Video: Leonard Cohen - Everybody knows (live in London, 2008)

The site of three memorable shows in 2008, Leonard Cohen has announced two shows at the The Royal Hospital Kilmainham for later this year. Touring his Old Ideas album, Cohen will play seated shows at the outdoor venue on September 11th and 12th. Tickets priced from €79.50 will be available from 9am Friday 30th March from www.ticketmaster.ie and usual outlets nationwide.

On January 31st, Leonard still-cool-as-fuck Cohen dropped his twelfth studio album, the incredible Old Ideas. Lead single, "Show Me the Place," is nothing short of masterpiece.Now please, before you h

It would be refreshing if one of the scumbag Republican candidates just sang this at the next debate. Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody got this broken [...]

Filed under: News , Awards Frank Hoensch, Getty Images Crooner, poet and eternal hipster Leonard Cohen , age 76, has consistently won the hearts of each new generation but, on Wednesday, he also won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Letters , largely due to his use of "emotional imagery in which poetry and music are fused in an oeuvre of immutable merit." Cohen was chosen from an elite pool of 32 candidates, including English [...]