First he takes Manhattan, then Grand Prairie

"Leonard Cohen kept returning to the stance of a supplicant at the Beacon Theater on Thursday night, dropping to one knee, or both, to intone his wry and ruminative songs. At the same time, he basked in the rapture of the crowd, artfully courting adulation. His mix of humility and sovereignty felt effortless, entirely true to form. And it girded the concert, his first in the United States in 15 years, with a vibrant and effective tension."

Thus began the New York Times review of Leonard Cohen's Feb. 19 New York concert. It continued:

"Mr. Cohen, 74, left little room for disappointment in a show that lasted just over three hours (with an intermission) and featured more than two dozen songs. The evening doubled as a preview, coming with the eagerly anticipated announcement of a North American tour this spring."

That North American tour has since been announced and the second stop on that tour will be at the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. "Everybody knows" you should break out your "famous blue raincoat" and see a concert I feel relatively safe in saying won't be coming this way ever again.