Acoustic show by singer-songwriters Tim Chu and Ian Bailey revisiting the greatest songs of Simon & Garfunkel.
Tim Chu and Ian Bailey are taking the songs of Simon & Garfunkel to The Continental on Friday 5 February 2027. It's an acoustic concert revisiting the duo's greatest songs, and it's billed not as a tribute act but as a study and interpretation of the material. That distinction is worth holding onto: there are no costumes and no wigs here, just two singer-songwriters and composers working through the classics.
Chu is a seasoned session musician whose work has appeared across TV, film and radio, and he's been a lifelong devotee of Paul Simon's music. He brought Bailey into the fold to complete the duo; Bailey is a Lancashire-born singer-songwriter acclaimed for his own original work. Together they're presenting the Simon & Garfunkel songs as a study, which suggests a focus on the writing and the arrangements rather than a recreation of the original recordings.
The set will draw from the songs that made the duo famous, and because it's an acoustic show, the focus stays on the voices and the guitar work. With Chu's background in session work and Bailey's reputation for his own songwriting, the two bring their own perspectives to the material rather than trying to mimic the originals. It's a stripped-back way of hearing songs that most of us already know by heart.
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The show runs from 18:45 to 22:00 at The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston, PR1 8JP.
