Leonard Cohen collapses on stage
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Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has collapsed on stage in Spain.
Band member Javier Mas told Spanish newspaper El Mundo the 74-year-old suffered a "severe attack of indigestion" and vomiting but that his situation was not serious.
Cohen was performing Bird on the Wire about half an hour into the concert in Valencia when he lost his balance as he went to pick up a guitar.
The gig was the penultimate stop on his nine-concert tour of Spain, which is due to end in Barcelona on Monday.
Cohen was forced back on the road for the first time in 15 years last year after his business manager lost his retirement savings.
After his previous tour in the early 1990s, he retreated to a mountain near Los Angeles to become a Buddhist monk.
He resurfaced in 2005, claiming that his former manager and lover Kelley Lynch misappropriated more than $US5 million, reducing his retirement account to $150,000. A Los Angeles court awarded him a $US9 million civil judgment, but he has reportedly not been able to collect from Lynch.
Cohen rose to fame in the late 1960s with his poems, songs and novels steeped in detached romance. His half-sung ballads such as Suzanne, Hallelujah and Bird on a Wire have been widely covered by other artists.
He toured New Zealand in January of this year, playing shows in Wellington and Auckland.
- With Reuters
- © Fairfax NZ News
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Where have you guys been lately - haven't you watched his latest DVD "Live in London". I reckon he is better than ever. I really hope he is going to be OK - he's a legend!
I don't make too much of this... sometimes people push themselves too hard and the body just slams the brakes on to remind you who's boss. I've seen it happen at the gym lots of times. Usually the victim's Pride is the only casualty (-:
Granted Leonard Cohen is 74 but when I saw him in Wellington in Jan this year he looked anything but Frail.
Poor old Leonard. Still, was it really such a smart move leaving an ex-girlfriend in charge of all your money while you take a year or two off to meditate on a mountain-top?
His manager stole something like 7~9 million dollars.
Can't recoup that much with just royalties.
No, Lynch sold the Royalties to Sony.
That's your comment to a story about Leonard Cohen collapsing onstage? Way to miss the point dude.
Steve, when was the last time you bought a Leonard Cohen album? He'd but lucky to pay his power bill from royalties.
Doesn't he get royalties for all the songs he's written?
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He did actually pick up a nice royalty cheque earlier this year as the UK number one for Xmas and for a few weeks was one of his songs. But that's beside the point, this man is a legend and good on him for getting off his ass to do some work and not go on welfare :)
Get well soon!