{"id":487113,"date":"2019-06-17T12:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T18:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=848999"},"modified":"2019-06-17T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T18:06:36","slug":"paul-simon-to-play-hawaii-for-first-time-in-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/paul-simon-to-play-hawaii-for-first-time-in-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Simon to Play Hawaii for First Time in 50 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Simon<\/a> announced two back-to-back concerts in Maui, Hawaii on August 13th and 14th. The performances will take place two days after Simon headlines San Francisco\u2019s Outside Lands Festival<\/a> \u2014 his first concert since he poignantly ended his farewell tour in his hometown of Queens, New York last September<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In keeping with Simon\u2019s commitment to perform sporadic benefit concerts after retirement, the Maui shows are in support of biodiversity conservation. Net proceeds will be donated to The Auwahi Forest Restoration Project and Kua\u2018\u0101ina Ulu \u2018Auamo (KUA), while the proceeds from Outside Lands will be given to the San Francisco Parks Alliance and Friends of the Urban Forest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI anticipate doing the occasional performance in a (hopefully) acoustically pristine hall,\u201d he told Variety<\/em><\/a> in 2018. \u201cAnd to donate those earnings to various philanthropic organizations, particularly those whose objective is to save the planet, ecologically.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only will the performances mark the first time Simon has ever performed in Maui, but it will also be his first time performing in Hawaii in 51 years. He and his legendary partner Art Garfunkel played at Honolulu\u2019s HIC Arena on August 24th, 1968\u2014where the duo performed one of the 15 known performances of \u201cThe Dangling Conversation\u201d from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.<\/em><\/p>\n

General tickets<\/a> go on sale Saturday, June 22nd.<\/p>\n