SXSW music festival will be holding a tribute to Lou Reed onFriday March 14th. Lou was the festival’s keynote speaker in 2008, where he alsoperformed ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ with Moby.
‘All that young guy stuff – that’s punk. No one can beatthat. And now it exists, and it will forever.’ – Lou Reed, SXSW, 2008
Lou’s friends Richard Barone and Alejandro Escovedo will bepresenting the commemoration concert, which features a host of bands influencedby Lou’s seminal work. For more details, click here.
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