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Leonard Cohen announces North American tour


Announcement comes the day after his first US show in 15 years

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Leonard Cohen performed his first US show in 15 years at New York’s Beacon Theatre last night, and today it was announced that he will head out across the continent on an extensive summer tour.

The singer songwriter has not released a new album since 2004’s ‘Dear Heather’, and recently resumed live shows to earn money after his business manager and lover Kelley Lynch misappropriated more than $5 million of his money, leaving him with just $150,000.

A court awarded him a $9 million in civil judgment, but he has not been able to get the money from Lynch.

The tour calls at:

Austin, TX Michael and Susan Dell Hall at Long Center (April 2)
Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie (3)
Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre (5)
San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall (7)
Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre (10)
Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre (13)
Indio, CA Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (17)
Vancouver, British Columbia General Motors Place (19)
Victoria, British Columbia Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (21)
Seattle, WA WaMu Theatre at Qwest Field Events Center (23)
Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place (25)
Calgary, Alberta EPCOR Centre's Jack Singer Hall (26)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Credit Union Centre (28)
Winnipeg, Manitoba MTS Centre (30)
Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre (3)
Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre (5)
Detroit, MI Fox Theatre (9)
Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion (11)
Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music (12)
Waterbury, CT Palace Theater (14)
New York, NY Radio City Music Hall (16)
Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum (19)
Quebec City, Quebec Pavillon de la Jeunesse (21)
Kingston, Ontario K-Rock Centre (22)
London, Ontario John Labatt Centre (24)
Ottawa, Ontario National Arts Centre (25)
Boston, MA Wang Theatre (29)
Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre (June 2)


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[info]sheswatching 21st-Feb-2009 12:31 am (UTC)
wtf is this no toronto bullshit?
[info]screw_jack 21st-Feb-2009 01:06 am (UTC)
yeah what the shit? :(
[info]x_newsoul 21st-Feb-2009 02:33 am (UTC)
EXACTLY my thought.. =/
[info]verstand 21st-Feb-2009 12:31 am (UTC)
He's coming to Victoria?? Ho shit.
[info]radname 21st-Feb-2009 12:33 am (UTC)
this man is a legend, and amazing song writer. But I would not pay to hear him sing anymore.
[info]shanniesaysyo 21st-Feb-2009 12:55 am (UTC)
i dont think i'd go out of my way-- i might though, my husband totes would. but i'm so excited he'll be at coachella. since i was already going anyway it's definitely a plus.
[info]thethirdjournal 21st-Feb-2009 02:03 am (UTC)
A friend of mine - who wasn't really a fan before - saw him during his last tour and said he was actually very good. She said she "finally got" why I thought he was so great.

Having said that, during his last tour the tickets were $350, which is about $345 more than I have, so it will be a no go from me.
[info]oohanalmond 21st-Feb-2009 12:35 am (UTC)
i think i just shat my pants from excitement.
[info]allhopelost88 21st-Feb-2009 12:35 am (UTC)
kingston but no toronto??!


lol ok
[info]pamberry 21st-Feb-2009 12:36 am (UTC)
omg yessss he's coming to victoria, praise heathus
DEFINITELY going
[info]dazzlelight 21st-Feb-2009 12:40 am (UTC)
thought it was clint eastwood as i scrolled by
[info]lilboiblue 21st-Feb-2009 12:46 am (UTC)
the geek in me thought it was leonard nimoy
[info]oh_its_lana 21st-Feb-2009 12:47 am (UTC)
I'm so sad I missed him last year when he came to my town.  If I could go back, I'd get tickets for my father and I.  :(
[info]vainandbitter 21st-Feb-2009 12:49 am (UTC)
Quebec City, Quebec Pavillon de la Jeunesse (21)

[info]sandycohen 21st-Feb-2009 12:51 am (UTC)
my dad will be very excited. he and his brother went to canada to see him and went to new york last night to see him. (we're from boston..)
[info]dig_lazarus_dig 21st-Feb-2009 12:53 am (UTC)
OH MY FUCKING GOD YES
[info]shanniesaysyo 21st-Feb-2009 12:54 am (UTC)
maaaaaaan i can not wait for coachella.
[info]sitakhet 21st-Feb-2009 01:20 am (UTC)
Fuck Québec City! Montréal is where it's AT!
[info]dolcianiblows 21st-Feb-2009 01:20 am (UTC)
FUCK YES he is coming to Boston!
[info]surrealistes 21st-Feb-2009 01:23 am (UTC)
i've been listening to 'i'm your man' on like, constant rotation recently.
[info]captrenault 21st-Feb-2009 01:28 am (UTC)
Four times in less than a year? Yeah -- I think I can swing that...
[info]guitarscreams 21st-Feb-2009 01:29 am (UTC)
wtf hamilton?


TORONTO.
[info]soupdupcosmogrl 21st-Feb-2009 01:31 am (UTC)
HAMILTON?! My friend is going to want to go to this. I hope the tickets aren't ridic like they were for the New York show.
[info]autoscopy 21st-Feb-2009 01:35 am (UTC)
Not that big on Jack Singer but it'd make more sense for him to play there than Pumphouse or The Warehouse or anything
[info]sprinklebell 21st-Feb-2009 01:44 am (UTC)
fuck! I will sneak into the academy of music, I swear.
[info]jerrivalentine 21st-Feb-2009 01:47 am (UTC)
Austin, no Houston. Boo =/
[info]ortanique 21st-Feb-2009 01:51 am (UTC)
There's no fucking reason for him not to come to Montreal.
[info]collie_tsunami 21st-Feb-2009 01:57 am (UTC)
omgggg
[info]jaienviedetoi 21st-Feb-2009 02:21 am (UTC)
I ate dinner next to him at this restaurant in the Market in Ottawa.
[info]jadziadrgnrdr 21st-Feb-2009 02:54 am (UTC)
... I thought it was Bruce Willis for a second and I was like "woah he's looking a little rough..."
[info]sunsetmission 21st-Feb-2009 03:51 am (UTC)
i saw his first show in toronto in june... hamilton is not too far to trek!
[info]kthnxbuhbye 21st-Feb-2009 04:01 am (UTC)
lol the palace in waterbury? that place is in the fuckin ghetto of that garbage city
[info]postwar_dream 21st-Feb-2009 04:08 am (UTC)
wtf, hamilton, london and kingston but no TORONTO?!

[info]kimberly__ 21st-Feb-2009 04:48 am (UTC)
even saskatoon lol
[info]blairbarella 21st-Feb-2009 04:20 am (UTC)
Oh shit, he's coming to Detriot??

[info]josephturner 21st-Feb-2009 04:37 am (UTC)
GM place? Ew. I wish he'd play a smaller venue.
[info]ohwhat_aworld 21st-Feb-2009 05:51 am (UTC)
OMG. YES.
[info]gabsy 21st-Feb-2009 07:00 am (UTC)
FUCK I hope I get to see him.
[info]thegifthorse 21st-Feb-2009 11:13 pm (UTC)
finally, yessss.
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