Tour news isn’t our usual fare, but today brings word of a living legend hitting the road and I’d be remiss in not pointing out these rare dates. In addition to a late summer/early fall jaunt through Europe, Leonard Cohen will return to North America for 21 shows, launching in Austin, Texas on Halloween and extending through November/December before the tour wraps with a concert in Brooklyn just ahead of the New Year. Though a number of Cohen tours have made their way around the world in the past few years, it hasn’t been long since the great songwriter/poet ended a 15-year live hiatus back in 2008. That return to the stage saw a number of new songs debuted in early form, but now the long-awaited record, Old Ideas, is in the can and on shelves.
Tickets go up for sale on May 18th. In the meantime, find your closest hall, arena, or theater and watch an awesome clip of Cohen performing “The Stranger Song” the year his debut LP was release, 1967, below:
Leonard Cohen 2012 North American Tour
10-31 Austin, Texas | Bass Concert Hall
11-03 Denver, Colorado | First Bank Center
11-05 Los Angeles, California | Nokia Theatre
11-07 San Jose, California | HP Pavilion
11-09 Seattle, Washington | Key Arena
11-11 Portland, Oregon | Rose Garden
11-12 Vancouver, British Columbia | Rogers Arena
11-16 Calgary, Alberta | Scotiabank Saddledome
11-18 Edmonton, Alberta | Rexall Place
11-20 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Credit Union Centre
11-23 Chicago, Illinois | Akoo Theater
11-26 Detroit, Michigan | Fox Theater
11-28 Montreal, Quebec | Bell Centre
12-02 Quebec City, Quebec | Colisee Pepsi
12-04 Toronto, Ontario | Air Canada Centre
12-07 Ottawa, Ontario | Scotiabank Place
12-11 London, Ontario | John Labatt Center
12-13 Kingston, Ontario | K-Rock Center
12-15 Boston, Massachusetts | Wang Theater
12-18 New York, New York | Madison Square Garden
12-20 Brooklyn, New York | Barclays Center