Lou Reed News

In a rare public appearance, Lou Reed and other members of the iconic band gathered to talk about Andy Warhol and why they never got respect.

MUSE TO PLAY SNL According to their Web site, Muse will play Saturday Night Live this month.

'The Velvet Underground: New York Art' notes that the band's early look was as important as the sound in defining cool.

Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker will perform their hugely successful Aja album and other songs from their catalogue at Place des Arts.

I admire the way my colleague Michael Slezak has analyzed the shortcomings of Adam Lambert's AMA performance.

Former members of The Velvet Underground are set to share a stage to talk about the band's history and legacy.

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This special gig will have a unique twist as Moby will open the forum and ask Q Readers, Q Radio, Big City Radio and Kiss FM listeners chose his set.

RollingStone.com caught up with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett just prior to the band's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25th anniversary performance last night at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Photos by David Schnur, text by Marke B. Ian McCullough, dark and lovely Somewhat surprisingly sprinkled with young fans, a rapturous crowd received '80s guitar-pop heroes - Echo and the Bunnymen with open arms and singalong voices at the Fox on Thursday.

Barenaked Ladies singer-keyboardist Kevin Hearn sometimes can't believe he has Lou Reed playing on his fifth solo album, Havana Winter , which was released in the summer.

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A Walk On The Wild Side LOU, LOU... >> Posted By dadesider 9 hours, 32 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment Lou Reed tells it better than I can.

Gavin Friday & friends played Carnegie Hall Gavin & Courtney @ Carnegie Hall Rufus, Scarlett & Gavin @ Carnegie Hall Gavin & U2 @ Carnegie Hall The night's advertised guests included Laurie Anderson, Antony, Elizabeth Ashley, Bono, Adam Clayton, Andrea Corr, The Edge, Flo & Eddie, Joel Grey, Bill Frisell, Guggi, Scarlett Johansson, Courtney Love, ...

When it comes to opening a season, opera's reigning soprano Renee Fleming is the go-to gal.

Lynyrd Skynyrd God & Guns In the very first Payback column the Straight ever published I was called a "Skynyrd-loving moron" by a ticked-off Lou Reed fan, and - thanks to incessant reminders from caring colleagues Mike Usinger and John Lucas - have never been allowed to forget it.

Brian Eno's famous quote on The Velvet Undergrounda '"Only five thousand people ever bought a Velvet Underground album, but every single one of them started a band"a 'may be the greatest compliment one could bestow upon an artist, and still seems appropriate in music today, as the band's influence carries on steadily in independent music.

Jack Johnson, Amy Winehouse and Fall Out Boy contribute to the 'Rhythms Del Mundo Classics.' Everything sounds a little better with a Cuban beat.

It all started when Lou Reed decided he wasn't going to start on time. "Everything's supposed to be grim," he once told us .

Tickets are going fast for the Helsinki Festival, which gets under way this Thursday.