Archiv für den Monat: Februar 2019

KW-07-2019: The Australia Tour of Leonard Cohen in 2009: returning after more than 15 years he end his 2009 Australia Tour in February and came back in 2010 and 2013. After the first song #Dance_Me_The_End_Of_Love he spoke to the audience: „Sometimes the losses are too deep .. and the pain is too acute for anyone in those circumstances to be comforted. So, far from us to try to comfort those in those circumstances. All we can do is provide blankets, and clothes and shelter and money. That’s our position, and we hope it’s yours too.“ (THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD)

„Sometimes the losses are too deep .. and the pain is too acute for anyone in those circumstances to be comforted. So, far from us to try to comfort those in those circumstances. All we can do is provide blankets, and clothes and shelter and money. That’s our position, and we hope it’s yours too.“

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/who-by-fire-leonard-cohens-black-saturday-gift-20161111-gsne3j.html

KW-06-2019: Ten years ago: Leonard Cohen donates £90,000 to Australian bushfire victims .That`s backbone, 10 years ago, Leonard Cohen played his last 2009 AUSTRALIAN Show. He donates £90,000 to Australian bushfire victims. Heute vor 10 Jahren spielte Leonard Cohen seinen letzten Australien-Gig im Jahre 2009. Seinerzeit fanden Buschfeuer in Australien statt und viele Familien verloren ihr Dach überm Kopf. Leonard Cohen spendete spontan $200,000 den Opfern.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/10/leonard-cohen-australian-bushfire-donation