LEONARD COHEN WORLD TOUR 2009 Arrives At The Fox Theater 5/9

As Leonard Cohen took to the historic Beacon Theatre stage Thursday in New York for his first U.S. performance in fifteen years, tour promoter AEG Live announced a run of North American concerts, including Detroit's Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 9.

The North American tour comes fresh on the heels of Cohen's recent trek through Europe, Australia and New Zealand, where his performances earned more than 80 five-star reviews and which London's Daily Telegraph hailed "an extraordinary night of music." The tour includes dates in New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles as well as a special sunset performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA.

Cohen will be joined by a full band, including Sharon Robinson and the Webb Sisters - who have wowed crowds around the world with their rich and complementary background vocals - as well as Roscoe Beck (bass, vocals), Neil Larsen (keyboards & Hammond B3 accordion), Bob Metzger (electric, acoustic & pedal steel guitar), Javier Mas (bandurria, laud, archilaud, 12-string acoustic guitar), Rafael Gayol (drums, percussion) and Dino Soldo (sax, clarinet, dobro, keys).

Additionally, on March 31, 2009, Columbia Records is set to release Leonard Cohen's Live In London, a musical chronicle of the legendary singer-songwriter-musician-poet's historic July, 17, 2008 concert at London's O2 arena.

Tickets ($65.50, $128 & $253) go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, March 2 and may be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Macy's and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.