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Simon & Garfunkel to perform together at New Orleans Jazz festival!

The Saturday, April 24 performance by Simon & Garfunkel at Jazz Fest will be the only chance to see the legendary duo in the U.S. this year. The Festival is scheduled for April 23 - May 2, 2010.

“Over the years I’ve always enjoyed performing at Jazz Fest,” said Paul Simon. “Everyone connected with the Festival, and in particular Quint Davis, has created an atmosphere that is both musical and enjoyable. I am looking forward to the opportunity to perform with my old friend Art Garfunkel at this year’s Festival.”

Simon & Garfunkel join previously announced artists Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, The Neville Brothers, Lionel Richie, Allman Brothers Band, Anita Baker, My Morning Jacket, Widespread Panic, Imagination Movers, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Darius Rucker, Irma Thomas, Gipsy Kings, The Dead Weather, Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes, The Black Crowes, Drake, Teena Marie, Keely Smith, Jonny Lang, Band of Horses, Allen Toussaint and hundreds more at the 41st edition of the beloved Festival.

Tickets are available at www.nojazzfest.com and www.ticketmaster.com.

Any additional information is available at www.nojazzfest.com.

Speakeasy is behind the scenes at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show tonight. (Read our earlier interview with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame CEO Joel Peresman.) We’re camped backstage, with the rest of the press, at Madison Square Garden, and will reporting back on all the acts as they go on stage. Follow us throughout the night for updates!

6:45 p.m. — Tom Hanks takes the mic in the press room and addresses what he calls the most jaded group of writers in New York right now. He oh-so-eloquently calls the night’s line-up — which consists of Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, plus many, many others — “the music of our generation, the soundtrack of our lives.” He adds that he’s not a massive music aficionado. “I did it for the all access pass,” he says. “I don’t know what to say to half these guys other than wow. I’m lucky to be here.” Читать далее »

Tickets to forthcoming show that will take place on October 29th and 30th in MSG, New York are still available!

You can order them here!

October 29 lineup:

Crosby Stills and Nash
Jackson Browne
Bonnie Raitt
James Taylor

Paul Simon - Simon & Garfunkel
Dion
Little Anthony & the Imperials

Stevie Wonder
John Legend
Sting
Smokey Robinson
Jeff Beck (”Superstition”)

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Darlene Love
Sam Moore

October 30 lineup:

Aretha Franklin
Annie Lennox
Lenny Kravitz

Metallica
Lou Reed
Ozzy Osbourne

U2
TBA

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary show is to be held on the 29th and 30th of October at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Tentatively scheduled for the Thursday show are Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon as a solo act, Stevie Wonder, and the whole posse that includes Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young and friends.

Then on Friday: Aretha Franklin headlines, with U2, Metallica, and Eric Clapton.