Lou Reed getting a bit atmospheric yesterday.
Just a perfect day…
Lou Reed is the latest addition to the bill for the fifteenth annual Tibet House Benefit Concert on February 28th. He joins a line-up that includes David Bowie, Ray Davies, Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright, Tsering Wangmo, Angelique Kidjo, Ziggy Marley, monks from the Drepung Gomang Buddhist Monastic University in India and Phillip Glass, who serves as Tibet House artistic director.
BowieNet members should now have received an e-mail regarding tickets for the show, and apparently, “BowieNet has better seats left than Carnegie Hall”. So if you still need a seat at what promises to be a very special Tibet House Benefit Concert indeed, then go
The last set of VIP tickets for the Tibet show are now up on ebaY. As predicted, the fourth pair went for the highest amount so far, an incredible $1,525.00! If there’s any pattern to the bidding at all, then it looks like this last pair will fetch around $1,700.00. But as we all know, the world of ebaY auctions is a strange and unpredictable thing. All I can tell you is that the bidding for this last pair currently stands at $720.00.
All proceeds from these auctions will benefit the Tibet House. You can reach the current auction by clicking on the image above, and remember the package includes:
Two adjacent tickets within rows A-101 thru A-110, and access to an exclusive buffet dinner the night of the show for both ticket holders
Now there is the added incentive of Lou Reed performing too… And while it is pure conjecture on my part, I’m sure you understand as well as I the potential of David Bowie and Lou Reed on the same bill. But, having said that, and before I get accused of rumour mongering, I have had no insider information, and to be honest, I would imagine both David and Lou would be keen to perform their own solo sets.
While we’re talking about the man with the rock ‘n’ roll heart, those AOL members that don’t already have a promo of The Raven can listen to the whole of the album ahead of its release* online. Here follows all of the Lou Reed goodies AOL have for their members:
On Monday, January 20, 2003 America Online unveiled the world-wide exclusive of Lou Reed’s new song, Who Am I? (Tripitena’s Song) through AOL Keyword: First Listen.
Now, Lou’s entire album, The Raven, can be heard through AOL’s Listening Party (AOL KW: Listening Party). To add further excitement in the build up to the release of the album, AOL have also produced a private in-studio Lou Reed performance, which will be available exclusively on February 4th at AOL Keyword: Sessions. Lou performs three songs from The Raven along with classics such as Perfect Day and Sweet Jane.
Lastly, AOL Music has launched the Lou Reed Celebrity DJ Radio Station, which represents Reed’s personally chosen list of 100 favourite songs from artists such as Al Green, Dion, Martha and the Vandellas, Laurie Anderson, Jimi Hendrix and more. For information, AOL members should go to AOL Keyword: Lou Reed.
I can tell you that if you just want to hear Lou Reed and David Bowie’s performance of Hop Frog via the AOL Listening Party, then you need to go straight to disc 2 and start listening at 52:57. Be warned though, it’s one of the strangest couple of recoreded minutes David has ever been involved with. While you’re there though, be sure to check out Lou’s own Who Am I? (Tripitena’s Song), it is quite beautiful.
* There seems to be some confusion over the release date of The Raven, and being the weekend, I can’t get any clarification right now.