Watch Paul Simon play ‘Something So Right’ for the first time in 33 years on ‘Colbert’
Paul Simon played ‘Something So Right’ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week – check out footage below. The legendary singer-songwriter dropped by the talk show on Thursday night (April 2) and dusted off the song – which was first released on his third solo album ‘There Goes Rhymin’ Simon’ in 1973 – for its first live performance since 1993. Advertisement Perched on a stool, Simon sang the song backed by an arrangement including acoustic guitar, strings, flute, bass and percussion. He later joined Colbert for a reflection on his early career in England prior to Simon & Garfunkel’s success with ‘The Sound Of Silence’ in 1965. Watch the performance and the interview here: [embedded content] [embedded content] Later this week, Simon will kick off the UK and European leg of his ‘A Quiet Celebration’ tour which launched in the US last summer – his live comeback after seven years of retirement. Recommended The dates begin in Prague on Thursday (April 9) and will include shows in Liverpool and Glasgow before a pair of gigs in London’s Royal Albert Hall in May and a final date in Dublin. See all of the dates here and find any remaining tickets here. Over the summer, the songwriting icon was forced to postpone two of his aforementioned US dates after experiencing “chronic and intense back pain”. “Today it became unmanageable and demands immediate attention,”… Read More →





















