Leonard Cohen
May 05, 2009 — May 06, 2009 at The Chicago Theatre
Legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen comes to The Chicago Theatre on May 5th, which will be one of his first U.S. performances in 15 years!
The North American tour comes fresh on the heels of Cohen's recent trek through Europe, Australia and New Zealand, where his performances earned more than 80 five-star reviews and which London's Daily Telegraph hailed "an extraordinary night of music." The tour includes dates in New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles as well as a special sunset performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA.
Mr. Cohen will be joined by a full band, including Sharon Robinson and the Webb Sisters - who have wowed crowds around the world with their rich and complementary background vocals - as well as Roscoe Beck (bass, vocals), Neil Larsen (keyboards & Hammond B3 accordion), Bob Metzger (electric, acoustic & pedal steel guitar), Javier Mas (bandurria, laud, archilaud, 12-string acoustic guitar), Rafael Gayol (drums, percussion) and Dino Soldo (sax, clarinet, dobro, keys).
Additionally, on March 31, 2009, Columbia Records is set to release Leonard Cohen's Live In London, a musical chronicle of the legendary singer-songwriter-musician-poet's historic July, 17, 2008 concert at London's O2 arena.
