Leonard Cohen North American tour dates announced

"As for the rest of you, well, you're just going to have to wait your turn," Liz Stinson wrote at the end of her news item titled Leonard Cohen plans first U.S. performance in 15 years. According to ridiculously comprehensive fansite, The Leonard Cohen Files, that turn comes now. Following last night's gig in New York City (full write-up and photos coming later today), Cohen has announced a slew of North American shows.

The Leonard Cohen Files has a rather elaborate pre-sale system set up that begins on Monday (Feb. 23) and concludes on March 7. You can either work with what they're offering through that link above or deal with Ticketmaster on your own, but either way, we're guessing most of these shows will sell out pretty much instantly.

Dates:

April
2 - Austin, Texas @ The Long Center
3 - Grand Prairie, Texas @ Nokia Theatre
5 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ Dodge Theater
7 - San Diego, Calif. @ Copley Symphony Hall

10 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE

13 - Oakland, Calif. @ Paramount Theatre

17 - Indio, Calif. @ Coachella

19 - Vancouver, B.C. @ General Motors Place

21 - Victoria, B.C. @ Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

23 - Seattle, Wash. @ WaMu Theater

25 - Edmonton, A.B. @ Rexall Place

26 - Calgary, A.B. @ Jack Singer Hall

28 - Saskatoon, S.K. @ Credit Union Centre

30 - Winnipeg, M.B. @ MTS Centre

May

3 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Oprheum Theatre