Pitchfork

Lou Reed's career is full of challenging material (ahem, Metal Machine Music), and right up there is his third solo record, 1973's Berlin. An ambitious concept album about a drug-addicted couple named Jim and Caroline, Berlin was never performed live-- until now. Thirty-three years later, Art at St. Ann's, the Sydney Festival, and UCLA Live will sponsor Reed's first live performances of the album at New York's St. Ann's Warehouse, from December 14-17.

According to the St. Ann's website, each show will be a "theatrically realized" version of the album. We're not quite sure what that means, but we do know that our favorite friend of Lou's will be part of the performance. No, not David Bowie, though that would be cool. It's Antony, so get your tickets now and have your family's super depressing holiday theater outing covered.

Reed has a handful of tour dates in the meantime, beginning in September in Kingston, New York and ending in November with a bunch of shows at California colleges.

09-12 Kingston, NY - The Broadway Theater (Ulster Performing Arts Center)
09-15 Telluride, CO - Telluride Blues Festival
09-16 Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Opera House
11-01 Santa Barbara, CA - Campbell Hall (UC Santa Barbara)
11-02 San Luis Obispo, CA - Performing Arts Center
11-04 Arcata, CA - Van Duzer Hall (Humboldt State University)
11-05 Chico, CA - Laxson Auditorium
11-07 Redwood City, CA - Fox Theatre