This past weekend was the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Closing out Sunday night’s performance was the legendary Paul Simon, who turned in a very special headlining set as he briefly ended his retirement from public performing for this one-off legacy set at the festival.
Toward the very end, he was joined by a special guest: Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. Before their first-ever public duet, Simon told stories of Haight/Ashbury and his story of meeting Weir and the Dead back in the late 1960s, before the two (and Simon’s band) launched into the Simon & Garfunkel classic “The Boxer.”
That’s a pretty perfect way to close out another installment of the festival, which has always featured some amazing legacy acts, from Paul McCartney to Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson to the late Tom Petty and more.
Thank you #SanFrancisco for coming out last night to @outsidelandssf at Golden Gate Park! All net proceeds from Paul Simon‘s performance are going to benefit local environmental organizations, @SFParksAlliance & & @SFUrbanForester 🌳🌲 📷 Jake Edwards pic.twitter.com/IoVGalq6N0
— Paul Simon (@PaulSimonMusic) August 12, 2019
Here’s Simon’s full set list from the night;
Late in the Evening
The Boy in the Bubble
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Dazzling Blue
That Was Your Mother
Mother and Child Reunion
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War (with yMusic)
Can’t Run But (with yMusic)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel song) (with yMusic)
The Obvious Child
Wristband
Spirit Voices
The Cool, Cool River
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al
Encore:
Graceland
Still Crazy After All These Years
The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel song) (with Bob Weir)
