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Paul Simon has confirmed his new album ‘Stranger To Stranger‘ for release on June 3rd. Related news: Tom Fleming shares latest One True Pairing single Mid-Life Crisis Waxahatchee shares Bored video, summer UK tour dates METZ set new album Up On Gravity Hill for release in April The Libertines announce …

From one legend to another. Paul Simon doffed his cap to George Harrison last night (September 23rd) as the second performer of Conan O’Brien’s week-long tribute to the late Beatles star’s musical career. His performance of the classic ‘Abbey Road‘ track ‘Here Comes The Sun‘ can be seen…

Newton Faulkner is on top of the UK Record Store Album Chart for a second week with his new LP ‘Write It On Your Skin‘, while Jack White and Paul Simon have both improved on last week’s positions. Related news: Bill Ryder-Jones, Marika Hackman among highest new entries on UK …

Legendary songwriter Paul Simon has been awarded with this year’s Polar Music Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Related news:…

The 25th anniversary of Paul Simon‘s landmark album ‘Graceland‘ is to celebrated in June with the release of a series of new editions of the Grammy Award winning record. Related news:…

Paul Simon will bring his classic 1986 album ‘Graceland‘ to this year’s Hard Rock Calling for a headline appearance at the festival. Related news:…

And so to the third and final part of Live4ever’s 2011 retrospective. A year packed with some genuinely outstanding releases, 2011 has enjoyed some of the most unanimously acclaimed records of recent years; PJ Harvey has won seemingly every award up for grabs thanks to ‘Let England Shake’, Kate Bush…

Paul Simon will take his classic 1986 album ‘Graceland‘ out on the road next year, the legendary songwriter has announced. 2012 will mark the 25th anniversary of the touring duties for the landmark LP, which is also set to be re-released on new ‘box-set’ and ‘legacy’ editions next year. Related…

Summer’s here and up and down the UK and beyond bands are hauling themselves through rain, mud, occasional sunshine and irritating TV presenters as another festival season gets in full swing. So with 2011 already careering towards July, it seems like a good time to sit back, take stock of…

Dave Grohl & Chris Shiflett, Foo Fighters (Photo: Live4ever) Following high profile tour dates last week, Take That‘s recent album ‘Progress‘ has climbed ten places to displace Arctic Monkeys‘ ‘Suck It and See‘, which drops to #4. Elsewhere, Adele‘s ‘21‘ continues going strong at no.2, while Seasick Steve and Foo…

The 1,500 strong crowd at New York’s Webster Hall were treated to a special duet from two living legends last night (June 7th) when former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne joined Paul Simon on stage for rousing renditions of ‘You Can Call Me Al‘ and Talking Heads’ classic…

A new app developed by Orange aims to provide this summer’s Glastonbury festival-goers with the ultimate festival pocket-guide, and is also offering one lucky winner the chance to win two tickets to the world famous event. Related news:…

One of rock and folk music’s iconic singer/songwriters, Paul Simon has released a delicious concoction of blues, gospel and bluegrass inspired tunes on his latest album ‘So Beautiful or So What‘ (Hear Music). This is his first album since the wonderful but under-appreciated ‘Surprise‘ in 2006, and his twelfth solo…

Foo Fighters are set to land their first US number one album next week, with Nielsen SoundScan confirming sales of 235,000 for seventh release ‘Wasting Light‘ has pushed the record to the top spot, in the process selling more than twice the amount of that sold by the record in…

Glastonbury have released full details of the 2011 line-up, with Morrissey, Paul Simon and Fleet Foxes among those joining previously announced headliners U2, Coldplay and Beyonce. Related news: Iron And Wine set new album Light Verse for release in April Review: J Mascis – What Do We Do Now Review: …

After re-starting the Plastic Ono Band in New York earlier this year for a show that included the likes of Eric Clapton, Paul Simon and Bette Midler, Yoko Ono is now set to play two new dates in Los Angeles in October which will feature a new collection of special…