Velvet Underground icon also suggested they sack their managersLou Reed and MGMT's Andrew VanWyngardenMGMT have discussed how they reached out to Lou Reed with the offer of a collaboration, revealing that he turned …Continue reading »The post MGMT recall how Lou Reed rejected their offer of a collaboration appeared first on NME.

David Bowie described Metallica's controversial collaboration with Lou Reed as 'genius', according to Reed's widow Laurie Anderson.

Musicians pay tribute to the late Velvet Underground frontman inducted into the Hall of Fame by Patti Smith

Over the weekend, the late Lou Reed was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame alongside Green Day, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Withers, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Patti Smith introduced Reed, and his widow, the experimental musician Laurie Anderson, made an emotional speech in his honor. [&...

Lou Reed was inducted posthumously into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland on Saturday.