Guardian Music — Even if you like the right music at the wrong time, there's never a wrong time to discover Joni MitchellI liked all the right music. Just not always at the right time. Bowie was already clean and dull by the time I discovered him; ditto Lou Reed, Bry... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Mikael Jansson Lou Reed will be playing songs from his entire back catalog during his European Summer tour. Expect some VU stuff and even songs from the critical disaster Lulu, his joint effort with Metallica. The tour will feature a five-pi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This thing just keeps growing:WHO: Philip Glass, Lou Reed, James Blake, Das Racist, Antony, Laurie Anderson, Stephin Merritt, Rahzel and Dechen Shak-Dagsay WHAT: 22nd Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert WHEN: Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:30pm WHERE:... more info

ContactMusic — Music legends Lou Reed Michael Stipe and Paul Simon turned out in New York on Sunday night 29Jan12 to celebrate composer PHILIP GLASS 75th birthday The classical writer was the guest of honour at Le Poisson Rouge and was treated to performances by th... more info

Guardian Music — Picking 12 acts to play A Room for London wasn't the hard part. For starters, how do you get a piano into a boat on a roof?The Roi des Belges began its life last summer in a barn in rural Sussex. A marriage of Plymouth steel and magenta-stained timbe... more info

Guardian Music — Seb Hunter is making a film based on this unloved glam rock folly. But could crowd-sourcing mean curtains for the concept of 'soundtracks for imaginary movies'?Like Dave Gorman, Morgan Spurlock and, um, Anneka Rice, Seb Hunter loves a challenge. For ... more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)His solo debut sees Craig Finn abandoning the Hold Steady's trademark Springsteenesque bar blues. There are no "whoah whoahs", and the songs don't blaze out of the speakers as if they were racing each other home. Instead, beautiful s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lou Reed at Prospect Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako) When we first announced this year's Tibet House US benefit, which is happening on February 13 at Carnegie Hall, it was surprising that a Philip Glass-curated event in NYC... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Velvet Underground have sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to stop using the iconic banana for commercial purposes such iPad covers and such. From Pitchfork: The Velvet Underground today sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for th... more info

ContactMusic — Velvet Underground founders Lou Reed and John Cale have filed a lawsuit against officials at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over the iconic banana image the pop artist created for their debut album The rockers claim foundation bosses ... more info