Leonard Cohen adds 2nd Radio City show, Beacon show streaming @ NPR, Canadians pissed at Ticketmaster (again)

To accommodate overwhelming popular demand, AEG Live has announced the addition of a second Leonard Cohen show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, May 17. This newly added second date follows the originally scheduled concert on Saturday, May 16, which attracted an incredible fan response when it was announced with an American Express early ticket on-sale last week. Audiences are clamoring for a chance to catch this intimate, superbly crafted concert as part of Cohen’s 2009 North American Tour, featuring the singer/songwriter/poet, his acclaimed band, and a beloved catalog of music.

Tickets for both Radio City Music Hall shows-on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17-will go on sale beginning Monday, March 9th, 2009 at 10:00AM local time…. NPR is broadcasting select songs from Leonard Cohen’s February 19th performance at New York’s historic Beacon Theatre-his long-awaited first stateside performance in more than 15 years.

A “friends and family” presale begins Friday at 10 AM for the May 16th Radio City show (the password might be JARKKO or thisisnottherealone ). A Fan Club presale begins Saturday at 10 AM. Regular sale begins Monday at 10 AM which is when the May 17th show goes on sale, though at the moment it still isn’t listed on Ticketmaster.

In related news, Ticketmaster can’t get out of the news. To quote Reuters, “Ticketmaster settled with the state of New Jersey to resolve more than 2,000 complaints over how it had handled ticket sales for Bruce Springsteen concerts, and Canadians are now complaining about inflated prices to hear Leonard Cohen.”

New shows have also been announced in Boston, Austin, Oakland, LA and Chicago. Videos from the Beacon Theatre show, and updated tour dates, below…

Leonard Cohen – 2009 Tour Dates
April 1 – Austin, TX Long Center for the Performing Arts
April 2 – Austin, TX Long Center for the Performing Arts
April 3 – Grand Prairie, TX NOKIA Theatre Grand Prairie
April 5 – Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
April 7 – San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall
April 10 – Los Angeles, CA NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE
April 11 – Los Angeles, CA NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE
April 13 – Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre
April 14 – Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre
April 19 – Vancouver, BC GM Place
April 21 – Victoria, BC Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
April 23 – Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
April 25 – Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
April 26 – Calgary, AB Jack Singer Concert Hall @ The Epcor Centre
April 28 – Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
April 30 – Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
May 3 – Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
May 5 – Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
May 6 – Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
May 9 – Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
May 11 – Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
May 12 – Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music
May 14 – Waterbury, CT Palace Theater
May 16 – New York City, NY Radio City Music Hall
May 17 – New York City, NY Radio City Music Hall
May 19 – Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
May 21 – Quebec City, QC Pavillon de la Jeunesse
May 22 – Kingston, ON K-Rock Centre
May 24 – London, ON John Labatt Centre
May 25 – Ottawa, ON National Arts Centre – Southam Hall
May 26 – Ottawa, ON National Arts Centre – Southam Hall
May 29 – Boston, MA Wang Theatre
May 30 – Boston, MA Wang Theatre
June 2 – Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre