 His performance of "Hallelujah" was widely regarded as one of the highlights of the festival, thus repeating the major success of the 2008 Glastonbury appearance.On 1 July 2009, Cohen and his band started a marathon European tour, the third in two years.The itinerary mostly included sport arenas and open-air summer festivals in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Ireland (the show at O2 in Dublin won him the second Meteor Music Award in a row), but also performances in Serbia in the Belgrade Arena, in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, and again in Romania.