Bowie’s Irish bandmate hopes star will tour again

An Irish guitarist has told how he became the only musician on the planet handpicked to write songs with David Bowie for his new album.

Gerry Leonard, from Clontarf in Dublin, was one of the musicians sworn to secrecy while working on the icon’s comeback album over the past two years.

But he was the only person to receive song writing credits alongside the Ziggy Stardust legend by co-writing two songs on the triumphant album The Next Day.