Leonard Cohen, Edinburgh Castle

Star rating: **** There may be a red velvet armchair onstage for Leonard Cohen's first tour in 15 years, but there's nothing cosy about the 73-year-old Jewish Buddhist's itinery. Dressed like a 1940s mobster fronting a similarly styled ensemble, the one-time soundtracker of bed-sit melancholy raises his homburg in greeting before going down on one knee for the gentle sway of Dance Me To The End Of Love. The three hours of his back catalogue that follows is delivered with humility, grace and twinkle-eyed charm.