I've just realised that I haven't listed Hallelujah in my setlist above. I can't remember when in last night's concert that he sang it. But he sang it.

The song that has kept coming back to me all day has been Democracy. A cautious welcome of necessary change, I'd say.

First, the setlist: 1. Dance me to the end of love 2. The Future 3. Ain’t no Cure for Love 4. Bird on the Wire 5. Everybody Knows 6. In my Secret Life 7. Who by Fire 8. Chelsea Hotel 9. Sisters of Mercy 10. Anthem (Ring the Bells) 11. Tower of Song 12. Suzanne 13. The Gypsy’s Wife 14. Boogie Street ...

In about six hours will stroll on to a stage at a winery just east of Perth, Western Australia. It's an open air venue, near the Swan River and it will be a warm clear night. I haven't seen Cohen since a night at the Victoria Theatre, London, in 1976 or 1977, though I interviewed him for the local n...