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Oakland has not been listed yet so that is my guess...my 3rd guess...so not sure if that counts..
Mutti

How about Halifax? The concert could be on the Halifax Commons (Paul McCartney's playing there tonight). There's room for 60,000 people.

....with Leonard one never knows ........(except for maybe Jarkko).

I know I've done too many guesses but what about the Greek Islands???? or Norway??? has anyone mentioned those?

How about Halifax?

Cool! Halifax, West Yorkshire? My home town. Famous for being the town where the inventor of the cat's eyes came from, and possibly to become even more famous for being the place where Leonard Cohen played his last concert.

I could stay at my mum's and perhaps Leonard might like to pop back later for some dock pudding and a brew.

My second guess would be (since no one named it yet from what I can see and knowing AEG is running the tour) Atlantic City NJ at the Boardwalk Hall (original home of the Miss America pagent and current venue for most major concerts in town). Atlantic City is one of the top tourist spots in America, is central to the big 3 major east coast cities (NYC, Philadelphia, Washington DC), has it's own airport, and all the motels hotels/casinos would make it very easy for eveyone to get rooms and find other things to do while in town.
Bigdee

My second guess is wild: little concert in Espoo, only for forum members.

My second guess, and of course, dearest to my heart, is Ann Arbor MI. Leonard was here on his '93 tour at a small venue. We have a MUCH larger venue available at the UofM and lots of room for everyone from the US, Canada, and the world! It is also very beautiful in the autumn! Dino's sister lives in Ann Arbor, and you have me, Marie, donalagata and tons of fans who were at the Detroit concert close by! Of course it won't happen but it's a nice dream....perhaps the second to the last concert....????

All the best,
Diana

My living room, of course, and Charlie Webb could hold my hand again as she did in Minneapolis.

Be still my heart at the thought.

Guesses so far:

Austin, TX
New York
Ramallah, the west bank
Montreal
Los Angeles
Helsinki
London
san Francisco
Paris
Cardiff
Toronto
Antwerp
NICOSIA (Cyprus)
Atlanta
Mumbai
Tokyo
Nashville
Fredericton
Halifax
Washington, DC
Tel Aviv
Salt Lake City
LAS VEGAS
BARCELONA
Amsterdam
Austin
Hydra
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Ottawa
Ramat-Gan
Athens
The Isle of Wight, England
Glastonbury
Mount Baldy
New Orleans
Cleveland Ohio
Johannesbourg, South Africa
Greek ampitheatre of Epidaurus (Epidavros)
Jerusalem
Ibiza
Vienna
St. Petersburg, FL
Quebec
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Paris, Texas
Phoenix ,Arizona
Vancouver
BERLIN
Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Sheffield
Portland in Oregon
San Diego
the Green Note in Camden
Honolulu, Hawaii
Chicago
Orange in the south of France
ZAGREB, CROATIA
Munich, Germany
Live At The Acropolis
Granada
Katmandu
the Chelsea Hotel
Tampa, Florida
Havana
Brasilia
Rome, Italy
Boston
Lotem in Israel
Austin,Texas
Saint John, Canada
Nantucket
Reykjavik
Bejing
Seattle
Santa Barbara
Buenos Aires
Brussels
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Glasgow
Kitchener Ontario
Branson, Missouri
Sarasota, Florida
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Miami Beach
Saguenay
Oakland
Atlantic City NJ
Espoo

Mmmm... I'll think about my second guess a bit more...

Maarten

Disclaimer: I know I already broke the rules. I am not eligible to win a prize. But I am having fun while I wait IMPATIENTLY for the final leg of the tour to be announced.

Here is the result of my scientific investigation for the last concert of the tour.

First, I morphed the North American tour venues of Springsteen, Dylan and a few others and came up with a common list of candidates. Then I researched each city's concert scene for a suitable location, concentrating on cities in the southeastern US. I eliminated all cities where a concert took place in an outdoor sports stadium. Personal bias, I also eliminated Hockey arenas - love to go to NHL Hockey games, but not to cultural events. Then I eliminated cities with nice concert theaters but small seating capacity.

And the winner is:

Memphis, Tennessee
Orpheum Theater

The auditorium, which seats 2,371, is decorated in shades of gold, red and cream, and includes a huge stage, orchestra pit (to be covered for our Pit seats), balcony and domed ceiling. The grand lobby has twin staircases, enormous crystal chandeliers and gilded plasterwork. The Orpheum Theater also has smaller lobby spaces to the sides of the grand lobby - perfect for our LC Forum early entry, to meet the band and shop at the Merch stand.

This historical theater setting would have a similar buzz to the opening US concert at the Beacon.

And last, but not least....A new extremely large women's restroom was added to the lower lounge during the early 1990's.

Mexico City?

bridger15 wrote: And the winner is:
Memphis, Tennessee
Orpheum Theater
And last, but not least....A new extremely large women's restroom was added to the lower lounge during the early 1990's.

Jarkko,
I vote for Arlene's choice of the Orpheum mainly for the above reason! We all know what a problem it can become during intermission .

My living room, of course, and Charlie Webb could hold my hand again as she did in Minneapolis.

Be still my heart at the thought.
.... But it was me Charley waved her hand to when the whole entourage drove into the arena in their old fashioned landon cabs the other week ...

I think it is BARCELONA on this 75th birthday -
My second guess, after having checked all the cities in here and learnt that a second guess is admitted:
Vilnius in Lituania (origin of Leonard's mother )
Andrea

Maarten wrote:Guesses so far:
(here comes a long list)

Maarten

Maarten, I like your scientifical spirit. But is there any reason why only some cities on your list are written with capital letters?

Laura

PS: Take care, Maarten, now that you are a moderator, your every letter will be scrutinised.