THE LEONARD COHEN NEWSFLASH



The new World Tour (July 25 - mid-December, 2010) takes Leonard Cohen and his band to Europe, New Zealand and Australia, South East Asia, and... Complete tour schedule with ticket links (and later links to the member reports, reviews and photo galleries) here.
Introduction to the tour band here.

Connect with the Leonard Cohen Forum to discuss the 2010 Tour here.




The World Tour 2008-2009: 191 concerts in Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA. Index page with links to the member reports, reviews and photo galleries here. Concert reports from our members here. Links to our special tour pages here. Complete setlists for all concerts here (pdf file compiled by Maarten Massa).

Media coverage on Marie's Speaking Cohen website

Index pages for all earlier tours here.




A new DVD/CD, BluRay, LP release coming on September 14, 2010. 12 songs in 16:9 high definition with surround 5.1 sound, filmed in various locations during the World Tour 2008-2009. Bonus material: interviews with the band and crew members. More here




A complete concert on 2 CDs and one DVD, recorded at O2 in London on July 17, 2008. 26 songs, run time 157 min. Directed and produced by Edward Sanders, released by Sony Music in 2009. More here



Live at Isle of Wight on August 31, 1970. The famous festival concert finally on CD/DVD, 2LP, and BluRay. 19 songs (audio) / 16 songs (video). Released in October 2009 by Columbia/Legacy. More here

Complete Filmography of Leonard Cohen here.



Leonard Cohen's most recent book is a collection of previously unpublished poems and drawings, many of them created on Mount Baldy and India. 240 pages. First editions in 2006. More here. Find all editions in various languages here.

Complete Bibliography of Leonard Cohen here. Gallery of all editions from all over the world here.



Leonard Cohen's most recent studio album Dear Heather was released in 2004 by Sony Music. More here.

In June 2010 Leonard Cohen talked about his next album, here.

Complete Discography here.




Tony Palmer's documentary film from 1974 now restored to DVD. Filmed during Cohen's 1972 tour. Remastered by Tony Palmer and Isolde Films. To be released in September 2010. More here


HOW TO CONTACT LEONARD COHEN

Leonard Cohen lives in Los Angeles and Montreal. All correspondence should be addressed to his manager, Mr. Robert Kory, at rkory@rkmgment.com.
Mailing address:
 RK Management, LLC
9300 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA

"Please note that management has organized the tours as closed tours - meaning that Leonard does not meet friends, family, press, celebrities other poets or authors while on the road -- in order to assure that he has the rest necessary to support his three and one-half hour shows. Thanks to all for understanding our policy and helping us fuel the tour with needed silence rather than additional stress."



The Leonard Cohen Files

This website has been online since September 1995. We have counted more than 3.4 million visitors. Today the site has over 1000 pages and a special Forum for people interested in Leonard Cohen's work. The site is hosted by Jarkko Arjatsalo (Finland). All contributions are welcome to ja@nebula.fi

Interview with the webmaster here at 1heckofaguy.com

Our Links page is here

Direct links to other remarkable Leonard Cohen websites:
  • Official site hosted by Sony
  • Speaking Cohen by Marie Mazur
  • 1HeckOfAGuy by Allan Showalter
  • A Thousand Kisses Deep by Tom Sakic
  • The French site by Patrice Clos




    The Leonard Cohen Forum at www.leonardcohenforum.com is the meeting point for our members and all other Leonard Cohen fans. Read the news, discuss the concerts, songs, and books, and get answers to your questions! More than 200,000 messages posted by our 20,000 members. Hosted by Jarkko Arjatsalo, Marie Mazur, Tom Sakic, and several effective moderators.




    Leonard Cohen has contributed this website since 1997. Many of his previously unpublished poems, drawings and other works of art have first been posted on the Blackening Pages here.




    Our members organize biennial Leonard Cohen Events since 1998. The first was in Lincoln UK, followed by Montreal, Hydra, New York, Berlin, and Edmonton. The 2010 Event was in Krakow, Poland, on August 6-8. An Event report will soon be available here. In 2012 we will meet in Madison, Wisconsin

    Index page for all other Events, meetups and fandom here.




    Between the biennial Events we have a meetup on the Greek island of Hydra. The next one will be in June 2011. More here.

    More about Hydra in the 2002 Event report here.



    Find cover stories in magazines around the world here.



    More than 60 tribute albums with Leonard's songs have been released by artists around the globe, and we present all of them. A complete list with links to individual pages here.

    We have also compiled a continuosly growing list of all cover versions recorded by other artists and released on their albums. The list has now some 1900 titles. Find it here.



    Some of Leonard Cohen's recent honors: The Songwriters Hall of Fame (2010), The Grammy Lifetime Achievements Award (2010), The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2008)... Read more at leonardcohenhallsoffame.com hosted by Roy Salame.

    Timeline and comprehensive list of Awards, nominations, titles, and honours here

    Leonard Cohen interviewed by Jian Ghomeshi for CBC: here on YouTube


    Recent unauthorized biographies:
    Tim Footman: Hallelujah (Chrome Dreams, UK 2009)
    Christof Graf: Titan der Worte (Edel Books, Germany, 2010
    Anthony Reynolds: Leonard Cohen - A Remarkable Life (Omnibus Press, UK, Oct 4, 2010)
    Complete list of all biographies here.



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