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  Lou Reed: Words & Music, May 1965 review – revelatory early cuts

  The 23-year-old Reed and John Cale try things out for size in this treasure trove of previously unreleased demos

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  Laurie Anderson on Lou Reed’s lost demo tape: ‘He really wasn’t that interested in his past’

  While sorting through her husband’s belongings, Anderson found a remarkable recording from 1965 that reveals the influence of Dylan, the seeds of the Velvet Underground – and a surprising sense of humour

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  ‘A huge labor of love’: the Lou Reed exhibition years in the making

  At the New York Public Library, an expansive new exhibition shares previously unseen personal artifacts and demos

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  Lou Reed’s earliest Velvet Underground demos unearthed for reissue

  Recordings from May 1965 were sealed for nearly 50 years, and reveal folk-like renditions of songs including I’m Waiting for the Man and Heroin

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  ‘They didn’t go round the corner for beer’: Lou Reed and John Cale’s Songs for Drella

  After years of estrangement, the two Velvet Underground musicians decided to make a record and filmed concert about their mentor Andy Warhol. Director Ed Lachman talks about how he captured the pair in action

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  Songs for Drella review – surprisingly moving journey into Warhol

  Songs for Drella review – surprisingly moving journey into Warhol. The filmed 1990 reunion of Lou Reed and John Cale performing their spiky album testament to Warhol was thought lost

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  Keanu Reeves once asked Lou Reed for his autograph

  Keanu Reeves once asked the "cool" Lou Reed for his autograph. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night, host Stephen asked The Matrix actor a series of quick-fire questions as part of a segment called "The Colbert Questionert". Asked whether he'd ever asked someone for their signature, Keanu recalled how he approached Lou for his autograph on behalf of a friend. "He was cool about. It was a little piece of paper with blue ink. It was good. (It said), 'Lou Re

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  Mick Rock obituary

  Mick Rock obituary. Personal photographer to David Bowie who was also known as the Man Who Shot the 70s

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  Mick Rock, photographer celebrated for his images of David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop who lived the rock’n’roll lifestyle to the full – obituary

  Mick Rock, who has died aged 72, was the doyen of rock photographers; he was at one time official photographer to David Bowie and was known as “the man who shot the Seventies”. He would later confess that not only did he chronicle the rock’n’roll lifestyle, he lived it to the full as vigorously as any of his subjects.

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  BBC 'Children in Need': The 10 best moments from down the years

  BBC Children in Need's ten greatest moments from star studded charity nights

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