Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. Staging Berlin has been discussed for over 30 years and in December ...

In 1973, Lou Reed was interested in the future. He had released his debut solo album the previous year and had no plans to let his previous band, the Velvet Underground, define his entire career. But ...

When Lou Reed's album Berlin was originally released in 1973, it was a shock to critics and fans that had just seen Reed reaffirmed as a rock visionary with the runaway success of Transformer, which ...

The most epic musical moment at this year’s South by Southwest Festival was a Lou Reed tribute extravaganza, a tented Texan sweatfest that saw the guest of honor publicly kissing Moby on the cheek (!) ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Lou Reed will perform eight concerts in Europe this summer, playing his ultra-dark 1973 album "Berlin" in its entirety. The outing kicks off on June 18 in Brussels, and will ...

Lou Reed is to take his Berlin album on a trek round Europe this Summer. The former Velvet Undergound man will begin the jaunt in Brussels on June 18th before stopping off at the Hammersmith Apollo ...

Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album "Berlin", filmed over five nights at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York.

SOMERVILLE -- The wig went missing in New York City. A few weeks ago, after Billy Hough wrapped up his unfiltered take on one of Lou Reed’s most difficult albums at Joe’s Pub, he couldn’t find the ...

I find myself looking at discussions about "what are you listening to now","what is best of a certain type of album" and "what is harderer and betterer" threads and thinking: yeah, but there is a fuck ...