Paul Simon for Glastonbury Festival?

eFestivals understands that legendary solo singer-songwriter and one half of perhaps the most influential popular music duo of all time, Paul Simon, will be making a rare appearance at this year's Glastonbury Festival. We do not know yet which day or slot he will appear on, and there has not yet been official confirmation from Festival organisers.

As half of the legendary duo, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon was one of the most influential songwriters of the 1960s and 70s. Paul has announced a rare full UK tour this summer and the dates include a Glastonbury sized gap in his schedule, and in an interview on the Rolling Stone website, (here), he confirms he will be doing a couple of festivals:

"I'm going to play 3,000 seat theaters and also clubs. A couple of festivals, maybe more. I want to play a lot of music from the new album and music from my repertoire that I either haven't played in concert or have played very seldom..."

His latest tour will celebrate the release of of Paul's latest album 'So Beautiful Or So What', his first new record in five years, due out in June. The set list is likely to draw from his iconic career, including 'Mrs Robinson', 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 'Graceland', 'Mother And Child Reunion' and several songs that haven't been performed live in many years.

Also included in the set will be songs from his brand new album. Joining Paul for this tour is a stellar band of musicians including Cameroonian guitarist Vincent Nguini, drummer Jim Oblon and pianist Mick Rossi, There is also saxophonist/keyboardist Andrew Snitzer, bassist Bakithi Kumalo, guitarist Mark Stewart, master percussionist Jamey Haddad and multi-instrumentalist Tony Cedras.

Paul Simon will play the following dates:

Thu 23 June Royal Centre, Nottingham
Fri 24 June Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
Mon 27 June Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth
Tue 28 June HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Thu 30 June NIA Academy, Birmingham
Sun 03 July O2 Apollo, Manchester.

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Tickets have sold out for this summer's Glastonbury Festival which runs for five full days from Wednesday 22nd until Sunday 26th June 2011 across a 1000 hectares (2470 acres) of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset. The exact date for resales of unwanted tickets will be announced later today, and is expected to be around the middle of next month.

UK ticket balances will be payable in the first week of April 2011 from 9am Friday 1st April until 11.59pm on Thursday 7th April with balances either paid online at http://www.seetickets.com/g2011 or on the booking line: 0844 412 4635.

Anyone who doesn't pay their ticket balance during the applicable week will be automatically refunded their deposit (minus a £10 admin fee).

Acts confirmed for the Festival include U2, Coldplay, and Beyonce as Pyramid Stage headliners, plus Primal Scream, Mumford & Sons, Elbow, Everything Everything, Anna Calvi, BB King, Big Boi, The Chemical Brothers, Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Fleet Foxes, Gruff Rhys, James Blake, Janelle Monae, Laura Marling, and Warpaint. No other acts are confirmed yet for the Festival, although as usual eFestivals will bring you the very best-sourced rumours, allowing festival-goers to see who is playing long before the bands are formally announced - keep your eyes on the Glastonbury 2011 rumours, updated as we receive information.

The window for International ticket buyers to pay their balances has now ended.

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