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Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942, married to musician-artist Laurie Anderson) is an American rock artist originally from Brooklyn, New York. Especially while a member of the The Velvet Underground in the 1960s, Reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a largely simplistic genre of music. Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground. |
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News in english
about Lou Reed
(November / 2009)
Mick Jagger Joins U2, Lou Reed Joins Metallica Date: 01 Nov 2009
Undercover -
At the second of two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shows in New York this week, Mick Jagger joined U2 on stage for a few songs, Lou Reed was up there with Metallica and sisters Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin reunited doing it for themselves.
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Metallica Performing With Ozzy Video Available Date: 03 Nov 2009
Metal Hammer -
2 of metal’s biggest names combine on some classic Black Sabbath tracks! Feast your eyes on the performance inside! Metallica performed with Ozzy Osbourne, Lou Reed and The Kinks frontman Ray Davies at last week’s Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame 25th Anniversary show.
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Michael Clark Company, Barbican, London Date: 04 Nov 2009
Independent -
Rock music is good for Michael Clark. His latest work, Come, Been and Gone, shown as part of bite and Dance Umbrella, returns to the music of his teens: Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, David Bowie. Even the programme is designed to look like a 7-inch record sleeve. With this soundtrack, Clark and his company gleam with purpose. It's the best thing he's done in years.
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Twitterer Lauren Oostveen Date: 05 Nov 2009
The Coast -
Public relations and communications whiz Oostveen posts Nova Scotian archival photos and bad Lou Reed covers by Carsten Knox A public relations grad from Mount Saint Vincent, Oostveen has a double-barrelled Twitter feed---one for professional reasons and one personal. For two years she was the marketing and communications officer for the Nova Scotia Archives, which includes tweets about the ...
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Lou Reed: Photographer Date: 10 Nov 2009
Independent -
Lou Reed may be a rock legend, the founding member of the Velvet Underground, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a man so cool that fans keel over in the reflection of his mirrored shades. Yet he has an alter ego, a solitary figure, a man who retreats quietly into nature to observe the light and make elegant, romantic photographs, far removed from his life at the heart of New York ...
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Joan Baez, Lou Reed serenade revolution hero Havel Date: 14 Nov 2009
Philippine Daily Inquirer -
American singers Joan Baez, Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega performed Saturday at a concert in Prague paying homage to former Czech president Vaclav Havel, a hero of the Velvet Revolution 20 years ago.
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Joan Baez, Lou Reed serenade revolution hero Havel Date: 16 Nov 2009
The New Sabah Times -
US singers Joan Baez, Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega performed Saturday at a concert in Prague paying homage to former Czech president Vaclav Havel, a hero of the Velvet Revolution 20 years ago.
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Talks with Joan Baez, Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega: musicians of the revolution era Date: 16 Nov 2009
Radio Prague -
Celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution began at the weekend and, of course, they began with Václav Havel. The dissident playwright cum philosopher-president was the main figure behind the bloodless uprising that toppled 40 years of communism within just a few weeks. At the weekend, Mr Havel held a semi-private concert to commemorate the music that accompanied the ...
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