Leonard Cohen closes this year's Benicàssim Festival

Leonard Cohen closes this year's Benicàssim Festival
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By h.b. - Jul 21, 2008 - 7:57 AM

Leonar Cohen on the stage at Benicàssim yesterday - Photo EFE

Critics say that his performance was possibly the best ever seen at the festival.

Leonard Cohen proved to be a worth headliner at the Benicàssim International Festival this weekend with his first appearance on a Spanish stage for 15 years.

The Canadian united the FIB crowd as never seen before with his performance of his song ‘Hallelujah’, with all those present of all ages linked together, changing the rock stage into a massive open air theatre. With three backing singers and a band of six, Cohen performed all his famous songs from ‘Dance me to the end of love’ to ‘First we take Manhattan’.

The other top star to end this year’s festival yesterday was Morrissey and followed earlier successful appearances from Gnarls Barkley, Babyshambles and Icelandic rockers, Sigur Rós, among others.

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