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Paul simon paul simons concert in the park

Paul Simon's Concert In the Park

Music 1991 2 hr 22 min iTunes

This film captures Paul Simon in NYC's Central Park in 1991 during his "Born at the Right Time" Tour, with an extensive backing band and playing a barrage of hits from throughout his career. A Coda Cornerstone Collection.

Music 1991 2 hr 22 min iTunes

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Starring Paul Simon, Paul Simon

Director Louis J. Horvitz

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This film captures Paul Simon in NYC's Central Park in 1991 during his "Born at the Right Time" Tour, with an extensive backing band and playing a barrage of hits from throughout his career. A Coda Cornerstone Collection.

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StudioEighty-TwentyGenreMusicReleased1991Run Time2 hr 22 minRatedNR Region of Origin United States

© (C) 1991 Sony Music Entertainment

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Original AudioEnglishAudio and Subtitles English (AAC, CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.

Paul Simon returned to the scene of one of his most distinctive successes with Simon & Garfunkel on Aug. 15, 1991. This time, it was with nearly 30 years of classic songwriting behind him and a pair of recent hit records under his belt.

The event, dubbed Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, was deliberately (some would argue self-consciously) designed to evoke the massively attended Concert in Central Park reunion show that Simon & Garfunkel staged 10 years earlier.

Unfortunately, the anniversary wasn't marked with an appearance from Simon's erstwhile partner, who dejectedly told the New York Times the night before the concert that he hadn't been asked to perform.

"I'm not good enough to be invited," Art Garfunkel shrugged. "My guess is that it would hurt his sense of stature." Telling the reporter he was planning to be out of town during the concert, he added, "I'd rather wish Paul well from afar."

If the fans missed Garfunkel in '91, they didn't show it by staying home: People turned out in droves for the show, which was part of Simon's world tour in support of his Rhythm of the Saints LP, released the previous year.

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In fact, early estimates put Simon's Central Park solo show among the most heavily attended events in history, suggesting that roughly 600,000 people turned out to watch a set stuffed with classic hits and intermingled with newer numbers.

Later, New York City officials determined that the maximum number of people that can fit in the Park's 10-acre lawn area was far lower – 48,500 – but as photos taken from the show prove, Simon drew a pretty impressive throng. As the parks commissioner put it to the New York Times, "You look out at the sea of people from the stage, and your mind tells you, ‘That’s what hundreds of thousands of people looks like.'"

What the crowd size, they couldn't have asked for a much nicer day; historical weather data puts the high in Central Park for that day at a perfectly pleasant 82 degrees. Simon front-loaded the set list with newer songs, but he was coming off two of the bigger records of his career. Unlike veteran acts who have to brace themselves for a mass exodus to the beer vendors whenever they play something from a later album, he was arguably never more popular as a solo artist.

Like Simon & Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park, Simon's Concert in the Park was subsequently released as a two-disc live recording and home video, although it didn't reach the double-platinum heights of its predecessor, topping out at fewer than 500,000 copies sold.

Nevertheless, the show and album ended up putting a capstone on an era in Simon's career. Following this tour, he remained out of the studio for more than five years while devoting his creative energies to his Broadway show The Capeman.
 

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How many people attended Paul Simon's concert in the Park in 1991?

600,000 people were initially claimed to have attended the show, which was held in New York's Central Park on August 15, 1991. Later estimates determined that the maximum number of people who could fit in the park space was 48,500.

When was Paul Simons concert in Hyde Park?

(Rochester, NY)- On July 15, 2012, Paul Simon and his musicians headlined the closing night of the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park. Simon's epic career-spanning set list included Simon & Garfunkel classics, solo favorites and much more.

What year was Paul Simon's concert in Central Park?

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How many people attended Paul Simon's concert in Hyde Park?

So was the spirit. The Hyde Park concert, performed for 60,000 people, is available in the CD/DVD/Blu-ray package Paul Simon—The Concert in Hyde Park. Simon marked the 25th anniversary of his landmark 1986 album, Graceland, at the London event.