Leonard Cohen News

Legendary singer/songwriter/poet Leonard Cohen will kick off the North American leg of his “Old Ideas World Tour 2012” at Bass Concert Hall in Austin, TX on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. The tour, promoted by AEG Live, includes a new live show and celebrates Cohen’s highly acclaimed twelfth studio album, Old Ideas, which debuted at #1 across the globe, and is the highest charting album of his career. (more...)

Legendary singer/songwriter/poet Leonard Cohen will return to Detroit’s Fox Theatre with a new live show on Monday, November 26 at 8 p.m. (more...)

Roscommon Arts Centre has announced its upcoming shows, including Pat Shortt, John B. Keane's Love-Hungry Farmer and The Three Tenors. See details below. (more...)

Philip Glass, one of America’s most esteemed composers, will be the subject of a remix project due October 23 on Orange Mountain Music. The idea for the record came together during a conversation between Philip and his friend and new collaborator Beck. The pair recruited producer Hector Castillo (David Bowie, Björk, Lou Reed) to help assemble a collection of remixes of Glass’ works by a list of critically acclaimed artists including Beck himself, Tyondai Braxton, Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Johann Johannsson, Nosaj Thing, Memory Tapes, Silver Alert and many others. (more...)

AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! returns this summer for another hit tour to showcase this season’s talented top 10 finalists. Launching the careers of many, the AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! Tour is the first chance to see your favorites in concert! (more...)

Award-winning disk jockey, rock historian and author Pete Fornatale, the host of Mixed Bag on WFUV and a New York radio icon for more than 40 years, has died. His family announced his death at age 66. A private funeral mass is planned. WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) will offer an on-air celebration of his life and career on Saturday, May 5 from 4 to 8 p.m. (more...)

The Knitting Factory presents Civil Twilight and Carousel on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm, located at Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY. For more information, call 347-529-6696. Tickets are $10 Adv / $12 Day of Show. To purchase, visit http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event/115301/. (more...)

Roscommon Arts Centre is shortly announcing its Summer 2012 line-up with details of many events already available online at www.roscommonartscentre.ie. (more...)

The Highline Ballroom has announced its summer/fall 2012 show line-up. Featured are the following, and more! SUZANNE VEGA & DUNCAN SHEIK Wednesday, April 25 & Thursday, April 26, 2012 Concerts start @ 8:00PM Tickets $45.00 in advance $50.00 day of show. For more information, please visit: http://highlineballroom.com/show/2012/04/25/suzanne-vega-duncan-sheik/ (more...)

Over 20 years in the making, singer songwriter Glen Hansard will release his first ever solo album, Rhythm and Repose, on Anti- Records June 19. Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film Once, for which he won an Academy Award, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard’s debut solo album and first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. The album will be available for pre-sale at the Anti Store. In recent months Hansard has been seen in the documentary The Swell Season which has toured the film festival circuit this year, contributed two songs to the blockbuster soundtrack, The Hunger Games, and been active in the promotion of Once, The Musical which successfully opened on Broadway on March 18. Hansard will support the new record on a U.S. tour. See reverse for details. (more...)

The center stage at The Burt Reynolds Institute will resonate with the chiseled sounds of singer/songwriter Rick Seguso on Saturday evening, May 19th, at 7:30 pm. Seguso, the one-time road manager and roommate of Bruce Springsteen, has been writing and singing his special blend of music for more than 40 years. (more...)

Kravis Center is Offering a Fun Filled April with a Great Roster of Headliners + Solo Showstoppers Patti LuPone & Yanni + Musical Milestones Pink Martini, Sergio Mendez with John Secada, Chanteur with Lee Lessack & a Song Filled Tribute to Paramount Pictures + Hit Shows Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific & Stomp + New Plays Incognito & Life in a Marital Institution Plus the African-American Film Festival, Gospel Gala and 19th Annual Reach for the Stars Ballroom Dance Competition (more...)

Men Alive - The Orange County Gay Men's Chorus continues its successful 11th Season with POP GOES THE OPERA, a high-concept concert experience that blends two musical styles--Classic Opera and Contemporary Pop music--on the same stage. The concert event opens Friday, March 30 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre with two additional shows on Saturday, March 31. The genre mash-up includes selections from Lady Gaga, Verdi, Madonna, Puccini, Annie Lennox, plus a full, live-action re-enactment of the Warner Bros. cartoon classic "What's Opera, Doc?" (more...)

On June 5, Bond will release an album joined by pianist and producer Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), and covering songs by Ronee Blakley, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell, Mark Eitzel and Brecht & Weill, among others. Bond will perform material from the album in a six-week residency (June 4-July 9) at the new Studio 54 cabaret venue, 54 Below. (more...)

“Stand By Me,” the song written by Leiber & Stoller and Ben E. King will receive the Towering Song Award at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) Gala Event to be held at the Marriott Marquee Hotel in New York City on Thursday, June 14, 2012, Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman, Jimmy Webb, announced today. Mike Stoller will accept the award along with Ben E. King, who will also be honored with the Towering Performance Award for his performance on the Leiber & Stoller produced recording of “Stand By Me.” (more...)

Kravis Center is Offering a Fun Filled April with a Great Roster of Headliners + Solo Showstoppers Patti LuPone & Yanni + Musical Milestones Pink Martini, Sergio Mendez with John Secada, Chanteur with Lee Lessack & a Song Filled Tribute to Paramount Pictures + Hit Shows Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific & Stomp + New Plays Incognito & Life in a Marital Institution Plus the African-American Film Festival, Gospel Gala and 19th Annual Reach for the Stars Ballroom Dance Competition (more...)

Barb Jungr’s acclaimed all-Bob Dylan show, “Man in the Long Black Coat,” returns to the Metropolitan Room for an expanded three-week run from April 10 to 28. “Man in the Long Black Coat,” which premiered in October was also chosen as Time Out NY’s #1 top live cabaret act for 2011. (more...)

Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Director) will present Heathens, a new play by Heather Hill, directed by Stefanie Sertich, having its Off-Broadway premiere beginning March 1st and continuing through March 17th only. (more...)

Kravis Center is Offering a Fun Filled April with a Great Roster of Headliners + Solo Showstoppers Patti LuPone & Yanni + Musical Milestones Pink Martini, Sergio Mendez with John Secada, Chanteur with Lee Lessack & a Song Filled Tribute to Paramount Pictures + Hit Shows Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific & Stomp + New Plays Incognito & Life in a Marital Institution Plus the African-American Film Festival, Gospel Gala and 19th Annual Reach for the Stars Ballroom Dance Competition (more...)

Centaur Theatre’s 2012-2013 Season will open with the North American Premiere of an international Dance/Theatre/Music/Performance work directly from Aarhus Denmark inspired by the music and lyrics of Leonard Cohen Dance me to the end on/off Love. A Granhøj Dans creation, Oct 2 - Oct 21 and November 13 -18, 2012. Centaur follows with the Canadian Premiere of the Broadway hit comedy/drama Good People by Pulitzer Prize- winning author David Lindsay-Abaire, November 6 - December 2, 2012. (more...)