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Paul Simon revealed as final BST Hyde Park headliner
Singer Paul Simon performs at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York July 1, 2016. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

LONDON, Jan 31 — The British Summer Time Hyde Park festival has announced that US legend Paul Simon will headline the final show of its 2018 edition.

The singer-songwriter will perform on Sunday, July 15, joined by special guests — and legends themselves — James Taylor & His All-Star Band and Bonnie Raitt, with additional performers of the day still to be announced.

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Paul Simon’s show is called "Homeward Bound: The Farewell Performance”, the first part a reference to the title of a 1966 song Simon wrote and first sung as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel. While no further details were provided about the second half of the title, it suggests the live show may be the 76-year-old performer’s last.

The artist joins a line-up for the festival that also includes headliners Roger Waters, Bruno Mars, Eric Clapton, Michael Bublé and The Cure, each — in the tradition of the festival — headlining a single day of the festival, with other performers to appear during the day in the lead-up to the top-billed set.

Tickets for Paul Simon’s festival-closing show will go on sale at 9am local time on Friday; find ticket links here. — AFP-Relaxnews

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