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23 February 1975 - Frankfurt, GER [CANCELLED]


article in European Stars And Stripes of 1975.Feb.25
"1,000 Lou Reed fans disappointed"
https://newspaperarchive.com/european-s ... 1975-p-26/

I can't get the full scan [you only get a free trial, after giving payment/credit card info; well no thanks, then I stop].

But from the scrambled OCR text on the linked page I understand:
--Lou Reed's concert was cancelled at the very last minute, when fans were already in the venue [Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt]
--cancellation itself had little to do with the riots during the Italian shows 10 days earlier, but as Barbara Fulk [Wilkinson, see VU photo thread] stated: "Lou went for five nights straight without sleep. He was so exhausted we let him pass out rather than let him go on."
--a big part of the audience were soldiers from near by US bases in Germany
--support act was String Driven Thing, a progressive folk rock band from Scotland
--instead of Lou Reed's show, Doug Yule performed with assistance of the support act

It's Colmar not Cotmar.

The Munich venue is spelled Deutsches Museum.

There is a poster for a Lou Reed concert in Düsseldorf, Germany on February 24, 1975:
https://recordmecca.com/item-archives/1 ... ed-poster/

The venue was the Rheinhalle (now called Tonhalle). The Philippshalle (now called Mitsubishi Electric Halle) is an entirely different venue in another part of Düsseldorf.

Just found a photo album about Lou Reed's 1975.Feb.21 concert in the Rosengarten Mozartsaal in Mannheim [incl.ticket scan]:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/khiltsche ... 3482913754

and additional info for two locations

24 April 1975 - Music Hall, Boston, MA
04 May 1975 - Civic Center, Springfield, MA

source: 1975 April 17, Massachusetts Daily Collegian - Below the Salt - Local Motives, page 12
https://archive.org/details/massachuse1 ... ou+reed%22

Note:in same agenda also confirmation for 25 April 1975 - Palace Concert Theater, Providence, RI

mangue wrote: ↑08 Oct 2023 23:44 and additional info for two locations

24 April 1975 - Music Hall, Boston, MA
04 May 1975 - Civic Center, Springfield, MA

Every little correction/addition helps!