Lou Reed is to take his most bizarre release Metal Machine Music on the road.
Metal Machine Music, released in 1975 was a double album featuring four sides of noise.Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio: MM3 will be performing what is being described as 'A Night of Deep Noise' that features Lou Reed on processed and unprocessed guitars, Ulrich Krieger on tenor sax and live-electronics, and Sarth Calhoun on continuum and live processing - a collaborative affair that will see all three musicians improvise music and make soundscapes. The Metal Machine Trio originally debuted at the REDCAT Theatre in Los Angeles in October 2008.
Each concert will feature no songs and no vocals. The trio will utilise guitars, saxophones, continuum, plus an array of electronic treatments that will venture into deep acoustic space. The collaboration will draw on new music, free jazz, avant-rock, noise and ambient in a set of intense conceptual pieces and intuitive improvisations.
The Metal Machine Trio concerts will be influenced and inspired by Lou Reed’s seminal 1975 album Metal Machine Music. The concerts won’t duplicate the original album but will instead opt for entirely new unique music, noise and soundscapes.
Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Trio:
2010 European Tour
Cambridge Junction
Saturday 17 April
Box Office: 01223 511 511,
Book Online: www.junction.co.uk
Tickets: £25 adv
The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX
Oxford O2 Academy
Sunday 18 April
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
Book Online: www.o2academyoxford.co.uk
Tickets: £25 adv
O2 Oxford Academy, 190 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UE
London Royal Festival Hall
Ether Festival
Monday 19 April
Box Office: 0844 875 0073
Book Online: www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Tickets: £45, 40, 32.50, 27.50, 25, 22.50
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London SE1 8XX
La Cigale, Paris, France
Wednesday 21 April
Box Office: 0892 683622
Book Online: www.lacigale.fr/en
Tickets: ¬70, 60, 50
La Cigale, 120 Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris 75018
A/B, Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
Domino Festival
Thursday 22 April
Box Office: (+32) 2 548 24 24
Book Online: www.abconcerts.be/en
www.dominofestival.be/nl
Tickets: ¬35
A/B - Ancienne Belgique, Anspachlaan 10,Brussels 1000
DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
Saturday 24 April
Box Office: (+45) 3520 6262
Book Online: www.dr.dk/Koncerthuset
Tickets: DKK300, 425, 500, 575
DR Koncerthuset, Emil Holmes Kanal 20, 0999, Copenhagen
Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
Monday 26 April
Box Office: (+47) 815 33 133
Book Online: www.rockefeller.no/english
Tickets: NOK485
Sentrum, Arbeidersamfunnets Plass 1, Oslo N-0181
Ole Bull Scene, Bergen, Norway
Bergen Festival
Tuesday 27 April
Box Office: Bergen (+47) 55321145
Book Online: www.olebullscene.no
Tickets: NOK520
Ole Bull Scene, Øvre Ole Bullsplass 3, Bergen, 5012
Teatre Principal de Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Festival Alternatilla
Friday 30 April
Box Office: (34) 971 219 700
Book Online: www.teatreprincipal.com
Tickets: TBA not on sale yet
Festival Allternatilla, Teatre Principal de Palma, Palma, Mallorca
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