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Leonard Cohen Takes Manhattan

January 13, 2009 5:00 PM

Photo: Hache/AFP/Getty

It's official! Master songwriter Leonard Cohen will play his first U.S. show in fifteen years!

The gig is booked at New York's Beacon Theater for February 19th.

Last year Cohen played incredible gigs in Canada and Europe, and our colleague Andy Greene trekked up to Toronto last June to see Cohen's performance.

Here's what Andy has to say:

"Imagine how awesome it would be to see Leonard Cohen in concert, then multiply that by a thousand. The audience is stunned and mesmerized. He's got the greatest band, and when he comes out and sings, 'First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin,' it will send a chill up the back of everyone in the theater. He's 74 -- older than Elvis would be if he were still alive -- but he played for nearly three hours. 'Where Is My Gypsy Wife' was maybe the single greatest live performance I've ever seen."

Sounds pretty good!

Tickets go on sale on Friday at 9:00 am, via Ticketmaster.