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The Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert.

Antony Hegarty, lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons. Antony and his group won the 2005 Mercury prize for Music for their album "I Am A Bird Now". Antony hagerty participated in a series of Leonard Cohen tribute concerts, called "Came So Far for Beauty", produced and arranged by Hal Willner, performing along with Nick Cave, The McGarrigles, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, Laurie Anderson, Linda Thompson, Antony Hegarty, and Cohen's original backing singers Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen. The concerts were performed in New York, Brighton, Dublin and Sydney. The Sydney concert was filmed and became Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, a film tribute to the legendary songwriter. A CD soundtrack featuring select covers from the tribute concerts was released by Verve Records in 2006; Thompson contributes covers of "Tonight Will Be Fine" and "The Future".

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The Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert
Antony Hegarty, lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons. Antony and his group won the 2005 Mercury prize for Music for their album "I Am A Bird Now". Antony hagerty participated in a series of Leonard Cohen tribute concerts, called "Came So Far for Beauty", produced and arranged by Hal Willner, performing along with Nick Cave, The McGarrigles, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, Laurie Anderson, Linda Thompson, Antony Hegarty, and Cohen's original backing singers Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen. The concerts were performed in New York, Brighton, Dublin and Sydney. The Sydney concert was filmed and became Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, a film tribute to the legendary songwriter. A CD soundtrack featuring select covers from the tribute concerts was released by Verve Records in 2006; Thompson contributes covers of "Tonight Will Be Fine" and "The Future".