Altsounds — World-class recording artist Gary Lucas - hailed by Rolling Stone critic David Fricke as "one of the best and most original guitarists in America" - played guitar in Captain Beefheart's Magic Band for five years. He has also worked with Lou Reed, Nic... more info

Live Daily — Lou Reed [ tickets ]'s Metal Machine Trio will launch a UK and European tour April 17 at the Cambridge Junction, which is about 50 miles north of London. The group--comprising Reed, Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun--will perform what they are describ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Amy-Beth McNeely Photo gallery of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio (Lou Reed, Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun) performing at the Blender Theater at The Gramercy, New York, NY - 2009/04/23. » European tour dates more info

Guardian Music — The literary legend, who died this week, inspired the modern idea of the rock'n'roll rebel with his character Holden Caulfield, the outsider antihero from The Catcher in the RyeThe death of JD Salinger has naturally got everyone reminiscing about his... more info

MTV.com News — Annual pre-Grammy gala rumored to have performances by Ke$ha, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Kelly Marino Clive Davis Photo: MTV News The Grammy Awards are about to go down on Sunday, but the night bef... more info

Undercover, Australia — Lou Reed is to take his most bizarre release Metal Machine Music on the road. more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPat Metheny Orchestrion The guitar star brings this solo project to London next month, and it's an intriguing mix of technical-geekery (solo guitar, plus a whole road-band ... more info

Guardian Music — For the second in his series of literary, rock'n'roll hijinks, Richard Milward decides that all you need is love. Unless, that is, you're being pinned to the ground by burly hotel staffAfter first nibbling ecstasy at 17, me and my pals made a conscio... more info

DrownedInSound — Returning rap-pioneer Gil-Scott Heron is among the first bunch of names confirmed for the South Bank Centre's 2010 Ether Festival, which takes place over the course of 10 days, in London, later in the year. Read the full story on DrownedinSound... more info

Guardian Music — The singer is to perform his infamously unlistenable album of industrial noise. So don't expect an encore of Walk On the Wild Side or Perfect DayLou Reed is to celebrate his most infamously unlistenable album with a tour of UK and Europe. The singer ... more info