L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Steve Wynn's amalgam of Lou Reed's streetwise brashness, Neil Young's openheartedness and Bob Dylan's oblique poetry is pretty hard to resist, and who'd want to try? L.A.'s veteran indie rocker is on a tear in his third outing with the... more info

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Idolator — Pope-worthy performer Susan Boyle can cue up her cover of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” now that the numbers are in and The Gift has become her second album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. SuBo’s first week sales for her sophomore offerin... more info

Guardian Music — Pulp's reunion sends the world's indie fans into a spin. Plus, Kanye says sorry for calling Dubya a racistFive things we learned from the Pulp reunionIt can't be any worse than the Velvets reunionJarvis gave the game away at a Blur gig last yearPulp ... more info

Guardian Music — When bands split now they enter the revolving-door afterlife familiar to superheroes and soap villians – it's only a matter of time before they're backMy first reunion gig was the Velvet Underground in 1993. At the time, bands didn't reunite much: ... more info

Guardian Music — Former Velvet Underground frontman not only allowed Boyle to cover his signature tune, he helped with the video tooLou Reed helped make Susan Boyle's "perfect day" at Loch Lomond in Scotland. Two months after Boyle was refused permission to perform h... more info

Guardian Music — Lou Reed doesn't know whether to laugh or cry over "warbling Scottish eccentric" Susan Boyle. Her version of Perfect Day (a strange choice, given its heroin-inspired origins) was so bad, Reed is rumoured to have said, that he banned her from singing ... more info

Perez Hilton — We guess these two buried the hatchet! Even though Lou Reed banned Susan Boyle from performing her cover of his classic track Perfect Day on America's Got Talent last month, he must have gotten over whatever bothered him before, because he directed t... more info

Idolator — Judging by the accompanying image, Susan Boyle’s perfect day looks pretty gloomy. But her “Perfect Day” video—which was shot in her home country of Scotland—is actually quite hauntingly beautiful. And now the shocker—Lou Reed, who origina... more info