An Evening with Art Garfunkel Spanning His Musical Career at the Pantages Theatre, Saturday, Oct. 27
Tickets Go On Sale at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 3
MINNEAPOLISAn Evening with Art Garfunkel, the five-time Grammy Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is set for 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 at Hennepin Theatre Trusts intimate Pantages Theatre. The world renowned vocalist will be touring in support of his new CD, The Singer, a 34-song, 2-CD collection available on August 28 that spans his entire body of work from the first Simon and Garfunkel album in 1964 (Wednesday Morning, 3 AM) through 2007s great American songbook album (Some Enchanted Evening). It includes every #1 U.S. and U.K. solo hit, two brand new songs and Garfunkels own personal track-by-track annotations, which appear in the booklet in his own handwriting. Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 3. For tickets and information visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787.
Art Garfunkel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Paul Simon in 1990. His work with Simon earned seven Grammys, beginning in 1969 with two awards for Mrs. Robinson (from the movie The Graduate) including Record of the Year and Best Contemporary Pop Performance/Duo or Group. Two years later, Bridge Over Troubled Water was voted Album of the Year and the title song swept Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Contemporary Song, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists and Best Engineered Recording. In 1977, Bridge Over Troubled Water received Englands prestigious Britannia Award as the Best International Pop LP and Single of the previous 25 years. Garfunkel added another Grammy Award nomination in 1998, for his album Songs From A Parent To A Child for Best Childrens Album.
Garfunkel has also maintained a steady presence in film. After working with director Mike Nichols on The Graduate soundtrack, he followed up with featured roles in Nichols Catch-22 (1969) and Carnal Knowledge (1971), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actor. The sophisticated contemporary artist also recently appeared in 2010s The Rebound, a film with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
TICKET INFORMATION
An Evening with Art Garfunkel is set for 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 at Hennepin Theatre Trusts Pantages Theatre (710 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 55403). Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 3, 2012 and range from $53.50 to $68.50 depending on seating preference. There are a limited number of gold circle tickets available for $104. All prices include applicable facility fees. Additional service charges may apply. Tickets may be purchased in person at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 55402), online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org, or by calling 1.800.982.2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Center.
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