Lou Reed News

LOU REED will launch his career as a satellite radio host on Saturday night (17May08) when he airs the first LOU REED'S NEW YORK SHUFFLE on the....

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Veteran rocker LOU REED has been forced to quit wearing his trademark sunglasses during concerts, because his eyesight has worsened and he keeps....

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Veteran rocker LOU REED has reportedly married his longtime partner LAURIE ANDERSON in a secret ceremony in Colorado earlier this month....

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"I've never understood how they get written. People always ask, 'How do you write a song?' And I don't know. I wish I knew, because I could have done....

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LOU REED is urging all music fans to demand better quality sound from downloads because he fears modern technology is "taking us backwards". In a....

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Surly LOU REED admonished a fan when his cell phone rang during the rocker's keynote speech at the South By Southwest Festival in Texas on Thursday....

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Dance star MOBY paid tribute to veteran rocker LOU REED at Austin, Texas' South By Southwest festival on Wednesday (13Mar08), joining 11 other acts....

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Lou Reed has said the rise of downloadable music and MP3 players has taken music "backwards". The Velvet Underground legend,....

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LOU REED, BILLY JOEL and BEN HARPER will join JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE as presenters at next month's (Mar08) Rock + Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. ....

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MOBY and LOU REED plan to stir up controversy with an anti-war concert in New York next month (Mar08). The pair will headline the 18 March (08)....

Read news story: MOBY AND LOU REED TO HEADLINE ANTI-WAR CONCERT

LOU REED will follow THE WHO's PETE TOWNSHEND and serve as the keynote speaker at the 2008 South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas in....

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MICHAEL STIPE, JOHN MAYER, PERRY FARRELL and MICK FLEETWOOD are among the rockers whose photographs feature in a new exhibition co-curated by LOU....

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Rocker LOU REED has offered his support to troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE, after dubbing her his favourite current star. The Velvet Underground star....

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"I go to Knicks games all the time, and they always put the camera on SPIKE LEE, WOODY ALLEN and MATTHEW MODINE, and never on me." Punk icon LOU REED....

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The former manager of DAVID BOWIE, IGGY POP and LOU REED is releasing a tell-all autobiography. TONY DEFRIES promises his memoirs, titled GODS AND....

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Rock band THE KILLERS have recorded a song with music icon LOU REED. The Las Vegas rockers worked on the track Tranquillize with the former Velvet....

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Veteran rocker LOU REED is struggling with his new gadget accessory - an Apple iPhone. The 65-year-old Velvet Underground frontman has bought one of....

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BONO and DAVID BOWIE were among friends, students and fans who left rocker LOU REED visibly touched as he was honoured by New York's Syracuse....

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Veteran rocker LOU REED will be the first act to play the new HighLine Ballroom venue in New York City. The WALK ON THE WILD SIDE star will take the....

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Rockers R.E.M will kickstart their first tour since 2005 by hosting a five-night residency at Dublin, Ireland's Olympia Theatre this summer (07). ....

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Veteran rocker LOU REED will be honoured by Syracuse University when he receives the George Arents Pioneer Medal for Excellence in the Arts next....

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Collaborations were all the rage at the 17th annual Tibet House Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, New York last night (26FEB07) with RAY DAVIES,....

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Acclaimed movie composer PHILIP GLASS is set to turn this year's (07) Tibet House benefit concert into a old punk reunion after asking LOU REED,....

Read news story: GLASS CALLS ON OLD PUNKS FOR TIBET HOUSE SHOW

Melancholic lyricist and legendary song writer BOB DYLAN has announced his plans to scupper the release of a new film he says falsely implies he was....

Read news story: DYLAN SLAMS FILMMAKERS OVER SUICIDE SUGGESTION

Legendary rocker LOU REED has snubbed his music career to teach martial arts for his legion of fans The former VELVET UNDERGROUND star has teamed up....

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Movie star VAL KILMER is beginning to think he can get whatever he wants if he sings about it - after luring LOU REED to his New Mexico ranch. THE....

Read news story: KILMER PENS LOU REED TRIBUTE AND THEN HOSTS THE ROCKER HIMSELF

LOU REED is to perform his critically-slammed 1973 album BERLIN at upcoming shows in his native New York and Australia. The former VELVET....

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JACK WHITE's new group THE RACONTEURS was the house band at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York last night (31AUG06). The group was fronted by LOU....

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JACK WHITE's new group THE RACONTEURS was the house band at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York last night (31AUG06). The group was fronted by LOU....

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