The audience delays “Tower Of Song” with a spontaneous rendition of  “Happy Birthday” at last night’s show. From Leonard Cohen Celebrates 76th Birthday With Marseille Concert

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Leonard Cohen’s performance of “Suzanne” last night in Marseille was alight with candles in the audience. From Leonard Cohen Celebrates 76th Birthday With Marseille Concert

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“Everyone is shooting everything these days,” as leonardcohen points out re these folks in the audience at today’s Leonard Cohen concert in Caen, France.  Remember the old days when we used to hold up lighters at concerts?

Leonard Cohen – Candles In Barcelona

I lit a thin green candle
To make you jealous of me,
- From “One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong” by Leonard Cohen

During Leonard Cohen’s performance of “Suzanne” at the Sept 21, 2009 birthday concert in Barcelona, audience members lit the auditorium with thin green candles.  Photo by Ann Aschenbrenner

Leonard Cohen Equipped To Step Into The Ring And Examine Every Inch Of You

Leonard Cohen equipped with stethoscope and boxing gloves, gifts from the audience to comemmorate these lines from “I’m Your Man.”

If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I’ll examine every inch of you