Photo: Paul Bachmann
The sound of silence. Paul Simon played the final show his Homeward Bound farewell tour and of his career at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York last Saturday night (September 22nd).
A set packed with songs from throughout that long career was aired as Simon approached the point in his life which he’s said he ‘often wondered’ about. “What it would feel like to reach the point where I’d consider bringing my performing career to a natural end,” a statement read. “Now I know: it feels a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating and something of a relief.”
Two encores brought Simon & Garfunkel classics and ended with The Sound Of Silence, fan footage of which is below.
Setlist:
America
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
The Boy in the Bubble
Dazzling Blue
That Was Your Mother
Rewrite
Mother and Child Reunion
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War
Can’t Run But
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Wristband
Spirit Voices
The Obvious Child
Questions for the Angels
The Cool, Cool River
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al
Late in the Evening
Still Crazy After All These Years
Graceland
Homeward Bound
Kodachrome
The Boxer
American Tune
The Sound Of Silence