Simon & Garfunkel
American folk music duo
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| February 2025 | Announced the Quiet Celebration Tour, planning performances in smaller venues across the U.S. and Canada. |
| February 16 2025 | Performed 'Homeward Bound' alongside Sabrina Carpenter for the opening of the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special. |
| 2024 | Collaborated with son Arthur Jr. on 'Father and Son' recording. |
| 2024 | Paul Simon released the song 'Um vento passou', presumably as part of a collaborative project called Milton + Esperanza |
| 2024 | Art Garfunkel is set to release the album 'Father and Son' in collaboration with Art Garfunkel Jr. |
| November 2024 | Garfunkel announced that he and Simon had reconciled as friends. |
| 2023 | Ranked 246th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone |
| 2023 | A documentary titled 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon' featuring Paul Simon was released |
| December 2023 | Simon rehearsed the 'Seven Psalms' album with two acoustic guitarists, expressing a desire to potentially perform the album live. |
| May 2023 | During an interview with The Times, Simon revealed he had lost most of the hearing in his left ear. |
| May 19 2023 | Paul Simon released his most recent album, Seven Psalms. |
| April 10 2023 | Art Garfunkel canceled his remaining concert dates and decided not to return to touring for the foreseeable future. |
| March 2021 | Sold his music publishing catalog to Sony Music Publishing. |
| 2020 | Simon had a vivid dream that inspired him to work on 'Seven Psalms', a musical project where a voice told him he was meant to create a piece with this title. |
| 2020 | Paul Simon collaborated with Dion on 'Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)' for the album Blues with Friends |
| August 11 2019 | Returned to live performance by closing San Francisco's Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park, planning to donate net proceeds to local environmental non-profit organizations. |
| 2018 | Retired from touring, but continued to record music. |
| October 13 2018 | Appeared as the musical guest on his 77th birthday on SNL. |
| October 13 2018 | Simon made his most recent SNL appearance as a musical guest on his 77th birthday. |
| September 22 2018 | Played his final concert in Queens, New York, concluding his touring career. |
| September 7 2018 | Paul Simon released the album 'In the Blue Light'. |
| May 2018 | Began his farewell concert tour, 'Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour', starting in Vancouver, Canada. |
| February 5 2018 | Announced his intention to retire from touring, citing time away from family and the death of longtime guitarist Vincent Nguini. |
| 2017 | Art Garfunkel played the role of Dr. Saltzman in the short film 'Cecile on the Phone'. |
| September 26 2017 | Garfunkel's memoir, What Is It All but Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man, was published in hardcover by Knopf Doubleday. |
| June 9 2017 | Paul Simon released 'The Concert in Hyde Park'. |
| May 24 2017 | Debuted a new version of 'Questions for the Angels' with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. |
| 2016 | By this year, Paul Simon had sold a total of seven million albums in the U.S. |
| 2016 | End of the period of significant album sales in the U.S., with seven million albums sold. |
| 2016 | Paul Simon released the song 'Wristband' on the album 'Stranger to Stranger' |
| 2016 | The song 'America' by Simon & Garfunkel was used during Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, which Garfunkel supported for its message against wealth inequality. |
| July 25 2016 | Performed 'Bridge over Troubled Water' at the Democratic National Convention. |
| June 3 2016 | Paul Simon released the album 'Stranger to Stranger'. |
| January 30 2016 | Wrote and performed the theme song for Louis C.K.'s show Horace and Pete, also making a cameo appearance in the final episode. |
| 2015 | Ranked 8th in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time |
| 2015 | Paul Simon appeared as himself in an episode of 'Portlandia' titled 'You Can Call Me Al' |
| 2015 | Paul Simon guest-starred in an episode of 'Welcome To Sweden' titled 'American Club' |
| 2015 | Paul Simon recorded 'New York Is My Home' as a duet with Dion for the album of the same name |
| 2015 | Garfunkel concluded his walk across Europe in Istanbul. |
| 2015 | Art Garfunkel was awarded the German Sustainability Award. |
| September 30 2015 | Garfunkel participated in a spoof skit called 'Black Simon & Garfunkel' on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. |
| September 11 2015 | Made a surprise appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, performing 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard' and 'An American Tune'. |
| April 12 2015 | The compilation album 'The Ultimate Collection' was released on April 12, 2015, and achieved Platinum certification from BPI. |
| February 15 2015 | Simon closed the 40th anniversary SNL show, performing 'Still Crazy After All These Years' and playing a snippet of 'I've Just Seen a Face' with Paul McCartney. |
| 2014 | Paul Simon voiced the character of Thurman Munson in the film 'Henry & Me' |
| 2014 | Simon embarked on a joint 21-date concert tour of North America with English musician Sting, which continued in 2015 with additional shows in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. |
| 2014 | Garfunkel resumed touring, accompanied by Tab Laven on acoustic guitar, reporting that his voice had been restored. |
| November 24 2014 | Released 'Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection' box set through Columbia/Legacy. |
| April 26 2014 | Simon and Edie Brickell were involved in a domestic dispute and each issued a summons for disorderly conduct. |
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