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Leonard Cohen's Retirement Fund Comeback continues. Last year, the bard of love and loss set out on his first tour in 15 years after a former manager swindled him out of $5 million. But the shows didn't feel anything like cash-in afterthoughts to fans and critics, who praised them breathlessly. A few New Yorkers get to live the Cohen experience in person when the singer hits NYC's Beacon Theatre February 19, and he's scheduled to hit Coachella, but who knows how long he'll take off after that? So his upcoming live CD/DVD Live in London is a welcomed release for everyone who couldn't catch Cohen on his latest trek.

Live in London comes out March 31 (March 30 in the UK) as a double CD and DVD on Columbia. (Track lists for both releases are identical.) It's based on Cohen's July 17, 2008 gig at London's 20,000-capacity 02 Arena-- seemingly not the ideal space for this man's subtle musings. But, according to an Uncut review, Cohen managed to make the surroundings suit him during the near-three-hour set.

In other Leonard Cohen news, he recently donated $200,000 to help those affected by Australia's current rash of bushfires, according to The Guardian.

Live in London:

Disc one:

01 Dance Me to the End of Love
02 The Future
03 Ain't No Cure for Love
04 Bird on the Wire
05 Everybody Knows
06 In My Secret Life
07 Who By Fire
08 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
09 Anthem
10 Introduction
11 Tower Of Song
12 Suzanne
13 The Gypsy's Wife

Disc two:

01 Boogie Street
02 Hallelujah
03 Democracy
04 I'm Your Man
05 Recitation w/ N.L.
06 Take This Waltz
07 So Long, Marianne
08 First We Take Manhattan
09 Sisters of Mercy
10 If It Be Your Will
11 Closing Time
12 I Tried to Leave You
13 Wither Thou Goest