Latest Lou Reed News
Lou Reed's Pre-velvet Underground Recordings Compiled For New Album
A Lou Reed singles album compiling his songwriting before his tenure in The Velvet Underground is set to be released.‘Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65’ is set to drop on...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 August 2024
John Cale’S Lockdown Music Fuelled By Rage
John Cale’s lockdown music was driven by rage.The Velvet Underground founding member, 82, released his 13th studio record in 2023 after churning out a “huge tranche of songs” amid self-isolation during Covid, during which he...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2024
Keith Richards Celebrates Lou Reed On I’M Waiting For The Man
Keith Richards features on a new album that celebrates Lou Reed's enduring influence.The iconic musician died from liver disease in October 2013, aged 71, and a number of his friends and fans - including Keith,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 March 2024
SinéAd O’Connor Died In Love With Lou Reed: ‘I Didn’T Know How Much I Loved Him!’
Sinéad O’Connor died in love with Lou Reed.The notoriously fiery ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, found dead in London on Wednesday (26.07.23) aged 56 after moving back to the city from her native Ireland, admitted...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 July 2023
Sir Paul Mccartney's Bass Guitar Sells For Record-breaking 496k
Sir Paul McCartney's bass guitar has sold at auction for a record-breaking $496,100.The 79-year-old musician used the Yamaha BB-1200 in the studio and on tour with Wings, and when it was sold at the weekend,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 December 2021
Corey Taylor, Billy Idol And More Playing Sex Pistols And Lou Reed Albums For Charity
Corey Taylor, Billy Idol and more are joining a supergroup to play Sex Pistols and Lou Reed albums live for charity.Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison - who is part of Idol's live...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 October 2021
Alice Cooper's Theatrical Shows Inspired By David Bowie
Alice Cooper has claimed David Bowie was inspired by his theatrical stage shows.The 'School's Out' hitmaker has recalled how the late music icon - who passed away in 2016 - took his backing band The...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 March 2021
Alice Cooper Drops Rendition Of Lou Reed's Rock & Roll Featuring Detroit Members
Alice Cooper has released a new rendition of Lou Reed's 'Rock & Roll' featuring members of Detroit and more.The 'Poison' hitmaker has given fans the first taste of his upcoming LP, 'Detroit Stories', with the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 13 November 2020
Metallica Would've Worked With Lou Reed Again
Metallica had contemplated working with Lou Reed again before his untimely death.Drummer Lars Ulrich, 56, has revealed the 'Enter Sandman' rockers were interested in hitting the studio again with the late Velvet Underground legend -...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 August 2020
Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn Dies Aged 69
Holly Woodlawn, the transgender actress who gained fame as one of Andy Warhol’s superstars in the 1970s, has died aged 69. Woodlawn had been battling cancer in recent years and passed away at an assisted-living...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 December 2015
Bob Dylan And Lou Reed Films To Be Screened In Times Square
The legendary artist's silent movies are to be projected on electronic billboards high above the Big Apple and screened in the three minutes leading up to 12am as part of an art series...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 24 April 2015
David Bowie Reckons Lou Reed's Metallica Collaboration 'Lulu' Was His "Masterpiece"
Never one to back away from a controversial opinion, David Bowie has pretty much a unique opinion on Lou Reed’s career. Believe it or not, he reckons that the late singer’s greatest musical work was...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 21 April 2015
David Bowie Brands Lou Reed's Metallica Album His Greatest Work
Reed's experimental project with the metal band was his final album prior to his death in 2013, but the 2011 record flopped in the charts and received a slew of negative reviews from...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 April 2015
Karen O Is Pregnant
Karen O is pregnant.The Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer and husband Barnaby Clay - who married four years ago - are expecting their first child together, though it is unclear when the baby is due.The couple...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 20 April 2015
Lou Reed's First Wife Writing Tell-all Book
Bettye Kronstad wed the rocker in 1973 and he is rumoured to have written his hit track Perfect Day about her, but the marriage fell apart after less than a year as they...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 April 2015
Lou Reed Slams Beatles From Beyond The Grave
Late rocker Lou Reed branded The Beatles "garbage" and dismissed The Doors as "stupid" in a recently-discovered lost interview.The Velvet Underground star, who passed away in 2013, sat down with journalist Joe Smith in 1987...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 18 February 2015
Green Day One Of Six Artists To Be Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Esteemed musical institution the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2015. The six musical acts to be inducted are: Green Day; Bill Withers; Joan Jett & The Blackhearts; Stevie Ray...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 21 December 2014
Green Day To Be Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Green Day, Ringo Starr and Lou Reed are among the artists who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.The 'Basket Case' hitmakers will be enshrined at the 30th annual...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 December 2014
Iggy Pop Scales Down Touring
Rock veteran Iggy Pop is scaling down his tour schedule for the sake of his health after the deaths of his peers Lou Reed and Tommy Ramone.The Lust for Life hitmaker has been regularly performing...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 October 2014
Laurie Anderson Sues For Outstanding Lou Reed Concert Fee
Lou Reed's widow Laurie Anderson has asked a New York judge to enforce a compensation agreement awarded to the rock legend's estate following the cancellation of the inaugural Ur-1 Festival in 2012.The Velvet Underground icon...
By World Entertainment News Network in Music / Festivals on 08 August 2014
Lana Del Rey Wishes She Was Dead
Lana Del Rey wishes she was ''dead already''. The 27-year-old singer, who shot to fame following her hit 'Video Games', believes her life is like ''one f***ed movie'' and she's adamant she doesn't want...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 13 June 2014
Suzanne Vega Recalls Final Meeting With Pal Lou Reed
Singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega has opened up about her final get together with pal Lou Reed before his death last year (13), revealing her final image of the rock icon was not one she's fond of...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 January 2014
Stars Turn Out For Lou Reed Tribute Show
Debbie Harry, Paul Simon and Patti Smith were among the stars who turned out to honour late rocker Lou Reed at a tribute show in New York City on Monday night (16Dec13).Reed's family and friends...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 17 December 2013
Macaulay Culkin's Pizza-themed Tribute Act Receives Death Threats From Fellow Pizza-themed Act
Few people could have seen Macaulay Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground tribute act, the imaginatively called The Pizza Underground, coming when it emerged on Bandcamp last month, but even fewer people would have seen the latest...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 15 December 2013
Deborah Harry & Boy George Pay Tribute To Lou Reed In New Film
Blondie star Deborah Harry and Boy George have joined a host of stars in a new documentary tribute to the late Lou Reed.The Bbc film, which will debut in the U.K. on Sunday (15Dec13), will...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 December 2013
Lou Reed's Lost Song To Be Released
Lou Reed's lost Velvet Underground song has surfaced online and is set to be released. 'I'm Not A Young Man Anymore' was a live track co-curated by Velvet Underground musicians John Cale and Lou Reed,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 November 2013
New Yorkers Remember Lou Reed With Song Instead Of Speech
Fans of the late rocker Lou Reed gathered in New York to pay their respects by singing some of the former Velvet Underground frontman's songs yesterday afternoon. Pedestrians walking through New York's Lincoln Center and...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 15 November 2013
Lauren Anderson & Bono Pen Rolling Stone Essays About Lou Reed
Lou Reed's widow Laurie Anderson and Bono have penned tribute essays about the late rocker for the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine.The former Velvet Underground frontman, who lost his battle with liver disease at...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 06 November 2013
Lou Reed's Estate: What He Left, And Who He Left It To
Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed has left his estate to his musician wife Laurie Anderson and other relatives.Reed left his West 11th Street Manhattan penthouse, his $1.5million home in East Hampton, New York and the...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 06 November 2013
Lou Reed Aims To Continue Caring For His Mother, Sister & Wife Following His Death
As we continue to mourn the death of one of the most iconic and influential rock stars of the last 50 years, it has been easy to forget that underneath all the tales of excess...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 November 2013
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