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Leonard Cohen has been touring Europe lately, but he has not played one single American show since 1993. That will change on February 19, when he'll step onstage at New York's Beacon Theatre.

This is basically the musical equivalent of discovering a tribe of lost dinosaurs still living in some Amazon basin. Or something. I haven't figured it out yet. But anyway, you should go to that show.

And if you, the person reading this Pitchfork news update, are Leonard Cohen, you should play a bunch more American shows right now please. We elected Obama. We are good guys now. We deserve it.

As Reuters points out, the inspiration behind Cohen's recent flurry of activity might not be just a well-meaning desire to bring his music to his adoring public. Remember back in 2005 when he sued his former business manager for draining his retirement fund? According to Reuters, he won the suit, but his ex-business manager hasn't paid up. Dude's broke and needs money, so he's hit the road.