In January 2008, Leonard Cohen announced a long-anticipated world tour. It would be Cohen's first tour in 15 years.
| World tour by Leonard Cohen | |
| Start date | May 11, 2008 |
|---|---|
| End date | December 11, 2010 |
| Legs | 9 |
| No. of shows | 84 in North America 136 in Europe 26 in Oceania 1 in Middle East 247 in total |
| Leonard Cohen concert chronology | |
Background
edit2008 tour
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13 January 2008, Cohen quietly announced a long-anticipated concert tour.[1] The tour, Cohen's first in 15 years, began 11 May in Fredericton, New Brunswick to wide critical acclaim, and was extended until Winter of 2010.[2] The schedule of the first leg in Summer of 2008 encompassed Canada and Europe, including performances at The Big Chill,[3] the Montreal Jazz Festival, and on the Pyramid Stage at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival on 29 June 2008.[4] His performance at Glastonbury was hailed by many as the highlight of the festival,[5] and his performance of "Hallelujah" as the sun went down received a rapturous reception and a lengthy ovation from a packed Pyramid Stage field.[6] He also played two shows in London's O2 Arena, and in Dublin he gave a "milestone concert", while in Dublin he was the first performer to play an open-air concert at IMMA (Royal Hospital Kilmainham) ground, performing there on 13, 14 and 15 June 2008. In 2009, the performances were awarded Ireland's Meteor Music Award as the best international performance of the year.
In September, October and November 2008, Cohen gave a marathon tour of Europe, including stops in Austria, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Italy, Germany, and Scandinavia. In London, he played two more shows at the O2 Arena and two additional shows at the Royal Albert Hall. On 16 July 2008 Leonard Cohen also performed on the promenade of Edinburgh Castle Scotland to rapturous applause.
2009 tour
editThe third leg of Cohen's World Tour 2008–2009 encompassed New Zealand and Australia from 20 January to 10 February 2009.[7] In January 2009, The Pacific Tour first came to New Zealand. Simon Sweetman in The Dominion Post (Wellington) of 21 January wrote "It is hard work having to put this concert in to words so I'll just say something I have never said in a review before and will never say again: this was the best show I have ever seen." The Sydney Entertainment Centre show on 28 January sold out rapidly, which motivated promoters to announce a second show at the venue. The first performance was well-received, and the audience of 12,000 responded with five standing ovations. In response to hearing about the devastation to the Yarra Valley region of Victoria in Australia, Cohen donated $200,000 to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal in support of those affected by the extensive Black Saturday bushfires that razed the area just weeks after his performance at the Rochford Winery in the A Day on the Green concert.[8] Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reported: "Tour promoter Frontier Touring said $200,000 would be donated on behalf of Cohen, fellow performer Paul Kelly and Frontier to aid victims of the bushfires."[9]
On 19 February 2009, Cohen played his first American concert in fifteen years at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.[10] The show, showcased as the special performance for fans, Leonard Cohen Forum members and press, was the only show in the whole three-year tour which was broadcast on the radio (NPR) and available as the free podcast.
The North American Tour of 2009 opened on 1 April and included the performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, 17 April 2009, in front of one of the largest outdoor theatre crowds in the history of the festival. His performance of Hallelujah was widely regarded as one of the highlights of the festival, thus repeating the major success of the 2008 Glastonbury appearance. The performance has been included on 2010 Songs from the Road live release. During this leg, Cohen regularly performed new song, "Lullaby".
On 1 July 2009, Cohen started his marathon European tour, his third in two years. The itinerary mostly included sport arenas and open air Summer festivals in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Ireland (the show at O2 in Dublin won him the second Meteor Music Award in a row), but also performances in Serbia in the Belgrade Arena, in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, and again in Romania. On 3 August, Cohen gave an open-air show at the Piazza San Marco in Venice.
On 18 September 2009, on the stage at a concert in Valencia, Spain, Cohen suddenly fainted halfway through performing his song "Bird on the Wire", the fourth in the two-act set list; Cohen was brought down backstage by his band members and then admitted to local hospital, while the concert was suspended.[11] It was reported that Cohen had stomach problems, and possibly food poisoning.[12] Three days later, on 21 September, on his 75th birthday, he performed in Barcelona. The show, last in Europe in 2009 and rumoured to be the last European concert ever, attracted many international fans, who lighted the green candles honouring Cohen's birthday, leading Cohen to give a special speech of thanks for the fans and Leonard Cohen Forum.
The last concert of this leg was held in Ramat Gan, Israel, on 24 September, three days after Cohen's 75th birthday, at Ramat Gan Stadium. The event was surrounded by public discussion due to a cultural boycott of Israel proposed by a number of musicians.[13] Nevertheless, tickets for the Tel Aviv concert, Cohen's first performance in Israel since 1980, sold out in less than 24 hours.[14] It was announced that the proceeds from the sale of the 47,000 tickets would go into a charitable fund in partnership with Amnesty International and would be used by Israeli and Palestinian peace groups for projects providing health services to children and bringing together Israeli veterans and former Palestinian fighters and the families of those killed in the conflict.[15] However, on 17 August 2009, Amnesty International released a statement saying they were withdrawing from any involvement with the concert and its proceeds.[16] Amnesty International later stated that its withdrawal was not due to the boycott but "the lack of support from Israeli and Palestinian NGOs."[17] The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) led the call for the boycott, claiming that Cohen was "intent on whitewashing Israel's colonial apartheid regime by performing in Israel."[18] On 24 September at the Ramat Gan concert, Cohen was highly emotional about the Israeli-Palestinian NGO Bereaved Families for Peace. He mentioned the organization twice, saying "It was a while ago that I first heard of the work of the 'Bereaved Parents for Peace'. That there was this coalition of Palestinian and Israeli families who had lost so much in the conflict and whose depth of suffering had compelled them to reach across the border into the houses of the enemy. Into the houses of those, to locate them who had suffered as much as they had, and then to stand with them in aching confraternity, a witness to an understanding that is beyond peace and that is beyond confrontation. So, this is not about forgiving and forgetting, this is not about laying down one's arms in a time of war, this is not even about peace, although, God willing, it could be a beginning. This is about a response to human grief. A radical, unique and holy, holy, holy response to human suffering. Baruch Hashem, thank God, I bow my head in respect to the nobility of this enterprise."[19] At the end of the show he blessed the crowd by the Priestly Blessing, a Jewish blessing offered by Kohanim. Cohen's surname derives from this Hebrew word for priest, thus identifying him as a Kohen.[20]
The sixth leg of the 2008–2009 world tour went again to US, with fifteen shows in October and November, with the "final" show in San Jose. The final leg included two new songs, "Feels So Good" and "The Darkness". But at that point, Cohen's "World Tour 2010" was already announced with the European dates in March.
The 2009 world tour earned a reported $9.5 million, putting Cohen at number 39 on Billboard magazine's list of the year's top musical "money makers".[21]
2010 tour
editCohen's 2008–2009 world tour was prolonged into 2010. Originally scheduled to start in March, the first dozen of the original European dates were postponed to September and October due to Cohen's lower-back injury.[22] Officially billed as the "World Tour 2010", the tour started on 25 July 2010 in Arena Zagreb, Croatia, where in the week of the show 16 of Cohen's albums simultaneously entered the Croatian Top 40,[23] while Cohen's work was presented by the translation of Book of Mercy, two of Cohen's biographies, and with selection of poems in major literary magazine Quorum, while there was also the translation of Linda Hutcheon's work on Cohen's literary output. In December 2010, the national daily newspaper Vjesnik ranked Cohen's show among the five most important cultural event in Croatia in 2010, in the poll among dozen of intellectuals and writers; it was the only event ranked which was not actually Croatian.[24] The tour continued through August, with stops in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Scandinavia, and Ireland, where on 31 July & 1 August 2010 Cohen performed at Lissadell House in County Sligo. It was Cohen's ninth Irish concert in just two years after a hiatus of more than 20 years.[25] On 12 August, Cohen played the 200th show of the tour in Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden, where he had already played in October 2008; the show was four hours long.
The Fall leg of the European tour started in early September with an open-air show in Florence, Italy, and continued through Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria, where Cohen performed at the famous open-air opera stage of Römersteinbruch bei St. Margarethen im Burgenland, and then continued with dates in France, Poland, Russia (Moscow's State Kremlin Palace), Slovenia and Slovakia.[26] In Slovenia's brand new Arena Stožice, Cohen accepted Croatia's Porin music award for best foreign live video programme, which he won for his Live in London DVD.[27] Cohen's last European show was held in Sibamac Arena, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The shows in late September and October were performed without Sharon Robinson, who left this tour leg due to heavy illness; the setlist omitted songs co-written by her, but old Cohen standards were added instead.
The third leg of the 2010 tour started on 28 October in New Zealand and continued in Australia, including an open-air concert at Hanging Rock near Melbourne. It was the first show ever organised at the site. The tour finished with seven special dates added in Vancouver, Portland, Victoria and Oakland, with two final shows in Las Vegas' The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on 10 and 11 December. The very last concert on 11 December was the 246th show on the world tour which started on 11 May 2008.
Live releases
editOn 31 March 2009, Cohen released Live in London, recorded on 17 July 2008 at London's O2 Arena and released on DVD and as a two-CD set. The album contains 25 songs and is over two-and-a-half hours long. It was the first official DVD in Cohen's recording career. The quotation on the album referred to one hundred five-star reviews the tour gained in the international press in 2008.
Songs From the Road appeared roughly 14 months after releasing Live in London , which preserved Cohen's July 2008 performance at London's O2 Arena. This collection features 12 songs from his 2008 and 2009 concert dates, and while this album isn't exactly a collection of rarities, it does feature a number of lesser-known tunes (such as "Heart with No Companion" and "That Don't Make It Junk") and variant versions of some of his more famous numbers (Cohen juggles the order of the verses on "Suzanne" and adds a new verse to "Bird on a Wire"). The selections were taken from a wide variety of locations, including Tel Aviv, Scotland, Finland, and Cohen's native Canada.
Set lists
edit2008 set list
editThis set list is representative of the performance on November 13, 2008 in London, England. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
- "Dance Me to the End of Love"
- "The Future"
- "Ain't No Cure for Love"
- "Bird on the Wire"
- "Everybody Knows"
- "In My Secret Life"
- "Who by Fire"
- "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye"
- "That Don't Make It Junk"
- "Anthem"
- Intermission
- "Tower of Song"
- "Suzanne"
- "The Gypsy's Wife"
- "The Partisan"
- "Boogie Street"
- "Hallelujah"
- "I'm Your Man"
- "A Thousand Kisses Deep"
- "Take This Waltz"
- Encore
- "So Long, Marianne"
- "First We Take Manhattan"
- "Famous Blue Raincoat"
- "If It Be Your Will"
- "Democracy"
- "I Tried to Leave You"
- "Whither Thou Goest"
2009 set list
editThis set list is representative of the performance on October 23, 2009 in New York City, New York. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
- "Dance Me to the End of Love"
- "The Future"
- "Ain't No Cure for Love"
- "Bird on the Wire"
- "Everybody Knows"
- "In My Secret Life"
- "Who by Fire"
- "Chelsea Hotel #2"
- "Waiting for the Miracle"
- "The Flood"
- "Anthem"
- Intermission
- "Tower of Song"
- "Suzanne"
- "Sisters of Mercy"
- "The Gypsy's Wife"
- "The Partisan"
- "Boogie Street"
- "Hallelujah"
- "I'm Your Man"
- "A Thousand Kisses Deep"
- "Take This Waltz"
- Encores
- "So Long, Marianne"
- "First We Take Manhattan"
- "Famous Blue Raincoat"
- "If It Be Your Will"
- "Closing Time"
- "I Tried to Leave You"
2010 set list
editThis set list is representative of the performance on November 30, 2010 in Victoria, British Columbia. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
- "Dance Me to the End of Love"
- "The Future"
- "Ain't No Cure for Love"
- "Bird on the Wire"
- "Everybody Knows"
- "In My Secret Life"
- "Who by Fire"
- "Darkness"
- "Chelsea Hotel #2"
- "Waiting for the Miracle"
- "Anthem"
- Intermission
- "Tower of Song"
- "Suzanne"
- "Avalanche"
- "A Singer Must Die"
- "Sisters of Mercy"
- "The Gypsy's Wife"
- "The Partisan"
- "Boogie Street"
- "Hallelujah"
- "I'm Your Man"
- "A Thousand Kisses Deep"
- "Take This Waltz"
- Encores
- "So Long, Marianne"
- "If It Be Your Will"
- "Closing Time"
- "I Tried to Leave You"
Tour dates
edit| Date | City | Country | Venue | Tickets Sold/Available | Box Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | ||||||
| May 11, 2008 | Fredericton | Canada | Fredericton Playhouse | — | — | |
| May 12, 2008 | Halifax | Rebecca Cohn Auditorium | — | — | ||
| May 13, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| May 15, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| May 16, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| May 17, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| May 18, 2008 | Charlottetown | Confederation Centre of the Arts | — | — | ||
| May 20, 2008 | Glace Bay | The Savoy Theatre | — | — | ||
| May 21, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| May 23, 2008 | Moncton | Théâtre Capitol Moncton | — | — | ||
| May 25, 2008 | St. John's | Holy Heart Theatre | — | — | ||
| May 26, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| May 27, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| May 30, 2008 | Saguenay | Auditorium Dufour | — | — | ||
| May 31, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| June 2, 2008 | Kitchener | Centre In The Square | — | — | ||
| June 3, 2008 | Hamilton | Hamilton Place Theatre | — | — | ||
| June 4, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| June 6, 2008 | Toronto | Sony Centre for the Performing Arts | — | — | ||
| June 7, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| June 8, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| June 9, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| Europe | ||||||
| June 13, 2008 | Dublin | Ireland | Irish Museum of Modern Art | 36,715 / 37,500 (98%) | $6,171,090 | |
| June 14, 2008 | ||||||
| June 15, 2008 | ||||||
| June 17, 2008 | Manchester | England | Manchester Opera House | 7,354 / 8,000 (92%) | $1,059,782 | |
| June 18, 2008 | ||||||
| June 19, 2008 | ||||||
| June 20, 2008 | ||||||
| North America | ||||||
| June 23, 2008 | Montreal | Canada | Place des Arts | —[a] | ||
| June 24, 2008 | ||||||
| June 25, 2008 | ||||||
| Europe | ||||||
| June 29, 2008 | Pilton | England | Worthy Farm | —[b] | ||
| July 1, 2008 | Oslo | Norway | Bislett Stadion | 13,879 / 20,000 (69%) | $1,643,163 | |
| July 3, 2008 | Helsingborg | Sweden | Sofiero Slott | 6,943 / 15,000 (46%) | $923,719 | |
| July 5, 2008 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Rosenborg Castle | 10,651 / 15,000 (71%) | $1,905,089 | |
| July 6, 2008 | Århus | Rådhusparken | 8,793 / 15,000 (59%) | $1,434,877 | ||
| July 8, 2008 | Montreux | Switzerland | Auditorium Stravinski | —[c] | ||
| July 9, 2008 | Lyon | France | Ancient Theatre of Fourvière | —[d] | ||
| July 10, 2008 | Bruges | Belgium | Minnewaterpark | — | — | |
| July 12, 2008 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek | 12,429 / 15,000 (83%) | $1,160,340 | |
| July 16, 2008 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Castle | 8,391 / 10,000 (84%) | $856,154 | |
| July 17, 2008 | London | England | The O2 Arena | 15,627 / 16,000 (98%) | $1,915,769 | |
| July 19, 2008 | Lisbon | Portugal | Passeio Marítimo de Algés | — | — | |
| July 20, 2008 | Benicàssim | Spain | Benicàssim Festival Grounds | —[e] | ||
| July 22, 2008 | Nice | France | Place Massena | —[f] | ||
| July 25, 2008 | Lörrach | Germany | Lörrach Burghof | — | — | |
| July 27, 2008 | Lucca | Italy | Piazza Napoleone | —[g] | ||
| July 28, 2008 | Rome | Auditorium Parco della Musica | — | — | ||
| July 30, 2008 | Athens | Greece | Terra Vibe Park | — | — | |
| August 3, 2008 | Ledbury | England | Eastnor Castle | —[h] | ||
| September 21, 2008 | Bucharest | Romania | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | — | — | |
| September 24, 2008 | Vienna | Austria | Wierner Konzerthaus | — | — | |
| September 25, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| September 27, 2008 | Prague | Czech Republic | Tesla Arena | — | — | |
| September 29, 2008 | Wrocław | Poland | Hala Orbita | — | — | |
| October 1, 2008 | Warsaw | Torwar Hall | — | — | ||
| October 4, 2008 | Berlin | Germany | O2 World Berlin | — | — | |
| October 6, 2008 | Munich | Olympiahalle | — | — | ||
| October 10, 2008 | Helsinki | Finland | Hartwall Areena | — | — | |
| October 12, 2008 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | — | — | |
| October 15, 2008 | Stockholm | Globen Arena | — | — | ||
| October 17, 2008 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Forum Copenhagen | — | — | |
| October 19, 2008 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National | — | — | |
| October 20, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| October 23, 2008 | Milan | Italy | Teatro degli Arcimboldi | — | — | |
| October 25, 2008 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | — | — | |
| October 27, 2008 | Geneva | SEG Geneva Arena | — | — | ||
| October 29, 2008 | Frankfurt | Germany | Festhalle Frankfurt | — | — | |
| October 31, 2008 | Hamburg | O2 World Hamburg | — | — | ||
| November 2, 2008 | Oberhausen | König Pilsener Arena | — | — | ||
| November 3, 2008 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy | — | — | |
| November 5, 2008 | Glasgow | Scotland | Clyde Auditorium | — | — | |
| November 6, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| November 8, 2008 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff International Arena | — | — | |
| November 11, 2008 | Bournemouth | England | Bournemouth International Centre | — | — | |
| November 13, 2008 | London | The O2 Arena | — | — | ||
| November 14, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| November 17, 2008 | Royal Albert Hall | — | — | |||
| November 18, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| November 22, 2008 | Birmingham | LG Arena | — | — | ||
| November 24, 2008 | Paris | France | L'Olympia | — | — | |
| November 25, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| November 26, 2008 | — | — | ||||
| November 28, 2008 | Brighton | England | Brighton Centre | — | — | |
| November 30, 2008 | Manchester | Manchester Evening News Arena | — | — | ||
| Oceania | ||||||
| January 20, 2009 | Wellington | New Zealand | TSB Bank Arena | — | — | |
| January 22, 2009 | Auckland | Vector Arena | — | — | ||
| January 24, 2009 | Coldstream | Australia | Rochford Winery | — | — | |
| January 26, 2009 | Adelaide | Leconfield Winery | — | — | ||
| January 28, 2009 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | — | — | ||
| January 29, 2009 | — | — | ||||
| January 31, 2009 | Hunter Valley | Bimbadgen Estate | — | — | ||
| February 1, 2009 | Bowral | Centennial Vineyards | — | — | ||
| February 3, 2009 | Queensland | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | 8,284 / 10,000 (83%) | $776,456 | ||
| February 5, 2009 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | 17,567 / 17,700 (99%) | $1,605,568 [i] | ||
| February 7, 2009 | Swan Valley | Sandalford Winery | — | — | ||
| February 10, 2009 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | —[i] | |||
| North America | ||||||
| February 19, 2009 | New York City | United States | Beacon Theatre | 2,475 / 2,475 (100%) | $313,120 | |
| April 1, 2009 | Austin | Michael and Susan Dell Hall | 4,725 / 4,725 (100%) | $449,745 | ||
| April 2, 2009 | ||||||
| April 3, 2009 | Grand Prairie | Nokia Live at Grand Prairie | — | — | ||
| April 5, 2009 | Phoenix | Dodge Theatre | — | — | ||
| April 7, 2009 | San Diego | Copley Symphony Hall | — | — | ||
| April 10, 2009 | Los Angeles | Nokia Theatre L.A. Live | 13,564 / 13,564 (100%) | $1,251,786 | ||
| April 11, 2009 | ||||||
| April 13, 2009 | Oakland | Paramount Theatre | 8,979 / 8,979 (100%) | $973,345 | ||
| April 14, 2009 | ||||||
| April 15, 2009 | ||||||
| April 17, 2009 | Indio | Empire Polo Club | —[j] | |||
| April 19, 2009 | Vancouver | Canada | General Motors Place | 8,632 / 8,632 (100%) | $937,142 | |
| April 21, 2009 | Victoria | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | 5,663 / 5,663 (100%) | $436,743 | ||
| April 23, 2009 | Seattle | United States | WaMu Theater | — | — | |
| April 25, 2009 | Edmonton | Canada | Rexall Place | 7,901 / 7,901 (100%) | $680,204 | |
| April 26, 2009 | Calgary | Jack Singer Concert Hall | — | — | ||
| April 28, 2009 | Saskatoon | Credit Union Centre | — | — | ||
| April 30, 2009 | Winnipeg | MTS Centre | — | — | ||
| May 3, 2009 | Minneapolis | United States | Orpheum Theatre | — | — | |
| May 5, 2009 | Chicago | Chicago Theatre | 7,029 / 7,029 (100%) | $832,539 | ||
| May 6, 2009 | ||||||
| May 9, 2009 | Detroit | Fox Theatre | — | — | ||
| May 11, 2009 | Columbia | Merriweather Post Pavilion | — | — | ||
| May 12, 2009 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Academy of Music | — | — | ||
| May 14, 2009 | Waterbury | Palace Theater | — | — | ||
| May 16, 2009 | New York City | Radio City Music Hall | 11,864 / 11,864 (100%) | $1,665,982 | ||
| May 17, 2009 | ||||||
| May 19, 2009 | Hamilton | Canada | Copps Coliseum | 6,940 / 6,940 (100%) | $639,472 | |
| May 21, 2009 | Quebec City | Pavillon de la Jeunesse | — | — | ||
| May 22, 2009 | Kingston | K-Rock Centre | — | — | ||
| May 24, 2009 | London | John Labatt Centre | — | — | ||
| May 25, 2009 | Ottawa | Southam Hall | 4,662 / 4,662 (100%) | $734,824 | ||
| May 26, 2009 | ||||||
| May 29, 2009 | Boston | United States | Wang Theatre | 7,016 / 7,016 (100%) | $838,697 | |
| May 30, 2009 | ||||||
| June 2, 2009 | Morrison | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | — | — | ||
| Europe | ||||||
| July 1, 2009 | Cologne | Germany | Lanxess Arena | — | — | |
| July 2, 2009 | Berlin | O2 World Berlin | — | — | ||
| July 4, 2009 | Antwerp | Belgium | Sportpaleis | — | — | |
| July 6, 2009 | Nantes | France | Le Zénith Nantes Métropole | — | — | |
| July 7, 2009 | Paris | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | — | — | ||
| July 9, 2009 | Toulouse | Zénith de Toulouse | — | — | ||
| July 11, 2009 | Weybridge | England | Mercedes-Benz World | — | — | |
| July 14, 2009 | Liverpool | Echo Arena Liverpool | — | — | ||
| July 16, 2009 | Langesund | Norway | Mandssangforening | —[k] | ||
| July 17, 2009 | Molde | Molde Festival Grounds | —[l] | |||
| July 19, 2009 | Dublin | Ireland | The O2 | — | — | |
| July 20, 2009 | — | — | ||||
| July 22, 2009 | — | — | ||||
| July 23, 2009 | — | — | ||||
| July 26, 2009 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena | — | — | |
| July 30, 2009 | Lisbon | Portugal | Pavilhão Atlântico | — | — | |
| July 31, 2009 | León | Spain | Leon Arena | — | — | |
| August 3, 2009 | Venice | Italy | San Marco | — | — | |
| August 5, 2009 | Istanbul | Turkey | Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre | — | — | |
| August 6, 2009 | — | — | ||||
| August 11, 2009 | Palma | Spain | Palma Arena | — | — | |
| August 13, 2009 | Vigo | Vigo Festival Grounds | —[m] | |||
| August 15, 2009 | Girona | Girona Festival Grounds | —[n] | |||
| August 16, 2009 | Colmar | France | Colmar Parc des Expositions | —[o] | ||
| August 18, 2009 | Vienne | Theatre Antique | — | — | ||
| August 20, 2009 | Nîmes | Arena of Nîmes | —[p] | |||
| August 22, 2009 | Monte Carlo | Monaco | Monaco Sporting Club | —[q] | ||
| August 23, 2009 | ||||||
| August 26, 2009 | Wiesen | Austria | Festivalgelande Wiesen | — | — | |
| August 28, 2009 | Bratislava | Slovakia | Incheba Expo | — | — | |
| August 29, 2009 | Prague | Czech Republic | O2 Arena | — | — | |
| August 31, 2009 | Budapest | Hungary | Budapest Sports Arena | — | — | |
| September 2, 2009 | Belgrade | Serbia | Belgrade Arena | — | — | |
| September 4, 2009 | Bucharest | Romania | Bucharest Youth Stadium | — | — | |
| September 12, 2009 | Madrid | Spain | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad | — | — | |
| September 13, 2009 | Granada | Colisseum | — | — | ||
| September 15, 2009 | Zaragoza | Príncipe Felipe Arena | — | — | ||
| September 17, 2009 | Barakaldo | Bilbao Arena | — | — | ||
| September 21, 2009 | Barcelona | Palau Sant Jordi | — | — | ||
| Middle East | ||||||
| September 24, 2009 | Ramat Gan | Israel | Ramat Gan Stadium | — | — | |
| North America | ||||||
| October 17, 2009 | Sunrise | United States | BankAtlantic Center | — | — | |
| October 19, 2009 | Tampa | St. Pete Times Forum | — | — | ||
| October 20, 2009 | Atlanta | Fox Theatre | — | — | ||
| October 22, 2009 | Philadelphia | Wachovia Spectrum | — | — | ||
| October 23, 2009 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 13,354 / 13,354 (100%) | $1,458,089 | ||
| October 25, 2009 | Cleveland | Allen Theatre | — | — | ||
| October 27, 2009 | Columbus | Columbus Palace Theatre | — | — | ||
| October 29, 2009 | Rosemont | Rosemont Theatre | — | — | ||
| November 1, 2009 | Asheville | Thomas Wolfe Auditorium | — | — | ||
| November 3, 2009 | Durham | Durham Performing Arts Center | — | — | ||
| November 5, 2009 | Nashville | Tennessee Performing Arts Center | — | — | ||
| November 7, 2009 | St. Louis | Fox Theatre | — | — | ||
| November 9, 2009 | Kansas City | Midland Theatre | — | — | ||
| November 12, 2009 | Las Vegas | The Colosseum at Caesars Palace | 3,228 / 3,228 (100%) | $413,097 | ||
| November 13, 2009 | San Jose | HP Pavilion at San Jose | — | — | ||
| Europe | ||||||
| July 25, 2010 | Zagreb | Croatia | Arena Zagreb | — | — | |
| July 27, 2010 | Salzburg | Austria | Salzburgarena | — | — | |
| July 28, 2010 | Graz | Stadthalle Graz | — | — | ||
| July 31, 2010 | Sligo | Ireland | Lissadell House | — | — | |
| August 1, 2010 | — | — | ||||
| August 4, 2010 | Malmö | Sweden | Malmö Arena | — | — | |
| August 6, 2010 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum | — | — | |
| August 8, 2010 | Stockholm | Sweden | Ericsson Globe | — | — | |
| August 10, 2010 | Helsinki | Finland | Hartwall Areena | — | — | |
| August 12, 2010 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | — | — | |
| August 14, 2010 | Odense | Denmark | Engen | — | — | |
| August 18, 2010 | Berlin | Germany | Waldbühne | — | — | |
| August 20, 2010 | Ghent | Belgium | St. Peter's Square | — | — | |
| August 21, 2010 | — | — | ||||
| August 22, 2010 | — | — | ||||
| September 1, 2010 | Florence | Italy | Piazza Santa Croce | — | — | |
| September 3, 2010 | Wiesbaden | Germany | Wiesbaden Bowling Green | — | — | |
| September 5, 2010 | Burgenland | Austria | Roemersteinbruch | — | — | |
| September 8, 2010 | Basel | Switzerland | St. Jakobshalle | — | — | |
| September 10, 2010 | Lisbon | Portugal | Pavilhão Atlântico | — | — | |
| September 12, 2010 | Ourense | Spain | Pabellon Paco Paz | — | — | |
| September 15, 2010 | Caen | France | Zénith de Caen | — | — | |
| September 17, 2010 | Grenoble | Palais des Sports | — | — | ||
| September 19, 2010 | Strasbourg | Zénith de Strasbourg | — | — | ||
| September 21, 2010 | Marseille | Le Dôme de Marseille | — | — | ||
| September 23, 2010 | Tours | Tours Grand Hall | — | — | ||
| September 25, 2010 | Lille | Zénith de Lille | — | — | ||
| September 27, 2010 | Hanover | Germany | TUI Arena | — | — | |
| September 29, 2010 | Dortmund | Westfalenhallen | — | — | ||
| October 1, 2010 | Stuttgart | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle | — | — | ||
| October 4, 2010 | Katowice | Poland | Spodek | — | — | |
| October 7, 2010 | Moscow | Russia | Grand Kremlin Palace | — | — | |
| October 10, 2010 | Warsaw | Poland | Torwar Hall | — | — | |
| October 12, 2010 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | Arena Stožice | — | — | |
| October 13, 2010 | Bratislava | Slovakia | Sibamac Arena | — | — | |
| Oceania | ||||||
| October 28, 2010 | Auckland | New Zealand | Vector Arena | 13,876 / 20,000 (69%) | $1,424,410 | |
| October 29, 2010 | ||||||
| October 31, 2010 | Wellington | TSB Bank Arena | 8,198 / 10,000 (82%) | $915,532 | ||
| November 1, 2010 | ||||||
| November 3, 2010 | Addington | CBS Canterbury Arena | 7,315 / 7,543 (97%) | $915,887 | ||
| November 6, 2010 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | 9,207 / 9,652 (95%) | $1,717,520 | |
| November 8, 2010 | Sydney | Acer Arena | 16,952 / 17,360 (98%) | $2,929,150 | ||
| November 9, 2010 | ||||||
| November 12, 2010 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | 21,834 / 22,268 (98%) | $3,627,720 | ||
| November 13, 2010 | ||||||
| November 15, 2010 | Hobart | Derwent Entertainment Centre | 4,438 / 4,438 (100%) | $663,365 | ||
| November 18, 2010 | Adelaide | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | 6,550 / 8,500 (77%) | $994,233 | ||
| November 20, 2010 | Macedon | Hanging Rock | 14,483 / 14,483 (100%) | $1,735,530 | ||
| November 24, 2010 | Perth | ME Bank Stadium | 10,483 / 15,000 (70%) | $1,622,970 | ||
| North America | ||||||
| November 30, 2010 | Victoria | Canada | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | 5,270 / 5,270 (100%) | $467,996 | |
| December 2, 2010 | Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8,209 / 8,209 (100%) | $977,367 | ||
| December 5, 2010 | Oakland | United States | Paramount Theatre | 5,994 / 5,994 (100%) | $691,196 | |
| December 6, 2010 | ||||||
| December 8, 2010 | Portland | Theater of Clouds | 5,997 / 5,997 (100%) | $446,707 | ||
| December 10, 2010 | Las Vegas | The Colosseum at Caesars Palace | 5,777 / 5,777 (100%) | $744,667 | ||
| December 11, 2010 | ||||||
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
edit| June 2, 2009 | Morrison | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Rescheduled to June 4, 2009 |
| September 4, 2009 | Bucharest | Piata Constitutiei | Moved to Iolanda Balas Soter Stadium |
| September 18, 2009 | Valencia | Velódromo Lluis Puig | Cancelled after 3rd song |
| March 1, 2010 | Caen | Le Zénith | Rescheduled to September 15, 2010. |
| March 3, 2010 | Lille | Le Zénith | Rescheduled to September 25, 2010. |
| March 5, 2010 | Strasbourg | Le Zénith | Rescheduled to September 19, 2010. |
| March 7, 2010 | Marseille | Le Dome | Rescheduled to September 21, 2010. |
| March 9, 2010 | Grenoble | Palais des Sports | Rescheduled to September 17, 2010. |
| March 11, 2010 | Tours | Parc des Expositions | Rescheduled to September 23, 2010 and moved to Tours Grand Hall. |
| March 13, 2010 | Bratislava | Incheba Expo Arena | Rescheduled to October 13, 2010 and moved to Sibamac Arena. |
| March 15, 2010 | Zagreb | Arena Zagreb | Rescheduled to July 25, 2010. |
| March 18, 2010 | Moscow | Kremlin Palace | Rescheduled to October 7, 2010. |
Notes
edit- ^ The June 23, 2008 concert in Montreal is a part of the Montreal Jazz Festival.
- ^ The June 29, 2008 concert in Pilton is a part of Glastonbury Festival.
- ^ The July 8, 2008 concert in Montreux is a part of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
- ^ The July 8, 2008 concert in Lyon is a part of Les Nuits de Fourvière.
- ^ The July 20, 2008 concert in Benicàssim is a part of Festival Internacional de Benicàssim.
- ^ The July 22, 2008 concert in Nice is a part of the Nice Jazz.
- ^ The July 27, 2008 concert in Lucca is a part of the Lucca Summer Festival.
- ^ The August 3, 2008 concert in Ledbury is a part of The Big Chill.
- ^ a b The score data is combined from the shows held at the Rod Laver Arena on February 5 and 10 2009.
- ^ The April 17, 2009 concert in Indio is a part of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
- ^ The July 16, 2009 concert in Langesund is a part of Langesund International Shantyfestival.
- ^ The July 17, 2009 concert in Molde is a part of Moldejazz.
- ^ The August 13, 2009 concert in Vigo is a part of Festival Castrelos.
- ^ The August 15, 2009 concert in Girona is a part of Festival Cap Roig.
- ^ The August 16, 2009 concert in Colmar is a part of Foire aux Vins de Colmar Festival.
- ^ The August 20, 2009 concert in Nîmes is a part of Festival de Nîmes.
- ^ The August 22 and 23, 2009 concert in Nîmes is a part of Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival.
Musicians
edit- Leonard Cohen – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard
- Roscoe Beck – bass, backing vocals, musical director
- Sharon Robinson – vocals
- Rafael Bernardo Gayol – drums, percussion
- Neil Larsen – keyboards, accordion
- Javier Mas – laúd, bandurria, guitar
- Bob Metzger – guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
- Dino Soldo – saxophone, clarinet, harmonica, keyboard, backing vocals
- Charley Webb – backing vocals, guitar
- Hattie Webb – backing vocals, harp
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