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Simon and Garfunkel plan new tour | Simon and Garfunkel plan new tour |
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Simon and Garfunkel are planning to tour together for the first time in five years, Art Garfunkel has said. | Simon and Garfunkel are planning to tour together for the first time in five years, Art Garfunkel has said. |
The singer revealed the plans five days after making a surprise appearance at a Paul Simon concert in New York where the pair performed three songs. | The singer revealed the plans five days after making a surprise appearance at a Paul Simon concert in New York where the pair performed three songs. |
"Our plan to work together is coming together but it doesn't go through England this time," he told BBC News. | "Our plan to work together is coming together but it doesn't go through England this time," he told BBC News. |
Garfunkel, 67, would not confirm if the tour would be in the US. The duo last toured together in 2003 and 2004. | Garfunkel, 67, would not confirm if the tour would be in the US. The duo last toured together in 2003 and 2004. |
Their 2003 concerts marked their first US tour in 20 years. | Their 2003 concerts marked their first US tour in 20 years. |
On Friday night, Simon and Garfunkel performed together to rapturous applause at a concert to mark the reopening the Beacon Theater after refurbishment. | On Friday night, Simon and Garfunkel performed together to rapturous applause at a concert to mark the reopening the Beacon Theater after refurbishment. |
Worldwide success | Worldwide success |
Simon was joined on stage at the end of his concert by Garfunkel for the last three songs of the night - The Sounds of Silence, The Boxer and Old Friends. | Simon was joined on stage at the end of his concert by Garfunkel for the last three songs of the night - The Sounds of Silence, The Boxer and Old Friends. |
Garfunkel, who performed solo shows in Florida on Thursday and Saturday nights, said: "It had a real reaction - it was extraordinary. | Garfunkel, who performed solo shows in Florida on Thursday and Saturday nights, said: "It had a real reaction - it was extraordinary. |
"It was extraordinary so I squeezed that in and did a lot of running around in the last week. "Just a hell of a knockout of a reaction. | "It was extraordinary so I squeezed that in and did a lot of running around in the last week. "Just a hell of a knockout of a reaction. |
"I said to the audience, 'you don't have a right to expect - and we didn't expect - that the interest in us would last and you would still care right to today and I'm touched'."Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon met at school in New York | "I said to the audience, 'you don't have a right to expect - and we didn't expect - that the interest in us would last and you would still care right to today and I'm touched'."Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon met at school in New York |
Simon and Garfunkel had worldwide success with songs including Bridge Over Troubled Water, Mrs Robinson and Scarborough Fair. | Simon and Garfunkel had worldwide success with songs including Bridge Over Troubled Water, Mrs Robinson and Scarborough Fair. |
The duo have famously fallen out on a number of occasions since they first made music together as school friends in New York in the 1950s. | The duo have famously fallen out on a number of occasions since they first made music together as school friends in New York in the 1950s. |
They split up in 1970, reuniting in 1981 for an open-air concert in New York's Central Park and playing Wembley Stadium the following year. | |
The pair did not play together again until 1993, when they got together for a series of concerts in New York. | The pair did not play together again until 1993, when they got together for a series of concerts in New York. |
They reunited at the Grammys in 2003 - their first public performance in 10 years - where they played The Sounds of Silence and were presented with a lifetime achievement award. | They reunited at the Grammys in 2003 - their first public performance in 10 years - where they played The Sounds of Silence and were presented with a lifetime achievement award. |
That led to their US tour of 2003 and a further string of dates, including some in Europe, the following year. | That led to their US tour of 2003 and a further string of dates, including some in Europe, the following year. |
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