Members of the legendary New York band, Velvet Underground, will reunite not to perform, but to discuss the group's new biography, at the New York Public Library, on December 8. It'll be part of the LIVE from the NYPL series.
The Velvet Underground: New York Art (Rizzoli Publications)
Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, and Doug Yule will meet with Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke to talk about the band's music and legacy and to promote the new book, The Velvet Underground: New York Art. According to Rizzoli publishing house, the compendium contains "never-before-seen photographs... Andy Warhol's cover and poster designs, Lou Reed's handwritten music and lyrics, underground press clippings and controversial reviews, flyers, handbills, and posters." For more info on this rare reunion, visit the LIVE from the NYPL website. Good new for those who can't make it in person: the NYPL site posts past LIVE events on its Web site, so look out for video and audio from the discussion sometime soon. (Via Billboard).
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