KW-32-2021: Ich werde so lange auf Tour gehen, wie Gott es zulässt, bis „der Rollstuhl rostet“ – I will go on tour for as long as God allows, until „the wheelchair rusted“ – sagte Leonard Cohen bei seinem Concert am 14.8.2012 im belgischen Ghent und stellte das Live-Debut von „Light As The Breeze“ vor.

 

 

Leonard Cohen sings , Light as the breeze for the first time live in Ghent Belgium on August 14th 2012
4. August 2012, Ghent, Belgium, Sint-Pietersplein (Second Night)
Set 1: Dance Me To The End Of Love/ Going Home/ The Future/ Bird On The Wire/ Everybody Knows/ Who By Fire/ Banjo/ Darkness/ Amen/ Come Healing/ I Can’t Forget/ Light As The Breeze*/ Different Sides/ Anthem/ Set 2: Tower Of Song/ Suzanne/ Crazy To Love You/ Heart With No Companion/ The Gypsy’s Wife/ The Partisan/ Democracy/ Coming Back To You (performed by the Webb Sisters)/ Alexandra Leaving (performed by Sharon Robinson)/ I’m Your Man/ Hallelujah/ Take This Waltz/ Encore 1: Marianne/ First We Take Manhattan/ Encore 2: Famous Blue Raincoat/ If It Be Your Will (performed by the Webb Sisters)/ Closing Time/ Encore 3: I Tried To Leave You/ Save The Last Dance For Me (The Drifters cover). Anmerkung/ Notes: *Although Leonard Cohen released „Light As The Breeze“ on „The Future“ album in 1992, he had never performed it in concert until nearly 20 years later at the 2012 Ghent concert. The performance – and the reaction of fans everywhere – was remarkable. – All in all: 33 songs; tourdebut of the new song „Banjo“.
Leonard Cohen’s son Adam and Cohen’s daughter Lorca joined this Ghent gig.
Spoken words:
I will go on tour for as long as God allows, until „the wheelchair rusted“.
Ich werde so lange auf Tour gehen, wie Gott es zulässt, bis „der Rollstuhl
rostet“