Once known as Andy Warhol’s house band, the Velvet Underground is the archetypal NYC band that spawned devotees (and brazen imitators) ranging from Jonathan Richman to the Strokes. Now, the revered group has announced sudden plans for an unexpected reunion—but there’s a catch, of course.
Unfortunately, that big reunion is not a concert; instead, the regrouping of members Lou Reed, Mo Tucker and Doug Yule comes as part of a presentation of the new visual collection, The Velvet Underground: New York Art an event being held at the least rock’n'roll venue imaginable: the library. (Just kidding, bookworms, we dig the stacks.)
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The New York Public Library calls the event the return of the Beatles of New York, and while we’re not sure how accurate that is, we are certain that VU fans will be excited to hear the group’s firsthand accounts of sex, drugs, rock and art in the NYC of the ’60s, ’70s and beyond.
Ticket info, here.
The event is being hosted by David Fricke, a writer likely best known as a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine.
Known for songs such as “Sweet Jane,” “Heroin” and “I’m Waiting for the Man,” the Velvet Underground briefly reunited for a tour in 1992, nearly 20 years after its original split.
Original guitarist Sterling Morrison passed away in 1995.
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