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Emotional weather report by twitter user ‏@lightandcoffee:

Open air Leonard Cohen gig tonight and it's gonna rain. OMG it's gonna be totes ridic you guys ROFLOL!

EDIT
According to weather-forecast.com, this guy is just a barber's cat. Rain expected in the morning.
Szilvia reports @ facebook as well, " The weather is so nice! Hope the same for tonight "

I had the very privilege to be in Ghent on August 12th.
It was a magic and rare moment.
You touched my heart so deeply.
' Le souvenir du bonheur n'est plus du bonheur' said Lord Byron. For me the souvenir of your opening concert will remain 'THE' souvenir, and it will bring me happiness again everytime I will call it back to my mind.
With all my admiration and respect.
Annick

I posted a photo selection on the first show to FB.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 024&type=1
I hope you like it
Eva

I'm still completely flabbergasted. I've seen a lot of the biggest artists still alive today and this was without a single doubt one of the best things I've ever seen in my life. Touching, magical, amazing. I took a few pics as well. I'll try and sort them out later and post them.

I'm not really sure about the rules on here so I hope this isn't breaking them - but did anybody bootleg this show and if so is it going to be put up here?

Was there any merchandise at the concert and if so was there anything of particular interest?

'Come Healing' first live performance 12/8/12 gent

Leonard says
'Well the sun is going down behind the cyprus trees and soon we'll all be alone with one another'

then something quite beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvKhLBXX ... ature=plcp

Looks Like Rain: a superb video From The Road (literally):
http://leonardcohen.tumblr.com/post/294 ... -like-rain

The heavy stuff not gonna come down for awhile, I’d play through.

Cohenites, don’t forget your light rain gear and a seat cushion, it could be damp still at doors.

FOXWOOD wrote:Was there any merchandise at the concert and if so was there anything of particular interest?

viewtopic.php?f=61&t=32519
Looks like everyone is happy about a tourbook.
Check out both links from the 2nd post too.

Tom refers to this person's videos in an earlier post. Good video/audio.

Here are the links -
Uploaded by rendipityse - Thanks!

Ghent - Day 1 - August 12th show -

Sound Check - If It Be Your Will
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x904cb7ufKs

Dance Me To The End Of Love - Going Home
(includes Leonard's commentary between songs -
"But - I think that we're going to, with the help of G-d and two policeman, keep on going until the wheelchairs rust")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q-tGRzOnxY

Amen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7X8GwdDmg

Come Healing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF-TxWl4GVY

Suzanne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFsHXhOl_E

Gypsy's Wife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa16eSkozo8

Democracy (I love the Jew's harp & fiddle at the beginning!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_NxLAJGfc

The Partisan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U7_6sw6UzM

Coming Back to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePCEVb_8GI

Alexander Leaving (including Intro from Leonard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xe1Hgh7B_U

I'm Your Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgZb-IySOfs

Hallelujah ("I did not come to Our Lady of Ghent to fool you")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QowhjIWHl9M

Marianne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhI3dFP7bY

First We Take Manhattan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZW2vxcO5s

Famous Blue Raincoat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgIio9adlD8

If It Be Your Will
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ebiFj6OyI

Closing Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jKCU1Yn9XM

I Tried To Leave You (a man who's still working for your smile - ha, ha ha ha!)
+ Save the Last Dance For Me
(See Leonard say "Save the Last Dance" to the band - and Sharon smiling and looking a bit ... astounded? )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlwxXbJsn8c


I've added more - the Partisan above - and some at the end - that may be all - from rendipityse - for "Day 1" ?

Good ol' sturgess66 with tons of links... just like the old exciting days of the last tour... so jealous and happy for the Ghent folks - 5 dates! Have fun everyone!

First night's setlist looks monumental; can't wait to see tonight's.

Waiting out the rain, Roscoe offered LC a go on the upright while the Webb Sisters counted in a tune.

The local crew is not concerned about the rain, it will pass they assure us.

http://leonardcohen.tumblr.com/post/294 ... ng-is-this

Gwen Langford @ facebook

Listen but don't watch, sideways for some reason . Will fix when home tomorrow. Someone please post on forum as I can't do from the phone.

Night Comes On - Leonard Cohen, Ghent soundcheck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtx-xTAkEIg

Eija and I have uploaded 109 concert photos to the Gallery at http://cohen.1g.fi/#/kuvat/Concert+in+G ... +12,+2012/
There are also venue and soundcheck photos and pics of the tour merchandise.

Another Gallery of the Ghent meetup will be posted soon (followed by the Madison Event photos)

jarkko wrote:Eija and I have uploaded 109 concert photos to the Gallery at http://cohen.1g.fi/#/kuvat/Concert+in+G ... +12,+2012/
There are also venue and soundcheck photos and pics of the tour merchandise.

Ohh, thank you friend...

Just read my way through 9 pages of reports and pix etc. Have been thinking of you all in Ghent - right now, it's 2.30pm in San Francisco, guess tonight's gig in Ghent is nearly over... Been fantastic to read everyone's comments, but I didn't watch any vids yet. Trying not to before I see Our Man in Dublin in September (probably won't hold out tho)

Thank you to everyone who posted pix, wonderful, Maarten, Jarkko, Sturgess.

All sounds great, can't wait!!