Lou Reed has added another date to the UK leg of his upcoming European tour in July. Reed and his band will play the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Friday July 1st. Tickets, priced £35, can be ordered from 0870 320 7000, www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.wolvescivic.co.uk.
Reed will play two further concerts in the UK including The Hop Farm Music Festival (Saturday July 2nd) and London HMV Hammersmith Apollo (Monday July 4th). In addition to the UK dates, Reed will perform several concerts in France, including Le Grand Rex (Tuesday July 5th), and an extensive tour of Italy that includes dates in Milan, Rome and Taormina, Sicily. The European tour follows the announcement of a Reed’s new ‘Lollapalooza Live’ DVD that will be released in July.
Tony Diodore has just been confirmed as Reed’s new guitarist, who will join the current line-up of Rob Wasserman (bass), Tony Smith (drums), Kevin Hearn (keyboards), Ulrich Krieger (sax), Sarth Calhoun (processing, fingerboard continuum) and Lou Reed (vocals, guitar).
