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Post by uncleson on Mar 11, 2008 18:53:26 GMT -5
Apparently he's planning a tour; ca.music. yahoo.com/ read/news/ 58390798
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Post by uncleson on Mar 11, 2008 19:05:07 GMT -5
Leonard Cohen announces first tour in 15 years
03/11/2008 8:00 AM, Reuters
Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen unveiled plans on Tuesday for his first tour in 15 years, starting in Toronto on June 6.
The announcement comes a day after the gravel-voiced performer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York, along with Madonna, John Mellencamp, The Dave Clark Five and The Ventures.
The tour will include major gigs like the Glastonbury Festival in Britain on June 29, where he could be performing to a crowd as large as 150,000 people, to the more intimate Opera House in Manchester.
It includes dates in Toronto and Montreal and a series of concerts across Europe. The last confirmed date of the tour is Vienna on August 29, although more dates are expected to be added, organizers said.
"For many this tour will be the once in a lifetime opportunity to see the legend that is Leonard Cohen," said Rob Hallett from AEG Live, the company promoting the tour.
Cohen, 73, published books of poetry and novels before turning to music. His 1967 debut album, "Songs of Leonard Cohen," included what became one of his most popular songs, "Suzanne."
Other favorites include "Hallelujah," "Sisters of Mercy" and "Bird on a Wire." His songs have been recorded by R.E.M., Billy Joel, Elton John, Don Henley and others.
Born in Montreal, Cohen started his musical career in New York in the late 1960s. He fought depression and retreated to a California monastery in the 1990s to study Zen.
(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)
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Post by HollyH on Mar 12, 2008 0:00:16 GMT -5
Now that he's in the RRHOF -- anybody see Lou Reed's rambling intro last night? It was perfect.
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Post by davek729 on Mar 20, 2008 23:34:24 GMT -5
Now that he's in the RRHOF -- anybody see Lou Reed's rambling intro last night? It was perfect. I thought Lou was great, but Cohen had the best line of the night. He was commenting on how this was a most unusual and unexpected honor adding: "I am reminded of the prophetic statement by Jon Landau in the early 1970s - “I have seen the future of rock’n'roll, and it is not Leonard Cohen”
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