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| | Waterfront To Walk On Wildside | | | | Lou Reed will be visiting the Waterfront to perform the entirety of his 1973 landmark album Berlin. The European dates will see Reed performing with a 30-piece ensemble including his band, a string and horn section, and a children's choir.
A legendary member of rock royalty and pioneer in the use of distortion, high volume feedback, and non-standard tunings, the original Velvet Underground front man’s latest tour with a 30 piece band and choir is typically atypical for Reed.
Instead of producing an album that enhanced his reputation as rock innovator, Reed has immersed himself in a highly ambitious, emotionally charged, psychologically exhausting, and utterly compelling work. Berlin is a dark and uncompromising concept album about drifting, tormented addicts in love, broken hearted and willfully disabled ex-pats, plotting their own downfalls in the barren outskirts of a divided city in turmoil.
The New York Times called the album "one of the strongest, most original rock records in years." Rolling Stone named it, "the Sgt. Pepper of the 70s."
The same magazine—among many others—attacked Reed for the work: "There are certain records that are so patently offensive that one wishes to take some kind of physical vengeance on the artists that perpetrate them. Reed's only excuse for this performance…can only be that this was his last shot at a once-promising career." Reed never performed Berlin live.
Thirty-three years after the release of the album, Reed launched the world premiere of an electrifying theatrical concert version of Berlin at St. Anne's Warehouse, New York City (December 14-17, 2006), followed by three performances at Australia's Sydney Festival (January 18-20, 2006). The Berlin song cycle was performed live in its entirety. Reed and his band were accompanied by a string and horn section and a children's choir, amounting to a 35-piece ensemble.
As in the making of the original album, the forthcoming 2008 European tour will see Reed collaborating with an all-star creative team.
Lou Reed was inducted in 1996 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of The Velvet Underground. The same year the French government awarded Reed with the Chevalier Commander of Arts and Letters. Reed has acted in and composed music for a number of films.
Lou Reed will be appearing in the Belfast Waterfront on 24 June. Tickets are £55.00 & £49.00, on sale Wednesday 12 march at 9am
(DW)
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And Finally... Sir Trev Bids Farewell
