Lou Reed brings Berlin to Europe
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Grumpy old man of iconoclastic rock Lou Reed will be taking his classic 1973 album Berlin to the European masses this summer.
"I only do this every thirty years. One time, one time only. You can tell your kids you saw Lou Reed's Berlin," said Reed of his decision to tour the record in 2007.
Yes, as in last year 2007.
Ach well, it is a heartless bastard of an album and the chance to see it performed with a 30-piece ensemble is not to be sniffed at, we supppose.
The tour kicks off June 23 at Cork Marquee and takes in four UK dates as well as a whole host of continental appearances.
Tickets for the Nottingham, Edinburgh and London dates go on pre-sale from 9am on March 6 from www.artistticket.com and will be available from 10am on March 8 through www.aeglive.co.uk.
Those dates in full:
June
23 Cork Marquee
24 Belfast Waterfront
25 Edinburgh Playhouse
26 Nottingham Royal Centre
28 Paris Salle Pleyel
30 London Royal Albert Hall
July
3 Munich Philharmonie
6 Hamburg Congress Centrum
7 Copenhagen Opera House
9 Stockholm Annexet
11 Estonia Saku Arena
12 Latvia Riga Arena
14 Warsaw Towar
16 Brussels Bozar
19 Lisbon Campo Pequeno
20 Loule Moinumento Dujarte Pacheco
21 Malaga Terral Festival
22 Madrid Conde Duque
25 Girona Portaferrada Festival
26 Benidorm Bullring
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sorry.
This was so good at Hammersmith last year
though the tickets were about £70 so expect the same this time.
How fast
do you reckon they will sell out?
probably not too fast, given the
fact that the tickets (especially for RAH) are likely to be MUY EXPENSIVE
Neil Young tickets
were going for over 200 quid a whip on the night. Id imagine this will sell out and tickets will go for prices equally as silly
85 notes a pop
no thank you very much
Saw this in Manchester last year, great but...
1. Lou - sing it like you mean it, he seemed to be reading off an autocue half the time.
2. Childrens choir = bad idea, although mildly funny to see a bunch of kids singing along to songs about addiction, domestic abuse, suicide etc
3. Cheesy versions of Sattelite of Love and Walk on the Wildside as encores. Vibekiller.
Aside from the above the band and the extended versions of the songs were pretty awesome.
Plus I got bought the ticket for my birthday.
That is
too much! I can listen to it at home for free without the cheese thanks!
eh
think they are 55 quid a ticket. My friend just got me one.
last time at hammersmith
Got a £75.00 ticket for £25.00. Doubt it'll be much different nthis time.
The choir for "The Bed"
was truly chilling I thought!
And I also got it as a present. Gifts FTW
Yes
It had its moments I agree, in Sad Song it was great too.
What kind of killed it for me was the audience reaction - THEY ARE SINGING ABOUT SUICIDE FOR FUCKS SAKE!!! WHY ARE YOU ALL GOING "AHHHH"
ive tried listening to berlin
and its terrible.
really really absolutely godawfully terrible.
benidorm!?
bullring?
i've never been there.. but... ummm
that's be fun. wonder if he gets a costa del Sun, chips and watneys Red Barrel on his rider...
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