Stereogum — The Velvet Underground's John Cale and Moe Tucker reunited over the summer to perform "I'm Waiting For The Man" at the Grammy Salute To Music Legends concert. The entire show will be airing on Friday night as part of PBS' Great Performances series, b... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Everybody knows rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact! This was the year of Abba winning Eurovision, the Osmonds being given their own week of prime-time BBC1 programming, Kung Fu Fighting, Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Cen... more info

Stereogum — Desert Daze 2017 already had an excellent lineup including Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Spiritualized, Panda Bear, John Cale, Ariel Pink, and Atlas Sound. And now, it has an even better lineup. The festival, which comes to Joshua Tree, California's ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Clearing up another pre-Year Zero year as we continue through four decades of pop, one which features a lot of big important albums and international starmaking turns. Ziggy retired, Led Zeppelin got their private plane, CBGBs opens, we lost Gram Par... more info

Stereogum — The annual Desert Daze festival is returning to Joshua Tree, California for four days of music in October. The first round of the lineup, which was announced today, includes Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Spiritualized, Panda Bear, John Cale, Ariel Pi... more info

Stereogum — The Velvet Underground's seminal debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico turned 50 years old in March. To celebrate that anniversary, John Cale enlisted the Kills, Clinic, Wild Beasts, Nadine Shah, and Fat White Family to help him perform the LP in... more info

The Quietus — Fat White Family, Wild Beasts, Nadine Shah and more will join John Cale as he performs The Velvet Underground & Nico in full. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — John Cale is well-known as a man of many talents — producer / arranger / multi-instrumentalist / singer / songwriter / possessor of an insane scream, to name just a few. But one listen to his essential 1992 live album Fragments of a Rainy Season (j... more info

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Uncut — Cale answers your queries on Lou Reed, his favourite music and making Nico cry Photo by David Reich Cale answers your queries on The Velvet Underground, instrument abuse and making Nico cry The post John Cale: “Everybody knew the excitement o... more info