This summer of 2007 saw the European Tour of Lou Reed’s rock symphony Berlin.

Lou and his band ( were accompanied by the New London Children’s Choir and a chamber scale LMO comprising Andy Brown and Cathy Thompson – violas, Chris Fish – cello, Anthony Pike – clarinet and bass clarinet, Noel Langley – trumpet, Pete Beachill – tenor trombone and Pat Clahar – alto sax and flute.

There was another major Lou Reed European tour in 2008 which ran from 23rd June to 21st of 23rd July, Cork, Belfast, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Paris, Royal Albert Hall, London, Zurich, Munich, Vienna, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Tallin, Riga, Warsaw, Brussels, Lisbon, Loule and Malaga.

LMO personnel were the same as the 2007 tour, apart from the saxophonist where Jamie Talbot replaced Pat Clahar.

Read a blog post about the Berlin tour