Leonard Cohen Recovering From Onstage Collapse

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Leonard Cohen Recovering From Onstage Collapse



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/19/leonard-cohen-recovering-_n_292235.html

MADRID — Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage while on tour in eastern Spain, his music company said Saturday.

The veteran poet and performer has been released from hospital after suffering from a stomach complaint, Doctor Music Concerts said in a statement.

Cohen was part-way through his song "Bird on the Wire" in Valencia when he fainted, causing the band to stop playing to rush to his aid as concertgoers watched. The concert was stopped.

A video showing Cohen kneeling down several times during the performance and then keeling over sideways during a saxophone solo has been placed on YouTube on the Web by a fan.

The Canadian-born musician, who will be 75 years-old on Monday, was taken in an ambulance to the Nueve de Octubre hospital in Valencia but released early Saturday, Barcelona-based Doctor Music Concerts said.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. oh shit. I hope he is ok.

[asdjrocky]

2. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttv5dyvtF4o

[Vidar]

3. I wish him well.

[BlueIris]

4. No, Lenny--don't die. We NEED you. nt

[question everything]

5. Get well soon

Just the other night I was watching several of his videos on YuoTube. While others perform his songs, mainly Hallelujah, no one can even come close, with his deep soulful voice.

And, I posted the following

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=316x1685

[UndertheOcean]

6. !

:(

[watercolors]

7. I have listen to him for years

love his music and he is a such an outstanding lyricist, have any of you read his books? Stay well Mr Cohen you are not done yet!!

[Ikonoklast]

8. Get well soon, Leonard.

I can't imagine the rigors of touring on a seventy-five year old man.