Or if not there how about the Perugia Jazz Festival or even the Lucca Festival again.... please.rike wrote:So maybe he will appear at the Montreux Jazz Festival after all, as was reported elsewhere some time ago.
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Jonnie Falafel wrote:I have a fantasy of a tour of smallish venues - no larger than say, the Albert Hall. A stripped down band - like 1985. Hushed and attentive audiences and mostly new material or rarely performed material. I guess I can dream. Would also like to see bookshop poetry recitals too... while there are still bookshops!Whatever happens please come to Italy.
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From FB yesterday:
"Well have just heard from a concert dealer in Germany
He has signed Mr. Leonard Cohen for 2013 MUST SAY LOOKING FORWARD".
IMO: It's about time to start saving for the next tour...
There's a said in Spanish:
"Cuando el rio suena... agua lleva"
literally means " if you can listen the river... that means there's water in it" (many rivers in our dry country only have water after heavy rains or during spring)
Similar to yours:
"Where there's smoke without fire"
SOOOO, let's start saving friends!!
"Well have just heard from a concert dealer in Germany
He has signed Mr. Leonard Cohen for 2013 MUST SAY LOOKING FORWARD".
IMO: It's about time to start saving for the next tour...
There's a said in Spanish:
"Cuando el rio suena... agua lleva"
literally means " if you can listen the river... that means there's water in it" (many rivers in our dry country only have water after heavy rains or during spring)
Similar to yours:
"Where there's smoke without fire"
SOOOO, let's start saving friends!!
2008 Paris. 2009 Barcelona. 2010 Marseille. 2012 Ghent. Verona. Barcelona. Lisbon. 2013 Antwerpen, Berlin, Pula.
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Today I passed up the opportunity to buy tickets to John Fogerty in order to save for the 2012 - 2013 LC tour.
Fogerty/Cohen - both did not tour for a long time, both are happy to play their back catalog, but LC writes better lyrics.
Alan
Fogerty/Cohen - both did not tour for a long time, both are happy to play their back catalog, but LC writes better lyrics.
Alan
Too much Leonard Cohen is never enough.
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Sydney 2013 X2; Melbourne 2013; Adelaide 2013
London 1972, Adelaide 1980, 1985, 2009
Sydney 2010; Adelaide 2010
Sydney 2013 X2; Melbourne 2013; Adelaide 2013
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It seems that another tour is becoming more and more likely even though nothing is certain yet. Snippets from various sources suggest late 2012 and/or 2013 but we cannot put our lives on hold in the hope that tour dates will be announced. (In your shoes, I would have bought those Fogerty tickets Alan.)
Let's hope we get some firm information - one way or another - sooner rather than later.
Wendy
Let's hope we get some firm information - one way or another - sooner rather than later.
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Well, I hope Leonard will be in Montreux, since I will be there this summer for a decade birthday. But based on the very recent Rolling Stone Q&A, it sounds like a tour is pretty definite -- so it comes down to the "when" part:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20120130
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20120130
I was cautioned to surrender, this I could not do . . . .
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Thank you for posting that info, Beatriz! Very interesting & very promising. . .BEATRIZ SALLES wrote:From FB yesterday:
"Well have just heard from a concert dealer in Germany
He has signed Mr. Leonard Cohen for 2013 MUST SAY LOOKING FORWARD".
IMO: It's about time to start saving for the next tour...
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Allan Showalter (Heck of a Guy) has a post on Facebook saying that Hot Press Magazine are reporting that an application for a Licence has been made to the appropriate authorities for Leonard Cohen to perform in August/September 2012 at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham where I saw him perform in 2008. I sincerely hope this comes to pass.
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
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Me too Tony. After missing Sligo, my dream has been a LC concert in IrelandTony Crosbie wrote: I sincerely hope this comes to pass.
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Yeah, Lucca in 2008 was great. Open air, small city square, close to my country, good train connections, the best countryside in Europe etc.Jonnie Falafel wrote:Or if not there how about the Perugia Jazz Festival or even the Lucca Festival again.... please.rike wrote:So maybe he will appear at the Montreux Jazz Festival after all, as was reported elsewhere some time ago.
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I know these words may not butter any parsnips but Florence (Piazza Santa Croce or Nelson Mandela Forum or the Perugia Jazz festival would not cause me any geographical inconvenience! I think the Lucca line this year is pretty much decided upon. Tour planners note: there's a nice little Roman amphitheatre in Arezzo and an annual music festival to go with it.... or how about the Anghiari Music Festival in the summer - an artist like LC would be a bit of a departure for that one but sometimes old ways drag you down (are you listening Italy!).......
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Me too Tony and Beatriz!!! I'm dreaming from a LC Concert in Irland!!!
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Ireland and Leonard Cohen has a nice ring to it don't you think.
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me to i have seen L.Cohen in concert 4 times hope to see him again!
I have been a Leonard Cohen fan for 28 years feel free to email me if you wish to keep in touch!
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It's all gone very quiet on the tour speculation front this week... and with no further news on Ireland - if it was true - I suspect it's not happening this summer. ;-(