Can anyone recommend a good place to stay please?
I'm travelling alone so would like to be as near to the port/cafes, etc. as possible. Also fairly cheap!
Thanks in advance.

I would just love to be able to go but no matter how much I try I just cannot afford to fly over for just one concert....believe me I have agonised for hours! Just pray that Leonard does several concerts in NY later in the year.

Dear Leonard and everyone on the forum. I wish you all a very happy and peaceful New Year, wherever you may be. To you, Leonard, a very special greeting and a huge 'Thank You' for making 2008 such a memorable year in so many ways. Hope to meet up with some of you on Hydra in summer and in the meanti...

Hi honeyrose HMV and Play.com do count towards the charts. Just put leonard Cohen Hallelujah in search. It will bring up the album but if you scroll down the page you can buy individual tracks from the album. Mind you, who am I to advise, downloading hallelujah was my first attempt at downloading! A...

It is many years since I can recall a song being discussed so much by so many! From the Daily Star to The Times. On Tv and on the radio. On forums unrelated to Cohen; from the serious to the flippant. Hallelujah seems now to have attained a life of its own! However if it introduces more people to th...

I'm off on my travels over Christmas so this is an early Happy Christmas to everyone and thanks to Leonard for making 2008 a most memorable year! Hope I manage to get to see him again in 2009 as well as meeting up with others on Hydra. I shall leave the country with the sound of Hallelujah ringing o...

Hi Honeyrose,

Amazon doesn't count towards the charts. Try Play.com or HMV. If it's any consolation I did the same thing,too!

That's good news! Even after the tour expenses have been deducted, Mr C's Retirement Fund will be a lot healthier. Just hope the reception he has received over the last few months will spur him into returning to Europe again! That is one pension pot I don't mind contributing to!

Hi Paula!
LOL at Claims R Us! Wonder why no-ones thought of that before!

My two will be firmly staying put in their feline holiday home where they will be waited on hand and foot as befits their status as comfort loving VIPs whilst I suffer a week in paradise!

Iguana"]Maybe we should all wear (famous) blue raincoats or, alternatively, roses in our teeth so we can recognize one another :) I fully agree with Stargazer - embrace traveling alone. It is the best way to actually see things. And bring cat food with you. :) or fedoras! have a mental picture ...

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Kent!

For anyone reading about the Hydra Meetup but worrying about going on their own......I've never been to a Cohen meetup, I've never been to Hydra , and I don't know any of the Cohenites on this forum but....I'm going to Hydra!!! I'm sure that I will meet up with people who have a great depth of knowl...

And another thing. If Lenny was in the UK now he and his band [how good they are!] would have a massive nationwide sell out tour on their hands - the biggest and most extensive yet. Hopefully someone will let him know the extent of the interest and furore that Hallelujah has been causing in the UK ...

The Times on-line has got an article on Hallelujah too. Sorry, I always mess up links!

Thanks for the link.
Wonder what is going to happen next!