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01/04/2009
Cohen For Belfast
Leonard Cohen, considered to be one of the world's most influential singer/songwriters, will play the Odyssey Arena on Sunday, July 26.
Tickets for the hugely anticipated show are expected to sell out within minutes of going on sale on Friday, April 3.
The Canadian artist, whose career has spanned four decades, played a number of sell-out shows at Kilmainham in Dublin last summer and the race has been on to entice him to play Belfast since then.
His songs examine all facets of human life, including sex, spirituality, religion and power.
Many of his songs dating back to the 1960s are long-standing classics, including Suzanne, So Long, Marianne and Bird On A Wire.
But his most famous song is undoubtedly Hallelujah, which was originally released on his 1984 album Various Positions and has since been recorded over 180 times by different artists, including, most recently, X Factor winner Alexandra Burke.
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Tickets for the hugely anticipated show are expected to sell out within minutes of going on sale on Friday, April 3.
The Canadian artist, whose career has spanned four decades, played a number of sell-out shows at Kilmainham in Dublin last summer and the race has been on to entice him to play Belfast since then.
His songs examine all facets of human life, including sex, spirituality, religion and power.
Many of his songs dating back to the 1960s are long-standing classics, including Suzanne, So Long, Marianne and Bird On A Wire.
But his most famous song is undoubtedly Hallelujah, which was originally released on his 1984 album Various Positions and has since been recorded over 180 times by different artists, including, most recently, X Factor winner Alexandra Burke.
(BMcC/JM)
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