You can call it a comeback.
After a 2018 farewell tour that ended at Flushing Meadows Park in his native borough of Queens, Paul Simon is un-retiring from the road at 83.
Fresh off of his opening performance of “Homeward Bound” with Sabrina Carpenter at “SNL50: The Anniversary” on Sunday, the music legend announced his “A Quiet Celebration” Tour that will bring an intimate night of crooning and conversation to theaters this spring and summer.
Simon will perform his latest album, “Seven Psalms,” in its entirety, while also doing a selection of his classics — both solo and with Simon & Garfunkel.
The tour will also feature Simon’s wife of 33 years, Edie Brickell.
While recording 2023’s “Seven Psalms” — with all acoustic instruments primarily played by Simon in a continuous piece of music over seven movements — the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was suffering from hearing loss in his left ear that made the idea of extended live performances seem impossible.
“It was incredibly frustrating. I was very angry at first that this had happened,” Simon told “CBS Mornings.”
But after working with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss and his own production team, Simon revamped his entire stage setup to make performing viable again.
And the intimate venues will provide a better setting acoustically for Simon’s hearing challenges.
“I’m going through my repertoire and reducing a lot of the choices that I make to acoustic versions. It’s all much quieter,” Simon told “CBS Mornings.”
The tour kicks off April 4 in New Orleans and will hit New York’s Beacon Theatre for five shows beginning June 16 before wrapping up in Seattle on Aug. 3.
Prior to his “SNL50” appearance, Simon played a private, star-studded gig at the Soho Sessions loft space — located at the former site of Chung King Studios — in September to benefit the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss.
His “SNL50” appearance was a full-circle moment for Simon, who was the first person to serve as both host and musical guest of the sketch comedy juggernaut in 1975 — a juggling act that he went on to pull off several times, most recently in 1987.
When he performed “Homeward Bound” with Carpenter, he was putting a modern spin on his 1976 “SNL” duet of the song with George Harrison.
But it was supposed to be the end of the road when he played Flushing Meadows Park on Sept. 23, 2018.
“This is 2 miles from where I played high school baseball in Forest Hills,” Simon said at the time.
The concert opened with “America,” the Simon & Garfunkel classic from their album “Bookends,” followed by “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” his only solo No. 1 hit.
Brickell was onstage to whistle along to “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,” while listeners rose from their blankets and lawn chairs to dance along to “You Can Call Me Al.”
Other hits performed were “The Boy in the Bubble,” “Mother and Child Reunion” and the S&G classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”