Paul Simon

Paul Simon plays SEC Armadillo in Glasgow on 9 May 2026. From the folk roots of Simon & Garfunkel to a solo catalogue that folds in pop craft, gospel shades and rhythms from South Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean, his live sets relink decades of writing with sharp storytelling and everyday detail. The night moves between fingerpicked ballads and full‑band grooves, with room to reshape older titles like The Boxer, America or Still Crazy After All These Years, and to lean into the polyrhythms heard on Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints. On stage, guitars, percussion and close harmonies often shift the contours without losing the core of the song.

Across later records such as So Beautiful or So What, Stranger to Stranger, In the Blue Light and Seven Psalms, Simon keeps testing forms and textures while staying close to melody. This date picks from across that arc, from early New York sketches to cross‑continental patterns, with arrangements that keep the writing upfront and the pulse steady.