Simon & Garfunkel announce free Rome show

Simon & Garfunkel will take the stage just outside Rome's Colosseum this summer for a free concert, which is to be the only Italian date on the European leg of their Old Friends tour. The July 31 concert on the Via dei Fori Imperiali is the pair's first together in Italy, according to organizers.

Via dei Fori Imperiali is a large boulevard that leads to the Colosseum and is lined with ancient Roman relics. Last year a concert by Paul McCartney there drew hundreds of thousands of fans.

Also confirmed for the European trek are shows in Cologne, Germany (July 20), Amsterdam (July 21) and Munich (July 28). A full slate of tour dates is expected.

Simon and Garfunkel launched their first concert tour in two decades late last year in the United States. As previously reported, a new set of U.S. dates gets underway June 10 in Albany.
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