Lou Reed News

Elvis Costello embarks on SOLO East Coast U.S. Tour with Philadelphia Stop at Merriam Theater tonight, November 10 at 8 p.m. Costello's performance includes new work from Wise Up Ghost (released September 17, Blue Note Records), the collaborative album of Costello and The Roots, produced by longtime Roots associate Steven Mandel along with Costello and ?uestlove.

Created by painter, sculptor and film producer, Robyn Morshead in 2009, Artlightenment is a three day event which features workshops, live music and a fashion show.

Orion will publish a biography of the late singer-songwriter Lou Reed by rock writer Mick Wall.

The five-time Grammy-winning San Francisco Girls Chorus will open its 2013-2014 35th anniversary season tonight, November 3, 2013, at 7 pm at Marines' Memorial Theatre in San Francisco with a concert of music both French and French-inspired, conducted by new Music Director and Principal Conductor Valerie Sainte-Agathe.

Catch the NEW episode of Dave's Gone By (#443 - Backstage Pass) - LIVE, today, Saturday, Nov. 2, 9am-noon(MT) streaming on UNC Radio (www.uncradio.com). Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with theatrical press agent Susan L. Schulman ('Backstage Pass to Broadway'). Plus: Inside Broadway and remembering Lou Reed.

In honor of legendary musician Lou Reed who passed away earlier this week, Sundance Channel will re-broadcast the episode of the interview series 'Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...' featuring the rock icon and Velvet Underground founder, tonight, November 2 at 7pm.

Catch the NEW episode of Dave's Gone By (#443 - Backstage Pass) - LIVE, this Saturday, Nov. 2, 9am-noon(MT) streaming on UNC Radio (www.uncradio.com). Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with theatrical press agent SUSAN L. SCHULMAN ('Backstage Pass to Broadway'). Plus: Inside Broadway and remembering Lou Reed.

This morning, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, St. Ann's Warehouse Founder and Artistic Director Susan Feldman, St. Ann's Warehouse Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson, St. Ann's Warehouse Board Chair Joseph S. Steinberg, Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer, NYC Council Member Stephen Levin, State Senator Daniel Squadron and others broke ground at the Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The event signals the beginning of St. Ann's $27 million development of the historic building, originally constructed in 1861, into a 25,000 SF performing arts center and community hub on the Brooklyn waterfront. The Tobacco Warehouse will serve as a permanent home for St. Ann's, which has activated found spaces for cultural use in downtown Brooklyn since in 1980. The non-profit organization plans to present its opening season in the Brooklyn Bridge Park warehouse in Fall 2015.

In honor of legendary musician Lou Reed who passed away earlier this week, Sundance Channel will re-broadcast the episode of the interview series 'Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...' featuring the rock icon and Velvet Underground founder, on Saturday, November 2 at 7pm.

Composer/lyricist Stephen Trask is currently prepping his unique rock musical written with John Cameron Mitchell for its Broadway debut, HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH, starring Neil Patrick Harris, and the songwriter opens up about the immense influence of recently deceased rock idol Lou Reed in a compelling new essay.

PBS and THIRTEEN's American Masters series present a special in memoriam broadcast of the 1998 documentary Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart beginning tomorrow, Thursday, October 31 at 10pm nationwide on PBS (check local listings).

As a tribute to Lou Reed (1942-2013), the iconic New York musician who died earlier this week, Museum of the Moving Image will present a screening of Lou Reed's Berlin, the 2007 documentary that captured Reed's live shows of his rediscovered concept album Berlin at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. The screening takes place on Saturday, November 2, 7:30 p.m., in the Museum's Redstone Theater. Program and ticket information is below.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, popular and influential songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed, most known for forming Velvet Underground has died at 71 according to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was revealed, but it's been noticed that the performer received a liver transplant back in May of 2013. BroadwayWorld remembers Reed with photos below.

The Recording Academy's President/CEO Neil Portnow has just released the following statement about the legendary Lou Reed who died today, at 71.

Popular and influential songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed, most known for forming Velvet Underground has died at 71 according to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was revealed, but it's been noticed that the performer received a liver transplant back in May of 2013 .

Under the artistic direction of Philip Glass, In the Spirit features an extraordinary array of acclaimed musicians to celebrate the great spiritual and cultural traditions stretching from Tibet and China to Africa, the Middle East, and the West.

Under the artistic direction of Philip Glass, In the Spirit features an extraordinary array of acclaimed musicians to celebrate the great spiritual and cultural traditions stretching from Tibet and China to Africa, the Middle East, and the West.

Today, the New York bred Rock outfit Made in America announced that their first single 'All My Money' (from their forthcoming debut album) is available on YouTube by visiting the link below. It will be available through iTunes and the other major music services shortly. Check it out below!

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in a celebration of the centennial of English composer, conductor, and pianist Benjamin Britten. The program will include Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, featuring tenor Paul Appleby and Philharmonic Principal Horn Philip Myers, and Britten's Spring Symphony, with soprano Kate Royal (in her Philharmonic debut), mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke (Philharmonic subscription debut), tenor Paul Appleby, New York Choral Artists directed by Joseph Flummerfelt, and Brooklyn Youth Chorus directed by Dianne Berkun-Menaker. The concerts, which include a performance on the composer's 100th birthday, November 22, will take place Thursday, November 21, 2013, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 22 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, November 23 at 8:00 p.m.