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St Andrew's Day: We Bring You Eight Of The Best Andrews In Music
As it's St Andrew's Day we thought we'd have a bit of fun and find the best Andrews in music. There's not as many movers and shakers as you may think but we're sure you'll...
By Andrew Lockwood in Music / Festivals on 30 November 2020
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
Lou Reed Died Peacefully
Lou Reed died ''looking at the trees'' while doing Tai Chi. The legendary Velvet Underground musician passed away from liver cancer at his home in New York last Sunday (27.10.13), and his wife, Laurie Anderson,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 November 2013
Lou Reed Music Sales Soar In Wake Of Death
Lou Reed, the 71 year-old singer and musician who died last Sunday, has experienced a massive surge of interest to his music and has seen sales spike, sending his albums Transformer and Rock 'N' Roll...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 31 October 2013
Lou Reed Dead At 71: One Of History's Great Rock N' Roll Stars
Lou Reed - one of the most influential rock singer-songwriters of all time - has died aged 71. The legendary Brooklyn born musician had suffered serious health problems earlier this year, though the cause of...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 27 October 2013
Lou Reed Still Recovering From Life-saving Liver Transplant In Hospital [Update]
Singer/songwriter/rock God Lou Reed is currently in Ohio's Cleveland Clinic recovering from an apparently life-saving liver transplant he underwent several weeks ago. According to an interview with his wife, Laurie Anderson, published in The Times,...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 02 June 2013
The Velvet Underground's Legal Battle For Warhol's Banana Is Finally Over
If you’ve been keeping up on your Velvet Underground news lately, you know that big disputes can erupt over something as innocent as a banana. The dispute over the Andy Warhol Foundation’s sale of the...
By Victoria Pavlova in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 May 2013
Velvet Underground Lawsuit Partially Dismissed
Velvet Underground stars Lou Reed and John Cale have been dealt a setback in their court battle over the use of the band's iconic banana logo.The pioneering 1960s rockers launched legal action against officials at...
By WENN on 11 September 2012
Metallica Announce 'Lulu' Release
Metallica and Lou Reed's 'Lulu' album will be released on October 31. The 'Enter Sandman' group collaborated with the former Velvet Underground singer earlier this year -which Lou described as "a marriage made in heaven"...
By Bang Showbiz on 22 August 2011
Metallica Record Album With Lou Reed
Metallica have recorded an album with Lou Reed. The unlikely pairing of the metal band and the avant-garde former Velvet Underground frontman has resulted in a ten track disc which Lou describes as "a marriage...
By Bang Showbiz on 16 June 2011
Susan Boyle And Lou Reed Team Up To Shoot New Video In Scotland
SUSAN BOYLE recently spoke of how she was hurt by LOU REED's refusal to let her cover his track 'Perfect Day' on an episode of America's Got Talent, but in a dramatic U-turn the former...
By WENN on 08 November 2010
Lydon's Warning For Wannabes
Tragic punk icon SID VICIOUS would still be alive and well today if he had met rocker LOU REED - because he would have realised that the drug lifestyle the VELVET UNDERGROUND star sang about...
By WENN on 16 November 2009
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