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Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
 
Leonard Cohen to tour Canada and then the US this year.

This almost makes up for me missing Tom Waits a couple years ago.


Dates and tickets here.

[ March 12, 2008, 09:14 AM: Message edited by: Ben ]
 

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Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
 
Why didn't I know he was still alive?
He writes some good songs.
Like Halleyuyah which I can't spell.
 

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Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
 
That's such awesome news, I'll have to get a hold of some tickets, that man has got to be the greatest living poet in the world.
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 


Thanks, Ben!
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Woo!
 

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Posted by Godric 2.0 (Member # 11443) on :
 
I wonder if he'll make it to Vegas... Probably not.
 

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Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
 
Anyone ever seen him perform?

I can't imagine him playing in a large venue, if it was more than, oh, a few hundred folks in the audience it'd seem too impersonal to me.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Where is CT?

She probably is swooning after reading this post.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Um, she posted 4 above you?
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Right...and now she is swooning.


She could hardly swoon without knowing first....well....


...never mind.


 

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Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
 
Dates are now up. No US dates announced yet, but I am hoping they will come soon. For those of you in Canada, the Toronto and Montreal tickets are available for pre-sale I believe.

Tour Dates Listed Here
 

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Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
 
Can Leonard Cohen actually sing? I heard him "sing" "Born to Lose" on Elton John's Duets album, and he was awful.
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
He was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to a standing ovation by his peers.

Omega, he is more known for his lyricism than singing. The latter has been described in a variety of ways, to put it mildly. I find it delicious.

As for he, himself?

quote:

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I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice

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