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ESTIMATED TIMINGS
1830 Doors
2000 Leonard Cohen

For four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range.

2008 was a landmark year for Leonard Cohen and marked a return to the live stage. Cohen traveled across the world, delivering three-hour concerts to sold-out audiences who offered standing ovations to the poet with over 40 years worth of repertoire. His latest offering, the 2 CD and DVD Live In London, beautifully captures the passion and energy Cohen brought to London's 02 Arena and the love affair he's had with his fans for over four decades.

His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), announced him as an undeniable major talent. It includes such songs as "Suzanne," "Sisters of Mercy," "So Long, Marianne" and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye," all now longstanding classics.

"Hallelujah," which has since become one of Cohen's best-known, best-loved songs and has been covered by over 150 artists including Jeff Buckley, Willie Nelson and Bono.

Last year "Hallelujah" became a record-setting UK chart phenomenon when a version performed by Alexandra Burke, winner of the massively popular television talent competition "X Factor," rocketed to the No.1 slot on the UK singles chart, becoming the fastest-selling single by a female artist in UK chart history. So much interest in the song was generated that Jeff Buckley's rendition bulleted to No.2 while Cohen's original version entered the singles chart at No.34, bringing the artist his first-ever British Top 40 single. With versions of the song holding down three Top 40 UK Singles Chart positions simultaneously, "Hallelujah" became the fastest-selling digital single in European history.

His songs have been covered throughout the world while influencing generations of songwriters.