Leonard Cohen at Wembley: after 42 years, the old 'bastard' still mesmerises

Back in 1970, Leonard Cohen, on tour for the first time, captivated 600,000 people at the historic Isle of Wight festival. Mark Seacombe, then a 15-year-old schoolboy, was one of them. Last weekend he went to hear him againFlashback to the August bank holiday weekend, 1970: it is about 2am and Leonard Cohen, after being woken from his slumbers, is ready to follow the electrifying Jimi Hendrix on to the stage at the Isle of Wight festival to play his first gig in Britain.After inexcusably sleepin...

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