The US singer-songwriter came to fame as half of Sixties folk duo Simon & Garfunkel but made his name as a solo artist, and won a Grammy for his comeback album Graceland in 1986.
The 76-year-old is yet to make a statement on the finality of what is being called "the farewell performance". His last performance in the UK was in 2016, when he played two nights at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the European leg of his Stranger to Stranger tour.
There's no official statement from Simon yet about whether this will be his last-ever concert or just his final show on British soil. Two years ago, the 76-year-old singer-songwriter acknowledged that he was "coming toward the end,” adding, “Showbiz doesn’t hold any interest for me. None."
Simon's news comes on the heels of a pair of classic rockers preparing to say goodbye to the road.
Lynyrd Skynyrd will spend the spring and summer on what they're calling the Last of the Street Survivors Farewell tour, and Elton John has revealed plans for a huge Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, where he's expected to play 300 shows around the world over the course of three years. Eric Clapton, who has been talking about retirement for a while now as a result of chronic health issues, is also scheduled to play Hyde Park this year.
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