Art Garfunkel in TLV, sans Simon
Veteran vocalist resumes his world tour after surgery to restore his voice
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Art Garfunkel will perform in Israel on June 10, at Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium.
Tickets go on sale Thursday morning at 9 a.m., and will range in price from NIS 299 to NIS 1,100.
The golden-toned vocalist has had some voice issues in recent years, and had to cancel a short reunion tour with his former partner, Paul Simon, in 2010 and several other performance dates. He resumed touring again last year, and told Rolling Stone in 2014 that his voice is “96%” where it was pre-surgery.
In the Rolling Stone interview, he spoke about being in his 70s, and the aches and pains that come with age. But, said Garfunkel, “I’m a rock & roll kid. I’m particularly young now that I have the thrill of a returned voice. I’m so grateful.”
Garfunkel is best known as one half of the folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. The two met while they were still in elementary school and began singing together. During high school, they began recording their harmony-based songs, which were composed by Simon and sung by Garfunkel or as a duo.
In the mid-1960s their music became successful, starting with their song “The Sound of Silence,” and their albums “Sounds of Silence” and “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.”
Their relationship was always rocky and the two broke up in 1970, although they have reunited over the ensuing decades for major concerts and performances.
Both have had solo careers, although Simon’s has been more successful, and the two were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards in 2003.
Tickets for Art Garfunkel are available on the Leann website.
