Lou Reed has announced a series of European tour dates on which he'll perform, for the first time, the entirety of his somewhat legendary 1973 album 'Berlin' accompanied by a thirty piece ensemble including his band and a string and horn section, plus the New London Children's Choir. He'll play two London dates at the Hammersmith Apollo on 30 Jun and 1 Jul. And don't go thinking you can see this any old time. This tour's a one off. Oh yes. Listen to Mr Lou Reed, here's what he says about the upcoming tour: "I only do this every thirty years. One time, one time only. You can tell you kids you saw Lou Reed's Berlin."
The tour will also call at Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin (I should think so!), Lyon, Rome, and Arezzo. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am.
2 comments:
Since I won't be going to Paris anytime soon, I'm going to rent that Tai-Chi video Lou just put out and try to take him seriously once again...
Sometimes, he just baffles me. He can be so awe-inspiring great (this tour for instance) and other times I just don't know.
Lou is a one-off, and Berlin is a great album which still holds a lot of stamina today. The news of the European tour is kind of historic. I think this is the only time he will ever perform Berlin in its entirety. If you miss the tour, he'll never perform this album again in Europe. I found this UK site where Lou says that this is a one time only affair and that you can tell your kids that you saw Lou Reed. I think he is taking the piss out of himself, which is typically wry humour coming from the Good Humour Man himself. Berlin live has to be essential. You'd be a complete moron to miss this show. Here's that page - http://www.noblepr.co.uk/offline/lou_reed/2007_tour.htm. It's good to get depressed once in a while. 'Caroline Says' is a milestone Reed song.
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