Lou Reed joins Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank Centre

LOU REED
FRIDAY 10th AUGUST 2012

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON
TICKETS FROM £45.00

Lou Reed performs at this year’s Meltdown, curated by his friend and collaborator Antony.

Tickets on sale to Southbank Centre Members at 10am on Tuesday 29th May, and to the general public at 10am on Thursday 31st May.

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown / 0844 847 9944
www.ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 844 0006

This concert is part of Antony’s Meltdown, which also features performances from Diamanda Galás, Laurie Anderson, Elizabeth Fraser, CocoRosie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joey Arias, Marc Almond, Hal Willner: Freedom Rides and many more.

Lou Reed announces "From VU to Lulu" European Tour

Tour kicks off in Luxembourg on 6th June
and concludes in Slovakia on 5th July

Hot off the incredible reception of his collaborative album LULU with Metallica, Lou Reed will embark on his “From VU to LULU” European tour during Summer 2012.

The tour will start in Luxembourg on Wednesday 6th June and will take in several festivals, including Switzerland’s Caribana Festival, France's Montereau Festival, Berlin’s Citadel Music Festival and Slovakia’s renowned Pohoda Festival.

Lou will also perform several concerts in France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany.

The tour will feature a five-piece band, including Lou Reed, Tony ‘Thunder’ Smith (drums), Rob Wasserman (bass), Kevin Hearn (keyboards), and Aram Bajakian (guitar).

Lou and band will perform material from Reed’s entire cannon of songs ranging from the Velvet Underground to his recent Metallica collaborative album LULU.

Luxembourg - Rockhal
Wednesday 6th June
Tickets: €48
Centre de Musique Amplifiées, Esch-sur-Alzette, 4003
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Nyon, Switzerland – Caribana Festival
Friday 8th June
Tickets: CHF69
1299 Crans-près-Céligny
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France - Montereau Festival
Saturday 9th June
Quai des Noues
Tickets: €7 (1 day)
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Paris – Olympia
Monday 11th June
28 Boulevard des Capucines, 75009
Tickets: €139, €111.50, €89.50, €67.50
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Lille, France - L'Aeronef
Tuesday 12th June
Euralille, Avenue Willie Brandt, 59000
Tickets: €85, €75
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Amsterdam - Heineken Music Hall
Thursday 14th June
Arena Boulevard 590, 1101 DS
Tickets: €61, €66
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Brussels - Ancienne Belgique
Friday 15th June
Anspachlaan 110, Brussels, 1000
Tickets: €55
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Copenhagen – Falconer Salen
Monday 18th June
Tickets: 550/450/350/320 DKK
9 Falkoner Alle, Fredriksberg C, DK-2000
550/450/350/320 DKK
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Berlin - Citadel Music Festival
Wednesday 20th June
Zitadelle Spandau, Am Juliusturm. D-13599
Tickets: €48
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Mainz, Germany - Zollhafen/Nordmole
Saturday 23rd June
Am Zoll-und Binnenhafen 17, 55120
Tickets: €55/€45/€35/€32
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Clermont Ferrand, France - Cooperative de Mai
Monday 25th June
Rue Serge Gainsbourg, 63100
Tickets: €50/€70
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Bordeaux, France - Fete le Vin
Tuesday 26th June
Place des Quinconces, Bordeaux
Tickets: €35/€45
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Bonn, Germany – Kunst!Rasen
Friday 29th June
Charles-de-Gaulle-Strasse, 53113
Tickets: €48
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Dresden - Filmnächte am Elbufer
Saturday 30th June
Konigsufer, Dresden, 01097
Tickets: €56/€52/€47/€41/€36/€31
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Munich – Tollwood Festival, Olympic Park
Sunday 1st July
Tickets: €44
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Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
Thursday 5th July
3 Day Tickets: €69 (until 15th Feb), €85 (from 16th Feb), €99 (on site)
Airport Trencin, Trencin, 91101
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Lou Reed Essential Web Links

Lou Reed – Official Website
www.loureed.com

Lou Reed – Official Facebook
www.facebook.com/#!/LouReed

Lou Reed – Official Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/search/lou%20reed

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El Jefe Design was recently commissioned by Lou Reed to create a visually compelling poster for his July 2011 UK and European tou

American-based graphic illustrator El Jefe Design was recently commissioned by Lou Reed to create a visually compelling poster for his July 2011 UK and European tour. Exclusively numbered in a limited edition print-run of 500 copies, the rare screen-printed posters are available for a limited time only from Lou’s official website - www.loureed.com/posters.

“Reed's music was the inspiration,” says El Jefe Design’s founder, Jeffrey Everett. “It had to do more with the whole story, his legacy, and the vibe about him. He has a truly dangerous aura around him, but he crafts this absolutely stunning and beautiful music. That was the mixture I wanted - beauty, love, desire with the feeling it will all go wrong in an instant.”

For further information and to view this stunning piece of poster art, click here – www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/lou_reed/tourposter.htm

The iconic illustration of the man and woman riding on a motorcycle, originally started off as a sketch that was then scanned into the computer, where textures, colours and type were later added. The poster is a 3-colour screen print on off-white (French paper, Cement Green), and measures 19 x 25 inches in size.

For additional information about the limited edition poster, please contact:
Peter Noble and Will Taylor at Noble PR Consultancy
Tel: 0207 272 7772, peter@noblepr.co.uk, will@noblepr.co.uk