on Friday April 17, with New Zealand tickets on sale the same day through Ticketmaster.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel last toured Australia and New Zealand in 1983 with their Summer Evening Tour. They return with their Old Friends In Concert Tour, which wowed U.S. and European audiences in 2004, the last time the twosome teamed up.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have been friends, but more like family, for more than 50 years.
For the six years from 1964 to 1970 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel changed the world's musical landscape. They made songs that when you hear them are time immortal. They painted an essential soundscape to an era with stroke after stroke of genius, including “The Sound of Silence," “Bridge Over Troubled Water," “The Boxer," “Mrs. Robinson," “Homeward Bound," “Scarborough Fair/Canticle," “I Am a Rock," “A Hazy Shade of Winter," and “America" to name just some in example of their virtuosity.
As a duo, Simon & Garfunkel have sold more than 40 million albums in the U.S. alone; received five Grammy Awards - including the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award - and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
Tour Dates
06.13 Auckland, NZ Vector Arena
06.17 Brisbane, QLD Entertainment Centre
06.20 Sydney, NSW Acer Arena
06.21 Sydney, NSW Acer Arena
06.25 Melbourne, VIC Rod Laver Arena
06.26 Melbourne, VIC Rod Laver Arena
06.30 Adelaide, SA Entertainment Centre
06.07 Perth, WA Burswood Dome
