Art Garfunkel has announced his return to the stage, four years after suffering a paralysis of the vocal cords that forced the cancellation of a reunion with Paul Simon.
Garfunkel, 72, has booked a month-long American tour from the end of January, after successfully completing a series of low-key shows at the end of 2013.
"The voice is back," Garfunkel said in a statement. "I'm in flight again. I believe I have grown through adversity. A new creation has emerged that is truly exciting me - my stage show."
Garfunkel, famed for his pure tenor voice was diagnosed with vocal cord paresis, a weakness of the vocal folds in 2010.
At the time, he assured fans that his voice would return. "I just have to be patient," he said. Doctors told the singer that he had "irritated" his cords "with the heat of smoking." He was forced to cancel a number of shows during 2012, when an attempted return proved premature.
