Lou Reed joins Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank

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Reed will perform a rare one-off London concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 10 August. Tickets from £45.

Lou Reed is the latest artist to be added to this year’s Meltdown Festival at London’s prestigious Southbank Centre.  This year’s festival is curated by Lou’s friend and collaborator, Antony. 

Reed will perform a rare one-off London concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 10 August. Tickets from £45. 

Tickets will go on sale to Southbank Members at 10am Tuesday 29 May, and on general sale at 10am on Thursday 31 May.  Tickets for Lou’s Meltdown show can be ordered from  

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown, 0844 847 9944.  Tickets will also be available from Ticketmaster, 0844 844 0006. 

Reed’s concert is part of Antony’s Meltdown, which also features performances from Diamanda Galás, Laurie Anderson, Elizabeth Fraser, CocoRosie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joey Arias, Marc Almond, Hal Willner: Freedom Rides and many more.  For the full Meltdown line-up visit - www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown. 

Published on 24 May 2012 by Ben Robinson

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