Paul Simon in 1973

Paul Simon toured the US in 1973 to promote his newest album ´There goes rhymin´ Simon´.

The list of his confirmed and unconfirmed concerts can be found here :
https://roboud56.wordpress.com/the-70s/paul-simon-1970/

1973 There goes rhymin’ Simon – tour     
1973-05-06 Boston – USA / Massachusetts Boston Music Hall
1973-05-12 Chicago Opera House (review in Chicago Tribune 19730414)     
1973-05-20 San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
1973-06-01 New York – USA / New York Carnegie Hall
1973-06-02 New York – USA / Carnegie Hall (source: Billboard 19730602)
1973-06-03 New York – USA – Carnegie Hall (source: Billboard 19730602)     
1973-06-02 Albany – USA / New York Knickerbocker Arena  (unconfirmed date)  
1973-06-03 Albany – USA / New York Knickerbocker Arena  (unconfirmed date)
1973-06-06 London – United Kingdom Royal Albert Hall (source: Billboard 19730602)
1973-06-07 London – United Kingdom Royal Albert Hall     
1973-06-08 London – United Kingdom Royal Albert Hall
1973-06-10 Uniondale – USA / New York  Nassau Coliseum
1973-10-12 Atlanta – USA / Georgia State University
1973-10-13 Oxford – USA – Miami University
1973-10-19 Ithaca – USA – Cornell University
1973-10-20 Ohio – USA – Kent State University
1973-10-26 Charlottesville – USA – University of Virginia
1973-10-27 Carbondale – USA – Southern Illinois University
1973-11-02 Champaign, USA, University of Illinois
1973-11-03 South Bend, USA, Notre Dame University
1973-11-06 Uniondale, USA, Nassau Colisseum

Unconfirmed dates:

1973-05-00 Los Angeles – USA / California   
1973-05-00 Detroit – USA / Michigan    
1973-05-00 Hartford – USA / Connecticut    
1973-05-00 New York – USA / New York Carnegie Hall
1973-00-00 Berlin – Germany Berliner Philharmonie     
1973-05-00 London – United Kingdom Palladium Theater      
1973-05-00 Amsterdam – Netherlands    
1973-05-00 Paris – France  
1973-05-00 San Francisco – USA / California 
1973-06-00 Santa Monica – USA / California Civic Auditorium

Not all shows were ´sell outs´ from what I understand. A show in the Kiel Auditorium had to be cancelled due to lack of ticket sales. But there were also some performances on campus during several Homecoming Festivals, like the one pictured above, but also one in Miami Unveristy´s Millett Hall on October 13th. There may have been more.

The Texas´ Baytown newspaper mentions a performance or contribution of Paul Simon coming up on August 7th in the Saint Paul´s church  as part of Festival of All Saints. Not so strange at all since Paul was touring and recording with gospelgroup The Jessy Dixon Singers. But I am trying to find out more on that ´gig´still.

4 thoughts on “Paul Simon in 1973

  1. I was there at Carnegie Hall NYC, Saturday June 2 1973. This was a great concert. There was a recording truck parked behind Carnegie Hall that evening, Afterward, at the stage door, Paul gave me his autograph on the only piece of paper I had, a NYC subway map!

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