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Paul Simon to play the Citi Wang Theatre

Boston Music Spotlight, Staff

Paul Simon has revealed plans for a spring tour in support of his forthcoming album, So Beautiful or So What. The tour will conclude in Massachusetts with a show at the Citi Wang Theatre in Boston on Wednesday, June 1. Tickets, which range in price from $55 to $115, go on sale Saturday at noon through Telecharge.

So Beautiful or So What, Simon’s twelfth studio effort and first in five years, will hit stores on  April 12. Produced by Phil Ramone and Paul Simon, with liner notes written by Elvis Costello, the album is one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year. Fans can get a taste of So Beautiful or So What with the album’s lead single, “The Afterlife”, which is streaming below.

Fans attending the Boston can expect a diverse set list of material including greatest hits and new songs off So Beautiful or So What, as well several songs that haven’t been performed live in many years.

Simon’s backing band on this tour will include Cameroonian guitarist Vincent Nguini, drummer Jim Oblon, pianist Mick Rossi, saxophonist/keyboardist Andrew Snitzer, bassist Bakithi Kumalo, guitarist Mark Stewart, master percussionist Jamey Haddad and multi-instrumentalist Tony Cedras.

In related news, Simon will appear two consecutive nights, April 6 and 7, on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

still from the documentary film wildwood, nj, 1994

urban outfitters, 2011

now, i love me the resurrection of heinously fun early nineties trends, be they navajo prints, granny boots, denim cutoffs, lace, cutouts, crucifixes or crystals. but pardon me old-fashioned for seeing this and only feeling gypped for the schmuck who purchases a partial shirt. there was a drunken incident that occurred in 1990 with a cracked out jersey girl and a pair of scissors; this was an unfortunate event that should remain in the past (along with the one that led to the conception of the sleeveless turtleneck). didn't anyone see the documentary film wildwood, nj? the teenager who wore this top beat and killed a girl for shits & giggles. enough said.

happy international women's day

                                                                                                                       waldemar and max

robert & shana parkeharrison; counterpoint series, 2008

magiske

i am seriously losing it for the work of alidra alić, a contemporary jeweler based out of denmark. whimsical and unique, her pieces are stunning...as if having emerged from some peculiarly unsettling fairy tale. while some of the pieces are just plain lovely, others (particularly those from her flora line), are beautifully grotesque, having a sort of life of their own and reminding me of contorted dreams, georgia o'keeffe meets salvador dali. i am in love. also, terribly envious.

lina klingels on alexander mcqueen