Industry pays tribute to Leonard Cohen

Tour promoter Rob Hallett, PRO Socan and Canada's prime minister are among those mourning the loss of late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who has passed aged 82

Cohen performs in 2013 on the AEG-promoted Old Ideas world tour © Takahiro Kyono

Industry figures, musicians and politicians have paid tribute to influential Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and writer Leonard Cohen, who died on Monday aged 82.

The news was broken in the early hours of this morning by an announcement on his official Facebook page, which read: “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist Leonard Cohen has passed away. We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries.”

His son, Adam, told Rolling Stone: “My…

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