Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen He will celebrate his 80th birthday next September and to celebrate it he will release a new album on this date. While Cohen's representative did not officially announce the launch of the new album, the news has finally been confirmed after the rumors unleashed during the 'Leonard Cohen Event' 2014, the annual meeting organized by the singer's fan community, which was held in the city of Dublin (Ireland) a few days ago.
Cohen's new work will bear the title of 'Popular Problems' And, according to the Amazon France website, it will be available one day after the singer-songwriter's birthday, on September 22.
At the meeting held in Dublin, Jarkko Arhatsalo, a Finnish accountant responsible for Cohen's official website that acts as an intermediary between the singer and his community of fans, gave the advance of the news: “Leonard has worked hard on his next studio album, made up of completely new songs. He asked me to let you know that 'Popular Problems' will be out at the end of September, shortly after his 80th birthday ». Arjatsalo is the creator of The Leonard Cohen Files, the website on which all the news regarding the Canadian artist is published.