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zwirnie wrote:For the setlist thread and to keep things complete ... is that the correct setlist? Maybe people who attended could comment on it .... Much appreciated, thank you.

Set 1
Dance Me to the End of Love
The Future
Bird on a Wire
Everybody Knows
Who By Fire
The Gipsy's Wife
The Darkness
Amen
Come Healing
Lover Lover Lover (+band intro)

Set 2
Tower of Song
Suzanne
Chelsea Hotel
Waiting for the Miracle
Anyhow NO
The Partisan
In My Secret Life
Alexandra Leaving (Sharon Robinson)
I'm Your Man
A Thousand Kisses Deep (poem)
Hallelujah
Take this Waltz

Encores
So Long Marianne
Going Home
First We Take Manhattan

Famous Blue Raincoat
If It Be Your Will (Webb Sisters)
Closing Time

I Tried to Leave You
Save the Last Dance
I Can't Forget

Mabeanie1 wrote:This is NOT correct. We didn't hear Anyhow in Cardiff. They played Secret Life instead but in a different "slot". Leonard managed to wrong foot the band a couple of times in the second set, missing out Anyhow and going straight from Miracle to Partisan, then slotting Secret Life in before Alexandra Leaving. After I'm Your Man, the band thought he was going straight into Hallelujah and proceeded accordingly. Leonard calmly waited for them to stop playing before launching in to the poem.

I have posted the correct setlist on the Setlists thread. To be honest, I was hoping someone else would post it as I seem to be dominating the thread at the moment! Corrections are marked in red above.

Wendy

Mabeanie1 wrote:

zwirnie wrote:
After I'm Your Man, the band thought he was going straight into Hallelujah and proceeded accordingly. Leonard calmly waited for them to stop playing before launching in to the poem.

Wendy

crystal wrote:Just came back from England last night and after having seen two phantastic concerts in Brighton and Cardiff.
The Cardiff setlist as posted by Zwirnie is how I remember it. I was standing right in front of the stage and when after "Save the last dance" I saw him talking to the musicians and they were nodding and I realised we were in for a very dpecial treat and then they did "I can't forget". Very very moving.
I very much liked the relaxed and sometimes even funny atmosphere, the laughter and how everyone seemed to enjoy the night. I thought this very fitting like despite the despair and sorrow, the times you have hurt and were hurt, the mistakes one makes there is also laughter and joy and hey let's enjoy this together.
I liked the English audiences both in Brighton and Cardiff. Even this very drunk man in Cardiff who told everyone around him he was there to see Leonard Cohen and therefore has a right to be closest to the stage was silenced by a very stern look from one of the security people.
Our original seats were very disappointing. Although row 1 we were sitting right in front of the speakers and could hardly see the stage. But again security and a Lady from reception went out of their way to help us find other seats. In the end six seats in row 1 went empty and we could take 2 of them and they were very good.
Although I am very sad that this could have been my last concerts I am happy to have such great memories.
Hi to the forum members it was nice meeting you, enjoy the rest of the concerts, Christel

cohenadmirer wrote:Nice to get the ' extra ' song at the end
Love ' i can't forget'
Did the show start a little earlier ?
Was the curfew a little later ?

MaryB wrote:Oh no, John, keep them both in!

Edit - the audience must have done something right to get that extra special song at the end.