ContactMusic — Metallica were reduced to tears by Lou Reed during the recording of 'Lulu'. The legendary New York musician teamed with the Californian heavy metal group for the collaborative album, and guitarist Kirk Hammett admitted he started crying during the re... more info

Guardian Music — Swirling garage rock'n'roll, plenty of stentorian booming and a music industry in thrall to their organs (all three of them)Hometown: Guildford.The lineup: James Geard (vocals, organ), Nick Benton (guitars, organ), Jack James (guitars, organ), Ed Kir... more info

ContactMusic — Metallica and Lou Reed's 'Lulu' album will be released on October 31. The 'Enter Sandman' group collaborated with the former Velvet Underground singer earlier this year -which Lou described as "a marriage made in heaven" - and a new post on their web... more info

Metalsucks — Metallica and Lou Reed have announced a November 1 release date for their collaborative album, which we now know to be titled Lulu. The album was apparently inspired by Marjorie Henderson Buell’s 1930s comic strip, Little Lulu, as well as the anim... more info

NME — Project will be based around a play written about the life of an abused dancer more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - It's called Lulu and will be out October 31... more info

Detroit Free Press — The sold-out "Ernie" crowd at the City Theatre on Thursday night filled the venue with applause before the show even began, as creator Mitch Albom, joined on stage by Ernie Harwell's widow, Lulu Harwell, announced that his two-man play will come... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Andrew St. Clair Shellshag can often be found playing shows at Lulu's in Greenpoint. They did very recently (pictures in this post), and they do again tonight (7/22, FREE). More pics from last time below...... more info

Guardian Music — Lemonade, LondonTotally the fizzy, zingy kind that rots your teeth rather than the cloudy, bitter version, the sweet-tasting, hyperactivity-inducing Lemonade launches tonight at revamped Dalston dive, The Nest. Pulling out all the stops for its debut... more info

Guardian Music — Noise-rock pioneers collaborate on project inspired by German playwright in what Reed called a 'marriage made in heaven'Two noise-rock pioneers of different generations have come together in one unlikely collaboration, with Metallica's announcement t... more info