Paul Simon

Paul Simon plays The London Palladium, London, on 18 May 2026. Songwriter, guitarist and voice first heard with Simon & Garfunkel, he went solo in the early 1970s and built a body of work where folk roots meet pop craft, soul inflections and a taste for rhythmic journeys. From the acoustic intimacy of his early albums to the grooves opened up by collaborations with South African and Brazilian musicians, his writing stays anchored in storytelling, small details and melodies that leave room for air and percussion.

On stage, Simon moves between stripped-back songs and arrangements colored by gospel harmonies, horns or hand drums, drawing on records like Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon and Still Crazy After All These Years, then the cross-cultural pulse of Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints. In recent years he has kept exploring new textures and forms, from So Beautiful or So What to Stranger to Stranger, In the Blue Light and Seven Psalms. This date at the Palladium promises a journey through decades of songwriting, between folk reflections and wider rhythmic horizons.