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• Paul Simon has announced his first new album in seven years. “Seven Psalms,” due out May 18, is intended to be listened to sequentially.

Hailed as one of the highest-earning stand-up comedians of 2019 by Forbes, Hart’s last global comedy tour sold out over 100 arenas around the world, and sold over 1 million tickets worldwide in 2018 during his Irresponsible Tour.

Hart launched his comedian career during an amateur night at a local comedy club in his hometown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Since then, he has had 11 films become No. 1 at the box office grossing more than $4.23 billion global revenue. Hart’s comedy has been featured on various platforms including Netflix, Peacock, Sirius XM and Audible.

The standup comedian has developed, produced, and featured in films that have been recognized globally. He has earned many nomination awards including “Best Come-

Simon, 81, said the 33-minute song cycle came to him in a dream and is to be accompanied by a documentary titled “In Restless Dreams.” In a trailer for the film, Simon said It will ponder “how the limitation of your belief always tends to be tied to your conception of your dy Album” and “Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.” Hart is also a New York Times Best Selling author twice over and his first Audible original, “The Decision,” was nominated for an Audie award for “Best Original Audiobook in 2021.” Tickets for Hart’s Reality Check Tour range in price from $75 to $265.50 and are available online at mass mutualcenter.com.

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MGM Springfield: MGM Roar

Comedy Club: Joselito DaPuppet. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

Theodores’: Professor Harp. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

Whip City Brew: DJ with dance. 287 Elm St., Westfield

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Delaney House: John Manzi. 3

Country Club Road, Holyoke

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

The Drake: City of the Sun with Portair. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst

The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Sunset Mission, Big Destiny, Among the Stars, Vibe Check. 289 Main St., Greenfield

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Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee mortality.”

Simon retired from live performing in 2018.

• The National has released another new song from the band’s upcoming “First Two Pages of Frankenstein.”

“Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” features Phoebe Bridgers, with a video directed by Bridgers’ brother, Jackson. The National’s Matt Berninger talked about working with Bridgers on the song with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.

“Well, I had gone over to Phoebe, kind of trying to work on songs. We talked about writing songs, and we both write in similar ways, I think,” he said. “And we’re both fans of the way we write and we talk about how to write and how to write about the things that you hate about yourself, which she’s incredible at.”

“First Two Pages of Frankenstein” is due out April 28.

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