Paul Simon and wife Edie Brickell arrested on disorderly conduct charges Simon, 72, and Brickell, 48, appeared in court on Monday and blamed arrest for disorderly conduct on 'rare' argument

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon and his wife were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, police said on Monday.

Simon, 72, and musician Edie Brickell, 48, were arrested at their home in New Canaan, Connecticut, on Saturday. The pair appeared in court in Monday, where Simon told the judge that their arrest was due to a rare argument.

The couple, who married in 1992 and have three children together, held hands during their appearance at Norwalk superior court, the Associated Press reported. The pair told the judge they saw no need for a protective order and did not feel threatened by each other, according to the AP. The judge ordered the couple to return to court 16 May.

Connecticut police said in a statement that officers responded at around 8:20pm on Saturday to investigate a "family dispute".

At a news conference earlier on Monday, police chief Leon Krolikowski said they were each given a misdemeanor summons and one of them agreed to leave and go to another location. "There was aggressiveness on both sides," , Krolikowski said. "They're both victims and they have children involved and we're trying to be very cautious of that."

Simon, a 12-time Grammy winner whose monumental career spans five decades, rose to fame as one-half of the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel.

In 1982, Simon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1990, Simon & Garfunkel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and just over a decade later, in 2001, Simon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years and Graceland have all earned album of the year awards.

Brickell was the lead singer of the semi-eponymous folk-rock band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. The group's debut single, What I Am, was a hit in 1988 and peaked at no 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Earlier this year, Brickell and actor Steve Martin won a Grammy for best American roots song, Love Has Come For You. She is due to tour the US and Canada with Matin's group, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, beginning in May.

Brickell is Simon's third wife. He has a son with his first wife, Peggy Harper, whom he married in 1969 and divorced six years later. He was briefly married to actress Carrie Fischer whom he divorced after one year of marriage in 1984. The pair, however, continued their stormy relationship and dated on and off for nearly a decade after their divorce.