Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed

Palace Theatre, ManchesterThis year's Manchester international festival has seen some inspiring pairings, from Kraftwerk and the British Olympic cycling team to Elbow and the Hallé Orchestra. This one – the Velvet Underground rock legend and his acclaimed avant-garde wife – could have topped them all. However, the scene was set for an evening of self-indulgence when Anderson's The Dream Before segued into Reed's Mystic Child, an opening salvo that clocked in at almost 30 minutes...

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