Will Leonard Cohen ever tour again?

Take a dump.
Eat Thai food.
Consult with his accountant.
Ponder with ambivalence the nature of God and art.
Have sexual relations with a woman at least 10 years his junior.
Search for a rhyme for "heart" that he hasn't used before, finally give up and settle for "part", "start" or "art."
Flirt with waitresses.
Tour.
Have sexual relations with a woman at least 20 years his junior.
Reread Joyce.
Watch The Unbearable Lightness of Being again.
Make blueberry pancakes with homemade whipped cream.
License "Everybody Knows" to a promotional campaign for Microsoft's Vista operating system.
Have sexual relations with two women simultaneously whose combined ages fall short of his by at least five years.
Watch "Desperate Housewives."
Buy a home exercise system advertised on late-night television.

"Leonard Cohen to Tour This Year":

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/48157-leonard-cohen-to-tour-this-year

He doesn't look very excited to tour in that photo.

he never lookd excited about anything.
except maybe his Zen practice.

part one:

http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/tour2008-1.html

Supremely expensive tickets but you just made my best friend's birthday, StanM. Thanks!

i know the guy who cohen is suing for losing all his money thereby necessitating touring again

I thought Kelley Lynch was female and he lost?

kelly lynch was his business manger - the guy i know was his financial manager and was also sued by cohen - but i think just for negligence not fraud. he said he was getting sued cause unlike lynch he actually has money - whether this is true or not i have no idea. he did counter sue cohen for defamation. i hadnt heard if thered been an outcome yet.

but yah my understanding is that lynch was the prime suspect

Oh, in that case "Plaintiff" = Gr33nb3rg = the guy you know.

Yep, Cohen lost. (can't find it anywhere else than here at the moment)

"IV. CONCLUSION

For reasons unknown and unknowable, Leonard Cohen gave a trusted agent—Kelley Lynch—complete and unlimited control over his finances. Over the course of several years, Cohen’s fortune was rapidly depleted. Looking back, Cohen now tries to pin responsibility for his injury on Plaintiffs. To paraphrase Justice Holmes, however, the person reposing confidence in
Lynch was not Plaintiffs, but Cohen, and he himself tells us that his confidence was unlimited. See Empire Trust Co. v. Cahan, 274 U.S. 473, 479 (1927). Moreover, the unauthorized transactions went on for over two years without inquiry. Plaintiffs could reasonably expect Cohen to have noticed if anything was wrong in this period. Id. at 479–80. “Careful people generally look over their bank accounts quite frequently.” Id. at 480. Cohen cannot blame Plaintiffs for his own negligence in this regard by belatedly concocting a tenuous and unsupported breach of contract theory. Accordingly, I GRANT Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment as to Cohen’s First
Counterclaim [Docket # 148].

Lewis T. Babcock, Judge"

I don't know where that text can be found online, probably at some (paying) law site - which is why I expect it won't be on that board for long either.

there is something beautifully apt abt a fortune slipping away while you sit at a zen monastery

(If anyone feels the need to de-google this thread because this text isn't/shouldn't be/is forbidden to be in the public domain, feel free to do so)

speaking from personal experience - he was kinda asking for it

will you go on tour again too?

# Ticket prices in Canadian dollars : 224.50$ + taxes and service charges = 259.30$
# 149.50$ + taxes and service charges = 174.65$
# 129.50$ + taxes and service charges = 152.10$
# 99.50$ + taxes and service charges = 118.20$

leonard cohen and my bloody valentine touring this summer... hey maybe scott'll be next?!

and my pleasure, Finefinemusic! Enjoy! :-)

his business manger

He should have known: if she can't even afford a real office... ^_^

Anyone seen him yet? All reviews so far have been ecstatic, and he's been doing three hour shows, God bless him. Travelling up to Manchester tonight and am VERY VERY EXCITED.

thinking that no Montreal has got to be some sort of calculated slight:

04-02 Austin, TX - Michael and Susan Dell Hall at Long Center
04-03 Grand Prarie, TX - Nokia Theatre at Grand Prarie
04-05 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
04-07 San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall
04-10 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
04-13 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre of the Arts
04-17 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
04-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
04-21 Victoria, British Columbia - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
04-23 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater at Qwest FieldEvents Center
04-25 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
04-26 Calgary, Alberta - EPCOR Centre's Jack Singer Hall
04-28 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre
04-30 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
05-03 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
05-05 Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
05-09 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
05-11 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
05-12 Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Music
05-14 Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater
05-16 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-19 Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum
05-21 Quebec City, Quebec - Pavillon de la Jeunesse
05-22 Kingston, Ontario - K-Rock Centre
05-24 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
05-25 Ottowa, Ontario - National Arts Centre, Southam Hall
05-29 Boston, MA - Wang Theatre
06-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

lol at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

Red Rocks is a bizarre spot for him to play ... I'd go, but I'd probably be sitting next to four dozen chatty Kathys ... or 4,000 ....

I'll be getting tix for the opening show in Austin next week! :)

Death of a Ladies Man!!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/arts/music/25cohe.html?ref=arts Interesting NY Times article

This Live in London release is a lot better than I expected. Funny, too.

In case that sounds like I expected it to suck: I thought it was going to be very good, but it's excellent indeed.