Lou Reed live in concert.
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Lou Reed

32
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

69
%
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Critic Consensus

Based on 32 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Lou Reed is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Lou Reed concert reviews describe live shows and performances as avant-garde, elegant, compelling, and eclectic.

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Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65 (27 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Brooklyn, United States (3/2/1942)
Bio
Lou Reed (March 2, 1942 - October 27, 2013) was an American rock artist originally from Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Has Performed With
Metal Machine Trio

Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

August 12, 2012
60
%
One song in, a foolhardy masochist dares to commit heckler's hara-kiri.

The Arts Desk (UK)

August 11, 2012
80
%
Those were Lou Reed’s opening lines at the RFH taken from Lulu his recent collaboration with Metallica and his most poorly received record since 1975’s Metal Machine Music.

The Telegraph (UK)

August 11, 2012
80
%
His youthful swagger has been replaced with a kind of arthritic shuffle as if he isn’t quite sure that the ground will support his weight.

musicOMH (UK)

August 10, 2012
60
%
Lou Reed @ Royal Festival Hall, London

The Guardian (UK)

July 6, 2011
60
%
He cuts a slightly frail and tremulous figure these days older than his 69 years but advancing age certainly hasn't made his countenance any sunnier.

The Guardian (UK)

April 20, 2010
80
%
Whatever that means the assembled audience is certainly diverse testament to the weird allure of Metal Machine Music either as an act of impressively monumental petulance or a compelling and even oddly pretty work of art in its own right.

musicOMH (UK)

April 19, 2010
80
%
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

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