Leonard Cohen embarks on tour you cannot afford

Hello! Please sit down, make yourself at home. I'm Leonard Cohen. Do you like candlelight? I really think it creates a certain warmth, really gives people a chance to just BE, to just TALK. You see, I will be coming to your town shortly. I know you have never seen me before until well--this little candlelit chat we're having--and well, frankly, there is no way in hell you or anyone else will be able to afford it. Unless of course you are one of those older, distinguished Minneapolis residents who spends leisurely (I said "lesh-ur-lee") Friday evenings sipping a glass at Bar Lurcat and postulating on the quality of various small European literary publishing houses and listening to MPR with the volume turned down low while remodeling your 1923 Craftsman cottage. And I see that you are not wearing black horn-rimmed glasses today, so clearly you are not. You will not be able to afford my show. Please, though, I beg of you, enjoy and purchase my Live in London double CD/DVD release, coming soon! And if you dig up $78.50-$253.50, you know where I'll be. Ciao!


04-02 Austin, TX - Michael and Susan Dell Hall at Long Center
04-03 Grand Prarie, TX - Nokia Theatre at Grand Prarie
04-05 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
04-07 San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall
04-10 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
04-13 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre of the Arts
04-17 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
04-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
04-21 Victoria, British Columbia - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
04-23 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater at Qwest FieldEvents Center
04-25 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
04-26 Calgary, Alberta - EPCOR Centre's Jack Singer Hall
04-28 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre
04-30 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
05-03 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
05-05 Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
05-09 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
05-11 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
05-12 Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Music
05-14 Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater
05-16 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-19 Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum
05-21 Quebec City, Quebec - Pavillon de la Jeunesse
05-22 Kingston, Ontario - K-Rock Centre
05-24 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
05-25 Ottowa, Ontario - National Arts Centre, Southam Hall
05-29 Boston, MA - Wang Theatre
06-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Ohhhh so much Leonard Cohen dates!

Thank you, Leonard Cohen, for going on a tour so long that I barely have to type anything. This is good b/c I am at the coffeeshop but want to get out of here so that I can use the bathroom. This is bad because all of the dates are in Europe, where I am not.

And that's it! That's all I am going to write for you this week! I have been so busy doing my usual depressing crapschedule of obsessively applying for jobs, and living through two of the potentially funnest, boating-filled days of the summer earlier this week, that I just straight up haven't had time to scour the approximately 3 news sources I rip off to write this blog. (Note: "funnest" does not show up as a mistake on my spellcheck, but "crapschedule" does. What gives? Thanks for making America dumber, Spellcheck. Or would you prefer I say "more dumber???") Until next week, then, and until I get one of these here jobs I'm interviewing for in the next few days. So please...wish me luck, and wish me a regular income.


08-03 Ledbury, England - The Big Chill
09-21 Bucharest, Romania - Arcul de Trumpf
09-24 Vienna, Austria - Koncerthaus
09-27 Prague, Czech Republic - HC Sparta
09-29 Wroclaw, Poland - Hala Orbita
10-01 Warsaw, Poland - Torwar
10-04 Berlin, Germany - O2
10-07 Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
10-10 Helsinki, Finland - Ice Hall
10-12 Gothenburg, Sweden - Falconer
10-15 Stockholm, Sweden - Golben
10-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Forum
10-20 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
10-23 Milan, Italy - Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
10-25 Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
10-27 Geneva, Switzerland - TBA
10-29 Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle
10-31 Hamburg, Germany - Colorline Arena
11-02 Oberhausen, Germany - Oberhausen Arena
11-03 Rottendam, Netherlands - Ahoy
11-05 Glasgow, Scotland - Clyde
11-08 Cardiff, Wales - International Arena
11-11 Bournemouth, England - International Centre
11-13 London, England - O2 Arena
11-22 Birmingham, England - NEC
11-24 Paris, France - Olympia
11-25 Paris, France - Olympia
11-28 Brighton, England - Brighton Centre
12-01 Dublin, Ireland - The Point

No more sittin' at home for Leonard Cohen

Ohhhhhhhhh man! That dude is gonna be everywhere! Except maybe the United States, but word on the street is that a swing through at least the main 48 (SORRY HAWAII YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BE THE BEST AT EVERYTHING) is most likely gonna happen.

In other news, OMGwhatisthat.blogspot.com is the most incredible webpage I have ever seen. Sure, I wrote it, but that doesn't make it any less good/mean that I'm biased or anything. Also it's easier to write than this one b/c all I have to do is link to funny animal images/videos which I do not own. Oh man, the SXSW countdown is on and I am just a bundle of inarticulate nerves.


06-06 Toronto, Ontario - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
06-07 Toronto, Ontario - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
06-14 Dublin, Ireland - IMMA
06-15 Dublin, Ireland - IMMA
06-17 Manchester, England - Opera House
06-18 Manchester, England - Opera House
06-19 Manchester, England - Opera House
06-20 Manchester, England - Opera House
06-23 Montreal, Quebec - Montreal Jazz Festival
06-24 Montreal, Quebec - Montreal Jazz Festival
06-25 Montreal, Quebec - Montreal Jazz Festival
06-29 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-01 Oslo, Norway - Aliset Stadium
07-03 Helsingborg, Sweden - Open Air
07-05 Copenhagen, Denmark - Rosenborg Castle
07-06 Aarhus, Denmark - Radhus Parken
07-08 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
07-09 Lyon, France - Festival
07-10 Bruges, Belgium - Cactus
07-12 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Westerdam
07-16 Edinburgh, Scotland - Castle
07-17 London, England - O2 Arena
07-19 Lisbon, Portugal - Passelo Maritimo
07-20 Beniccasim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
07-22 Nice, France - Jazz Festival
07-25 Lorrach, Germany - Stimmen der Welt
07-27 Lucca, Italy - Summer Festival
07-29 Athens, Greece - Lykabettus Theatre