U2 sign up as Leonard Cohen's backing band

U2 have taken a break from their sell-out US tour to provide backing to revered crooner Leonard Cohen in a tiny Manhattan, New York club.

Fri, 20 May, 2005 - 09:55

U2 have taken a break from their sell-out US tour to provide backing to revered crooner Leonard Cohen in a tiny Manhattan, New York club.

The group were filmed recording Cohen classic Tower of Song at cabaret lounge The Slipper Room yesterday for an upcoming documentary about the torch singer.

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