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Leonard Cohen announces 2012 tour dates, playing MSG AND Barclays Center!

Leonard Cohen @ Red Rocks, 2009 (more by Lori Baily)
Leonard Cohen

After returning to the stage in 2008 and going on to headline Madison Square Garden, Leonard Cohen has announced his return one again, and it just keeps getting bigger. Dubbed part the “Old Ideas World Tour 2012”, a set of North American dates have been announced in support of his new album. Kicking of in Austin on Halloween, LC will end things in NYC this winter with not just a December 18 Madison Square Garden show, but one on December 20 at the new Barclays Center as well! Tickets for Canadian dates go On sale starting May 11 and U.S. dates go on sale starting May 18.

LC joins Rush, Andrea Bocelli and Jay-Z on a list of artists scheduled to play the Barclays Center so far.

All dates are listed below.


Leonard Cohen — 2012 Tour Dates
October 31 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall
November 3 Denver, CO 1st Bank Center
November 5 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre
November 7 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
November 9 Seattle, WA Key Arena
November 11 Portland, OR Rose Garden
November 12 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
November 16 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
November 18 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
November 20 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
November 23 Chicago, IL Akoo Theatre
November 26 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
November 28 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
December 2 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
December 4 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
December 7 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
December 11 London, ON John Labatt Centre
December 13 Kingston, ON K-Rock Centre
December 15 Boston, MA The Wang Theatre
December 18 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
December 20 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center