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Actors, artists, transvestites, junkies and wannabes: How Lou Reed made the defining album of his career

Rudderless after the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed ditched New York for London and hooked upwith David Bowie: The rest is history

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‘Hip-hop is the new avant garde’: John Cale on Lou Reed, anger and continual reinvention

He made rock history with the Velvet Underground and produced landmark albums for the likes of Patti Smith. At 82, his 18th solo outing proves he’s still at the bleeding edge

The Guardian - UK

"I miss him and his dog": Keith Richards has recorded a cover of Lou Reed's classic I'm Waiting For My Man

Watch the video for Keith Richards' cover of I'm Waiting For My Man, taken from the upcoming album The Power Of The Heart: A Tribute To Lou Reed

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Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes review – beauty and the beast

Genius, queer pioneer, influencer: a vivid new biography presents rock’s poet of the shadow self for a new generation

The Guardian - UK

Why Jimi Hendrix matters now more than ever – only in the new Guitar World

Plus! The Rolling Stones, the amazing Mr. Jimmy, Baroness, Trevor Rabin, Steve Lukather, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Mateus Asato, the Velvet Underground's John Cale & more

Guitar World

“Like the Velvet Underground playing an early Black Sabbath riff, but in the desert. At night… it’s bonkers. And it’s also rather beautiful”: Goat’s Medicine

Enigmatic Swedes up the ante after Oh Death, with more twisted multi-genre shapes

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Why The Velvet Underground hated The Doors

"How fabulous, in a bathtub in Paris!" - Lou Reed, upon hearing of the death of Doors frontman Jim Morrison

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John Cale: Mercy review – the titan of cool misses a trick

The 80-year-old’s latest album features some inspired younger guests but cries out for less dated beats and a visionary producer

The Guardian - UK

The 25 greatest American rock bands of all time: Guns N’ Roses to Bon Jovi

From Red Hot Chili Peppers to Foo Fighters, we select the best of the bunch

Evening Standard

‘Humanity hit a brick wall’: John Cale on the Velvets, Nico, Covid and a gun-ridden world gone bad

As he hits 80 and releases a softly raging album inspired by the ugliness of the pandemic years, the ever restless and eternally avant-garde musician unburdens himself

The Guardian - UK

The outsider’s outsider: John Cale by Cate Le Bon, Gruff Rhys and James Dean Bradfield

Before they take to the stage with Cale for his 80th birthday concert, the three reflect on how Wales’s greatest living musician subverted what it means to be a Welsh musician

The Guardian - UK

10 acts you need to catch at West Best Bloc Fest

AS a showcase for Newcastle's diverse range of live original acts, Sunday's West Best Bloc Fest will provide an embarrassment of riches. One wristband will get you the ultimate musical pub crawl, with bands and soloists filling The Family Hotel, The Happy Wombat, Jams Karaoke, Rogue Scholar, The Star Hotel…

Newcastle Herald

Laurie Anderson on Lou Reed’s lost demo tape: ‘He really wasn’t that interested in his past’

While sorting through her husband’s belongings, Anderson found a remarkable recording from 1965 that reveals the influence of Dylan, the seeds of the Velvet Underground – and a surprising sense of humour

The Guardian - UK

After Sensational Trial, Johnny Depp Releases an Album

Fresh off his highly publicized, controversial defamation suit, actor Johnny Depp sought to show his creative career was back on track Friday, releasing an album with English rocker Jeff Beck. The 13-track album "18" on which Depp sings and plays guitar features mainly covers, and so far it has been…

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‘A huge labor of love’: the Lou Reed exhibition years in the making

At the New York Public Library, an expansive new exhibition shares previously unseen personal artifacts and demos

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Johnny Depp, Jeff Beck to Release Album on July 15

Fresh off his highly publicized, controversial defamation suit, actor Johnny Depp is set to release an album with English rocker Jeff Beck on July 15, a statement released Thursday said. The 13-track record entitled "18" is largely comprised of covers, the statement from Depp and Beck said, with music from…

The Guardian - UK

Lou Reed’s earliest Velvet Underground demos unearthed for reissue

Recordings from May 1965 were sealed for nearly 50 years, and reveal folk-like renditions of songs including I’m Waiting for the Man and Heroin

The Guardian - UK

‘They didn’t go round the corner for beer’: Lou Reed and John Cale’s Songs for Drella

After years of estrangement, the two Velvet Underground musicians decided to make a record and filmed concert about their mentor Andy Warhol. Director Ed Lachman talks about how he captured the pair in action

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Songs for Drella review – Lou Reed and John Cale’s moving journey into Warhol

The filmed 1990 reunion of Reed and Cale performing their spiky album testament to Warhol was thought lost

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The Velvet Underground founding member John Cale to play in Whitley Bay for Mouth of Tyne Festival

The star will be coming to North Tyneside this summer - here are details on how to get tickets for his show, which will be on sale from next week

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