Lou Reed performed Berlin for five nights in December 2006 at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. Disregarded at the time of release in 1973, it is now considered to be his masterwork about love's dark sisters; jealousy, rage and loss. Director Julian Schnabel made a film about and there is screening on March 4 in Austin, TX ,on Wed March 12 at 4pm at the Paramount Theatre.
With performers like Fernando Saunders, Antony, Steve Hunter, Rob Wassermann, Rupert Christie and Sharon Jones, a seven piece orchestra and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus all working to create a captivating and enveloping world, Lou Reed is able to take the audience with him as he bares witness to Caroline’s self-destruction. Julian’s set design create the backdrop of a hotel with greenish walls and with Lola Schnabel’s films displaying the beauty and tragedy of the narrator’s leading lady (played by Emmanuelle Seigner) the experience is devastating and beautiful.
Reed tours Europe again with Berlin this summer:
- 06/23 Cork, Marquee, Ireland
- 06/24 Belfast, Waterfront, Northern Ireland
- 06/25 Edinburgh, Playhouse, UK
- 06/26 Nottingham, Royal Centre, UK
- 06/28 Paris, Salle Pleyel, France
- 06/30 London, Royal Albert Hall, UK
- 07/03 Munich, Philharmonie, Germany
- 07/06 Hamburg, CCH – Congress Centrum, Germany
- 07/07 Copenhagen, Opera House, Denmark
- 07/09 Stockholm, Annexet, Sweden
- 07/11 Tallin, Saku Arena, Estonia
- 07/12 Riga, Arena, Latvia
- 07/14 Warsaw, Towar, Poland
- 07/16 Brussels, Bozar, Belgium
- 07/19 Lisbon Campo Pequeno, Portugal
- 07/20 Loule, Moinumento Dujarte Pacheco, Spain
- 07/21 Malaga, Terral Festival, Spain
- 07/22 Madrid, Conde Duque, Spain
- 07/25 Girona, Portaferrada Festival, Spain
- 07/26 Benidorm, Bullring, Spain
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