From Berlin to Manchester: Lou comes to town

The Manchester Festival, which is trying to position itself as a challenger to Edinburgh's crown as premier performing arts event in the UK calendar, is to be graced with the presence of Lou Reed. He's added a date on his Berlin tour - where he'll be playing through the album in its entirety - for the event on June 29th. (The following two nights he'll be doing the same thing at the Hammersmith Apollo, but we expect there's always stuff like that happening in London.)