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It's time for a Lille concert report. Linda, where are you? I'll have to do my best with just the first couple of pics.
Joey posted this morning that he had taken Sharon Robinson to the airport in Paris and then taken a train back to Lille.


Morning in Paris. Seeing Sharon off to to the airport. Then back on the train to Lille for load-in.

* Paris, France



Morning, France.

* Train from Paris to Lille

sue7 wrote:Joey posted this morning that he had taken Sharon Robinson to the airport in Paris and then taken a train back to Lille.

This doesn't sound good. I wonder if Sharon is heading back home.

Soundcheck’s on and everyones working out parts.
*Zénith Grand Palais - Lille, France

Bands running through That Don’t Make It Junk, audio is dialed in out front. The ushers are arriving and the food venders are icing the beer. It’s almost time for doors.
*Zénith Grand Palais - Lille, France

Another "steps to the stage" shot from Joey - an exit this time -

With Anthem, that’s the break. Time for a nip, back on in twenty.
* Zénith Grand Palais - Lille, France

http://leonardcohen.tumblr.com/post/118 ... -for-a-nip

Loud Crowd tonight.
*Zénith Grand Palais - Lille, France

And -

Hey that’s the way we say goodbye.
* Zénith Grand Palais - Lille, France

A Last Goodbye to Lille.
* Zénith Grand Palais - Lille, France

Thank you Joey!
http://leonardcohen.tumblr.com/post/118 ... and-palais

Another wonderful performance from Leonard and the band.
It seems like a lot of us Brits made the trip over to France - It was worth it.

Just back from Lille. Very intense performance from LC, positively growling out the lines, maybe not as sonorous though as at Marseille. He stopped completely in Hallelujah for quite some time after 1 or 2 verses! Slightly alarming moment but it passed. Webb Sisters were very excellent I thought on their own tonight.

I would not say the audience were loud! Well maybe loud for France yes, but compared to Ireland or Lisbon or Barcelona they were pretty restrained till the encores.

I got a setlist, hooray, never thought I would get one of those

http://www.flickr.com/photos/poppypan/5024420412/ - they ended with Hey that's no way to say goodbye, did not sing Heart with no companion

Setlist (without Sharon Robinson for entire show)

01 Dance Me to the End of Love
02 The Future
03 Ain't No Cure for Love
04 Bird on the Wire
05 Everybody Knows
06 Who By Fire
07 The Darkness
08 Born in Chains
09 Chelsea Hotel #2
10 Waiting For The Miracle
11 Anthem

Intermission

12 Tower of Song
13 Suzanne
14 Sisters of Mercy
15 The Gypsy's Wife
16 Feels so good
17 The Partisan
18 Hallelujah
19 I'm Your Man
20 Take This Waltz

Encore I

22 So Long Marianne
23 First We Take Manhattan

Encore II

24 Famous Blue Raincoat
25 If It Be Your Will
26 Closing Time

Encore III

27 I tried to leave you
28 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

After (during) "Closing Time", Leonard recited a part of the lyrics of "Never Got To Love You" from "Blue Alert" by Anjani...:

They ought to hand the night a ticket
For speeding: it’s a crime
I had so much to tell you
But now it’s closing time

I don't know if he has done this before, haven't read all the other concert reports yet...
I'll upload some pictures later and put the link here.

Maarten (just back home)

EDIT: couldn't resist uploading them right away, so here we go:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8 ... 3bee5e0084
Enjoy!

Maarten,

Your photos are fantastic. Looked like a great concert. Thank you for posting them.

Maarten your photos are really really good...thank you! You got great shots!
Mutti/Les

Great photos Maarten!




I didn't come to Lille to fool you!

Reviews

“An unforgettable concert where there is a form of serenity in a world of desolation and darkness.”
http://www.nordeclair.fr/Actualite/2010 ... olue.shtml

“See Leonard Cohen on stage, and die.”
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Metr ... d-un.shtml