Album Review: Lou Reed & Metallica - 'Lulu'

Lou Reed & Metallica - 'Lulu'

The internet almost broke under the weight of WTFs and ROFLs when this unlikely collaboration was first announced. It brings together rock’s most curmudgeonly men under one studio roof; one assumes Van Morrison was invited but told them all to...

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Reed, Lou : The Raven

Reed, Lou : The Raven

Lou Reed The Raven (REPRISE) Godfather of sleaze unveils Edgar Allan Poe: The Musical. Bowie smooches by Find the current New York scene lightweight? Then how about a two-hour audio play inspired by Poe, courtesy of the city's grand vizier...

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Dublin Olympia

Dublin Olympia

Rock and roll is a vicious circle. You get out, die or clean your act up. Just ask Lou Reed . Like much of his audience tonight, the only vice Lou still harbours is a pair of leather trousers. But we'll let him away with it, because as a...

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London SW7 Royal Albert Hall

London SW7 Royal Albert Hall

There's a famous bootleg version of 'Walk On The Wild Side' , where for 30 minutes an incoherent, drunk and angry Lou Reed vents his spleen. That Lou Reed doesn't show up today. The one here before us, with an initially stern demeanour...

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