Cohen is well into his 70s which is an age where most musicians finished with their touring years. The fact that L. Cohen will be on the road nearly 2 and a half years and is playing nearly every major city in the USA, the UK, Europe, Australia, and the Far East indicates it's a farewell tour, but Cohen would never hype up tour by calling it a farewell tour.
I'm amazed that Cohen is up to the rigors of touring at his age and Cohen is known to not be fond of touring. He does seem to be in remarkably good shape and of sound mind for his age but by the time he finishes this tour he'll be closer to 80 than he is 70 and I don't think he's ever going to do another tour like this one.
Cohen's first album has remained timeless work of art. When he released Songs of Leonard Cohen in 1968, he was 34 years old and already an established poet in his own right. I knew about L. Cohen the poet well before I heard any of his music.
What stood out about
Songs Of was the simplicity of his musical approach which unusual back in 1968 when many musicians were going for the the lush orchestral arrangements made fashionable by the Beatles, Jimmy Webb and the Moody Blues.