baotzebao, our man in Italy who is temporarily our man in Israel, has alerted Heck Of A Guy to reports that Leonard Cohen has arrived in the country.
Singer Leonard Cohen lands in Israel ahead of concert by Guy Hajaj (Haaretz, September 22, 2009) reports
Veteran singer Leonard Cohen landed in Israel on Tuesday ahead of his upcoming concert in Ramat Gan Stadium on Thursday night.
Cohen landed in a private plane, which his production team says he will use to travel around Israel, and went straight to the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv, where he will be staying. The hotel surprised Cohen by upgrading his room to an upscale suite, despite him having ordered a regular room.
This excerpt from a followup story, Cohen lands in Israel behind gray-hatted decoy by Noya Kochavi (Haaretz, September 22, 2009), provides more details about Cohen’s arrival and accommodations:
Leonard Cohen landed in Israel last night, 24 years after his last concert in the country. The Jewish-Canadian singer and poet arrived from Spain in a private jet earlier than scheduled. To avoid the battery of photographers waiting at the airport, Cohen used a decoy, who wore the singer’s signature gray Fedora hat. Cohen himself walked a few paces behind, bareheaded and accompanied by bodyguards.
Cohen and his entourage will be taking 31 rooms at Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv, one regular suite for the singer and thirty regular rooms for his staff. Today Cohen is expected to take an aerial tour of Israel in a private airplane.
Stage technicians were finishing their last preparations for Cohen’s only Israeli concert at Ramat Gan Stadium tomorrow.
baotzebao’s Ongoing Drama Ticket Drama – Waiting For The Miracle
With the concert rapidly approaching, baotzebao is still sans ticket. Will he make it into the concert? Stay tuned.
Waiting For The ( Passing ) Miracle To Come ( Leonard Cohen, Israele, Ben Gurion e BaoTzeBao ) at a vànvera // Sep 22, 2009 at 10:59 pm
[...] Nel frattempo ho allertato varie altre persone, tutte del mestiere. E so che al momento si stanno dando da fare per me, nella misura del possibile e dell’opportuno. E un poco ci scherziamo anche su, tipo diventare una telenovela, un caso internazionale… [...]
I expect you to riff on the whole Leonard-using-bodyguards-and-a-decoy thing in a big way. Waiting patiently…
