Art Garfunkel finally returns to the UK for a rare show at the Royal Albert Hall

17 April 2026, 08:42

Art Garfunkel comes to London this autumn.

Art Garfunkel has announced a rare show in the UK later this year.

The legendary singer, who celebrated his 84th birthday last year, will play the Royal Albert Hall on Monday, October 19, 2026.

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Tickets go on general sale today (April 17) at 10am.

There is priority booking period currently underway for Friends & Patrons of the hall.

The single UK date is part of Garfunkel's recently announced What A Wonderful World tour, which takes in a dozen odd US concerts as well as a sprinkling of European dates.

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Art's last UK shows were in 2019 as part of his In Close-Up tour.

On this jaunt he played a career-spanning set, taking in songs from his time as part of Simon & Garfunkel and beyond.

His setlist at the last show on the UK leg, at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, was as follows:

1. The Things We've Handed Down
2. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
3. The Boxer
4. Hampshire House
5. Perfect Moment
6. All I Know / Heart in New York
7. The Publicist
8. A Poem on the Underground Wall
9. Scarborough Fair
10. Beau and the Globe
11. Devoted to You
12. Smile
13. Real Emotional Girl
14. Authorship
15. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
16. Creatures
17. Bright Eyes
18. Bridge Over Troubled Water
19. The Sound of Silence
20. Let It Be Me
21. Royal Albert Hall
22. Kathy's Song
23. Lord Almighty
24. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep