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Last Updated: Friday, 7 May, 2004, 07:33 GMT 08:33 UK
Simon and Garfunkel to play in UK
Simon and Garfunkel
The pair are currently touring the US
The legendary musical duo Simon and Garfunkel will be performing in Manchester and London in July, for the first time in more than 20 years.

The pair will appear at the MEN Arena in Manchester on 14 July, and in London's Hyde Park the next evening.

They are expected to be joined on stage by their musical heroes, the Everly Brothers.

Tickets for both concerts go on sale through a website and telephone booking service at 0900 BST on Friday.

Old Friends

The duo, who reunited at the 2003 Grammy Awards for the first time in 10 years, are currently in the US for their Old Friends tour.

Simon and Garfunkel had worldwide success with songs Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson and Scarborough Fair.

They split in 1970 and reunited in 1981 for an open-air concert in New York's Central Park.

The pair did not play together again until 1993, when they got together for a series of concerts in New York and then performed at the Grammy Awards in 2003.




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