Leonard Cohen details live release

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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He’ll launch album recorded on his Old Ideas world tour later this month

Leonard Cohen is to release a live album recorded during his Old Ideas world tour later this month, it’s been confirmed.

Can’t Forget: A Souvenir Of The Grand Tour will launch on May 15 via Sony Music Entertainment.

The 10-track album contains a selection of rare songs recorded during his 470 shows between 2008-2013 and is his first release since last year’s Popular Problems.

The live set is described as having “the immediacy, spontaneity, and thrilling intimacy of the best studio recordings made in the white heat of live performance and Cohen’s legendary sound checks.”

Can’t Forget: A Souvenir Of The Grand Tour is available to pre-order (opens in new tab) with those buying now getting immediate access to Never Gave Nobody Trouble.

Tracklist

  1. Field Commander Cohen 2. I Can’t Forget 3. Light As The Breeze 4. La Manic 5. Night Comes On 6. Never Gave Nobody Trouble 7. Joan Of Arc 8. Got A Little Secret 9. Choices 10. Stages

Scott Munro
Scott Munro

Scott looks after and updates Louder’s online buyer’s guides and also scouts out the best deals for music fans from every corner of the internet. He's spent more than 28 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014, where he wrote extensively about rock, metal, prog and more, before moving to the eCommerce team full-time in 2020. Scott has previous written for publications including IGN, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky.