American folk-music legend Paul Simon is coming back to Israel for first time since '83 show to promote new album "So Beautiful or So What."
By DAVID BRINNThe weeks of published and whispered rumors turned into facts Tuesday, with the confirmation that legendary American singer/songwriter Paul Simon will be returning to Israel for a concert at Ramat Gan Stadium on July 21.A month after fellow 1960s icon Bob Dylan graces the stage on June 20, Simon will arrive as part a world tour promoting his latest album, So Beautiful or So What, considered by many critics to be one of his best in the last two decades.RELATED:Out and about: Celebrate Bob Dyland 70th Birthday at Barby, Tel AvivBob Dylan: Tangled up in (Israeli) Jews Disc Reviews: Essential Paul Simon Simon, who will turn 70 in October, has appeared in Israel twice before - in 1978 on his own and in 1983 with his erstwhile partner Art Garfunkel.Tickets for the show go on sale on May 30 via the Leann Ticket Agency website - www.leaan.co.il and will also be sold beginning the next day at the agency's office on Dizengoff St. in Tel Aviv.
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