Leonard Cohen - more 2009 tour dates - MSG, not Ramallah
Leonard Cohen @ Red Rocks in June (more by Lori Baily)
Leonard Cohen is currently in the midst of a four night run in Dublin as part of his summer-long European/world tour. That trip picks up again in the fall with a series of US gigs that includes a show at NYC’s Madison Square Garden on October 23rd! There’s no ticket info yet.
He recently played NYC in May at Radio City Music Hall, as well as in February at the Beacon Theater. We also caught him at one of his last North American tour stops in June in Colorado.
One place Leonard Cohen won’t be playing is Ramallah, where a scheduled gig was recently cancelled…
A Leonard Cohen concert planned in Ramallah on the West Bank in September has been cancelled after the artist became embroiled in a campaign to boycott Israel.
The 74-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter announced he would perform in Tel Aviv as part of his world tour. The Ramallah date was added later, allegedly in response to pro-Palestinian campaigners who had tried to dissuade Cohen from appearing in Israel.
Now his Palestinian hosts have cancelled the West Bank concert, amid claims that the planned gig was a hollow attempt to “balance” performances.
“Ramallah will not receive Cohen as long as he is intent on whitewashing Israel’s colonial apartheid regime by performing in Israel,” the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) said in a statement. [Guardian UK]
All tour dates below…
Leonard Cohen – 2009 Tour Dates
Jul 22 Dublin, Ireland The O2
Jul 23 Dublin, Ireland The O2
Jul 26 Belfast, United Kingdom Odyssey Arena
Jul 30 Lisbon, Portugal Pabillion Atlantico
Aug 3 Venice, Italy St. Mark’s Square
Aug 5 Istanbul, Turkey Harbiye Open Air Theatre
Aug 6 Istanbul, Turkey Harbiye Open Air Theatre
Aug 11 Palma De Mallorca, Spain Palma Arena
Aug 13 Vigo, Spain Festival Castrelos
Aug 15 Girona, Spain Festival Jardins de Cap Roig
Aug 18 Vienne, France Theatre Antique de Vienne
Aug 20 Nimes, France Arena of Nimes
Aug 22 Monaco, France Sporting Club
Aug 23 Monaco, France Sporting Club
Aug 26 Wiesen, Austria Festivalgelände
Aug 28 Bratislava, Slovakia Incheba Expo Arena
Aug 29 Prague, Czech Republic O2 Arena
Aug 31 Budapest, Hungary Arena Plaza
Sep 2 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade Arena
Sep 4 Bucharest, Romania Piata Constitutiei
Sep 12 Madrid, Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Sep 13 Granada, Spain Coliseo Atarfe
Sep 15 Zaragoza, Spain Pabellon Principe Felipe
Sep 17 Bilbao, Spain Bilbao Exhibition Centre
Sep 21 Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi
Sep 24 Tel Aviv, Israel Ramat Gan Stadium
Leonard Cohen – 2009 US Tour Dates (via Billboard)
Oct. 17: Sunrise, Fla. (BankAtlantic Center)
Oct. 19: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Oct. 20: Atlanta (Fox Theatre)
Oct. 22: Philadelphia (The Wachovia Spectrum)
Oct. 23: New York (Madison Square Garden)
Oct. 25: Cleveland (Allen Theatre)
Oct. 27: Columbus, Ohio (Palace Theatre)
Oct. 29: Chicago (Rosemont Theatre)
Nov. 01: Asheville, N.C. (Thomas Wolfe Auditorium)
Nov. 03: Durham, N.C. (Durham Performing Arts Center)
Nov. 05: Nashville (Tennessee Performing Arts Center)
Nov. 07: St. Louis (Fox Theatre)
Nov. 09: Kansas City, Mo. (The Midland by AMC)
Nov. 12: Las Vegas (The Colosseum at Caesars Palace)
Nov. 13: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion)
