Leonard Cohen Injured, Tour Delayed

Spring dates in Europe now bumped to September and October.

By Blurt Staff

Leonard Cohen was about to embark upon a European tour next month but now dates are being rescheduled for September following a lower back injury the bard sustained recently while exercising. His promoters, AEG Worldwide, described it as "a compression injury."

He'll be taking time off to do physical therapy and get back into full fighting form - which, as anyone who's seen him do his nearly three-hour concerts recently will attest, is impressive indeed for a 75 year old.

Cohen manager Robert Kory said, in a statement, "Doctors have confirmed that Mr. Cohen is otherwise in terrific shape, thanks to years of exercise and careful diet, and simply needs appropriate time to recover from the lower back injury."

Cohen also had an incident last September when he collapsed onstage in Spain, apparently from a case of food poisoning.

Those rescheduled dates:

9-15 Caen, France - Zenith
9-17 Grenoble, France - Palais des Sports
9-19 Strasbourg, France - Zenith
9-21 Marseille, France - Le Dome
9-23 Tours, France - Parc Des Expositions
9-25 Lille, France - Zenith Grand Palais
10-04 Katowice, Poland - Spodek
10-07 Moscow, Russia - Kremlin Palace
10-13 Bratislava, Slovakia - Sibamac Arena