The Future World Tour

The Future World Tour
Tour by Leonard Cohen
Associated album The Future
Start date April 25, 1993
End date July 30, 1993
Legs 2
Shows 27 in Europe
36 in North America
63 in Total
Leonard Cohen concert chronology
I'm Your Man Tour
(1988)
The Future World Tour
(1993)
Leonard Cohen Tour 2008–2010
(2008-10)

The Future World Tour was a concert tour by Leonard Cohen, in support of his album The Future, released in 1992.

Overview

The tour was the first in five years, after the I'm Your Man Tour in 1988, and would be the last one until the Leonard Cohen Tour 2008–2010 15 years later.

The tour began with nine concerts in Northern Europe and would continue through Central and Southern Europe as well as two shows in England at the famous Royal Albert Hall. The first leg ended with a concert in Vienna. After a weeks break, the second leg began in Canada where 22 shows would be played during this leg. Another 15 shows would be played in the United States. The tour would eventually wrap up with two shows on the Canadian West Coast at the end of July in 1993.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
April 25, 1993 Holstebro Denmark Musikteatret
April 26, 1993
April 27, 1993 Odense Idretshal
April 29, 1993 Helsinki Finland Helsingin Jäähalli
May 1, 1993 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
May 2, 1993 Gothenburg Sweden Lisebergshallen
May 3, 1993 Stockholm Cirkus Arena
May 4, 1993
May 6, 1993 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Teatret
May 8, 1993 Amsterdam Netherlands Concertgebouw
May 9, 1993[A] Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
May 10, 1993 London England Royal Albert Hall
May 11, 1993
May 13, 1993 Paris France Le Zénith
May 15, 1993 Barcelona Spain Palau Municipal d'Esports
May 16, 1993 Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad
May 18, 1993 Bologna Italy Teatro Medico
May 19, 1993 Milan Teatro Smeraldo
May 21, 1993 Zurich Switzerland Kongresshaus Zürich
May 22, 1993[B] Konstanz Germany Bodenseestadion
May 23, 1993 Nijmegen Netherlands Concertgebouw de Vereeniging
May 25, 1993 Berlin Germany Tempodrom
May 26, 1993 Hamburg Hamburger Stadtpark
May 27, 1993 Frankfurt Alte Oper
May 28, 1993 Munich Circus Krone Building
May 29, 1993[C] Nürburg Nürburgring
May 30, 1993 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion
North America[1]
June 5, 1993 Kitchener Canada Centre In The Square
June 6, 1993 London London Centennial Hall
June 7, 1993 Hamilton Hamilton Place Theatre
June 8, 1993 Ottawa Ottawa Congress Centre
June 10, 1993 Montreal Theatre du Forum
June 11, 1993 Quebec City Capitole de Québec
June 14, 1993 New York City United States Paramount Theatre
June 16, 1993 Toronto Canada O'Keefe Centre
June 17, 1993
June 18, 1993
June 19, 1993 Detroit United States The Fillmore Detroit
June 20, 1993 Chicago Park West
June 22, 1993 Minneapolis Minneapolis State Theatre
June 24, 1993 Winnipeg Canada Walker Theatre
June 25, 1993 Regina Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
June 26, 1993 Calgary Jack Singer Concert Hall
June 27, 1993 Edmonton Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
June 29, 1993 Victoria Victoria Royal Theatre
June 30, 1993 Vancouver Orpheum Theatre
July 1, 1993 Seattle United States Paramount Theatre
July 3, 1993 San Francisco Warfield Theater
July 5, 1993 Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
July 6, 1993
July 8, 1993 San Diego Humphries By The Bay
July 9, 1993 Santa Fe Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
July 11, 1993 Austin The Back Yard
July 13, 1993 Atlanta The Roxy
July 15, 1993 Philadelphia Keswick Theatre
July 16, 1993 Boston Berklee Performance Center
July 18, 1993 Washington, D.C. Lisner Auditorium
July 20, 1993 Toronto Canada O'Keefe Centre
July 22, 1993 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
July 24, 1993 Winnipeg Walker Theatre
July 26, 1993 Saskatoon Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium
July 27, 1993 Calgary Jack Singer Concert Hall
July 29, 1993 Vancouver Orpheum Theatre
July 30, 1993 Victoria Victoria Royal Theatre
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of the "Hand In Hand Anti-Racism Festival"
B This concert was a part of the "Rock am See"
C This concert was a part of the "Rock am Ring"
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
May 14, 1993 Montpellier, France Le Zénith Sud Cancelled
Promotional shows
Date City Venue
February 10, 1993 New York City Late Night with David Letterman
February 12, 1993 Toronto Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui
March 21, 1993 Juno Awards 1993
April 16, 1993 Burbank The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
April 18, 1993 Los Angeles The Complex Studios
May 12, 1993 London Later... with Jools Holland

Live Recordings

Several shows (among others Toronto and Vancouver) were professionally recorded. A selection of the recorded songs were later released on Cohen Live in 1994, a live album which consists of recording from the I'm Your Man Tour in 1988 and The Future World Tour in 1993.

Setlists

First Leg

Musicians

Source: [2]

References

  1. "1993 - USA and Canada". Leonard Cohen Files. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  2. "Touring Musicians 1970-1993". Leonard Cohen Files. Retrieved December 19, 2012.