LOU REED - AGEING REED SWAPS SHADES FOR SPECS

Veteran rocker LOU REED has been forced to quit wearing his trademark sunglasses during concerts, because his eyesight has worsened and he keeps tripping up onstage.
The 66-year-old former Velvet Underground frontman famously wore dark glasses during gigs in his 1970s heyday. But he has switched them for regular spectacles so he can now see what he is doing.
Speaking in New York on Sunday (04May08) at a TriBeCa Film Festival screening of his concert movie Berlin - based on his 1973 album of the same name - Reed said, "The only difference in 35 years is my glasses. I can't wear sunglasses any more, or I'll be tripping over all the cables on the stage."