AEG Worldwide today announced that a run of performances by Leonard Cohen have been rescheduled to allow proper time for a sports-related injury sustained by the artist to heal.

While exercising recently, Mr. Cohen suffered a compression injury in his lower back. He has been advised by physicians to follow the typical four to six month regime of physical therapy prescribed for athletes with similar injuries.

“Doctors have confirmed that Mr. Cohen is otherwise in terrific shape, thanks to years of exercise and careful diet, and simply needs appropriate time to recover from the lower back injury,” stated Cohen’s manager, Robert Kory.

The rescheduled dates below will be amended shortly to reflect all thirteen rescheduled dates:

Sept. 15            CAEN                                       ZENITH

Sept. 17            GRENOBLE                              PALAIS DES SPORTS

Sept. 19            STRASBOURG                          ZENITH

Sept. 21            MARSEILLE                              LE DOME

Sept. 23            TOURS                                     PARC DES EXPOSITIONS

Sept. 25            LILLE                                        ZENITH GRAND PALAIS

Oct.   04           KATOWICE                               SPODEK

Oct.   07           MOSCOW                                 KREMLIN PALACE

Oct.   13           BRATISLAVA                            SIBAMAC ARENA

Since his return to the stage in May 2008, Mr. Cohen has played 191 sold out shows around the world, headlined the 2009 Coachella Music Festival and was hailed by Spin Magazine as the “Comeback of the Year” for 2009.

On January 30th, Mr Cohen received the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Special Merit Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) and was honored the following night on the Grammy Awards broadcast.