Lou Reed

Coming Soon! www.loureedmetallica.com

I had Ornette Coleman play on my song Guilty. He did seven versions- all different and all amazing and wondrous. Listen here: www.loureed.com/guilty/

This past Saturday, August 6th, Lou took part in “Shelebration!” – a concert tribute to Shel Silverstein at Central Park Summerstage in NYC, produced by Lou pal, Hal Willner. Lou read the Silverstein poem, “25 Minutes to Go”, accompanied by singer, Emily Haines. Other performers included Laurie Anderson, Martha Wainwright, and Dan Zanes. Silverstein (1932-1999) was a prolific songwriter, children’s-book author (including “The Giving Tree”), cartoonist, essayist, poet, novelist and playwright. He wrote hits including “A Boy Named Sue” for Johnny Cash, “One’s on the Way” for Loretta Lynn and “The Cover of the Rolling Stone” for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.

Check out a video of the performance HERE

(posted by Brie)

Check out this stellar article, celebrating Lou’s album The Raven.

http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/2011/07/fire-music-celebrating-lou-reeds-raven.html

“Few albums of the modern rock-era have been as unfairly ignored and maligned as Lou Reed’s wildly ambitious and brutally beautiful double-CD set The Raven.”

(posted by Brie)

Lou’s collaboration with Robert Wilson – the play Lulu – will be performed by the Berliner Ensemble at Theatre de la Ville in Paris this November. The play will run November 4 through November 13. Lulu is based on the Frank Wedekind play, which has been adapted by Wilson and features music by Lou.

Theatre de la Ville
2, place du Châtelet
75004 Paris, France
Price: 22€ and 34€

For more info, go to: www.festival-automne.com

and to: www.theatredelaville-paris.com

Lou and Laurie Anderson’s Vivid Live curation at the Sydney Opera House last June 2010 was recently nominated for a Helpmann Award, which is like an Australian Tony. Vivid Live was Nominated in the Best Contemporary Music Festival category.

For more info go HERE

Lou and Metallica recently teamed up with Dutch photographer, music video and film director, Anton Corbijn, to take photos for their forthcoming album artwork. The photo shoot took place on July 3rd in Gothenberg, Sweden in various outdoor locations. Metallica and Lou took a day off from their respective European tours to meet up in Sweden for the shoot. Check back here soon for some out-takes from the session!

This is a 11min taste of the new band at rehearsal. This will be what we do live. I hope you enjoy it. It’s called ALL THRU THE NIGHT (Listen)