Paul Simon Stranger to Stranger: Singer plots new tour and album

The run begins in April.

Published on February 22, 2016 07:20PM EST

Paul Simon announced plans Sunday evening to embark on his first solo U.S. tour since 2011. The string of dates, which begins on April 29 in New Orleans and wraps up June 30 in Queens, will support Simon’s upcoming album Stranger to Stranger, according to a Rolling Stone report.

Planned for the recently renovated Forest Hills Stadium, Simon’s Queens gig bears special significance: The artist grew up and met Art Garfunkel in the New York borough and he last performed at the venue in 1970 as a part of Simon & Garfunkel. That concert was the final one the duo played before going on their first hiatus, which they’d return from in 1972 when they played a benefit concert for presidential candidate George McGovern at Madison Square Garden. (Forest Hills Stadium largely stopped staging concerts in the late 1980s until it reopened amidst a renovation effort in 2013.)

Simon embarked on a co-headlining tour with Sting in 2014. His previous studio album, So Beautiful or So What, came out in 2011.

Check out Simon’s upcoming concert dates below.

Paul Simon dates:

April 29 – New Orleans, LA @ Jazz Fest

May 3 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theater

May 4 – Birmingham, AL @ BJCC Concert Hall

May 6 – Tulsa, OK @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – The Joint

May 7 – Thackerville, OK @ Winstar Casino

May 8 – Dallas, TX @ AT&T Performing Arts Center

May 10 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall

May 11 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert hall

May 14 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium