FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $75! *TERMS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY

ROCK'N' ROLL NEWS

The latest (and last, we promise) word on Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is neither an apology from Lou nor a defense of the recced. Mr. Reed states simply, according to close sources: "I put it out to break a contract with [manager] Dennis Katz."

April 1, 1976

ROCK'N' ROLL NEWS

The latest (and last, we promise) word on Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is neither an apology from Lou nor a defense of the recced. Mr. Reed states simply, according to close sources: "I put it out to break a contract with [manager] Dennis Katz." Lou and Katz are Involved in litigation currently and neither really has kind Words for the other.

Earth News tells us that Bette Midler had some trouble with the law recently , too. Upon arriving in Denver for a recent concert, she was greeted by a Colorado tax collector who presented her with a warrant to collect $1,000from a concert in that state during 1974. Seems that the new Colorado tax law which demands taxes in advance instead of at the end of the year, has caught several performers by surprise.

Apparently the still-limping Robert Plant was not on his best behavior at David Essex's recent show at Hollywood's Roxy; some audience members claim that it became very difficult to ignore him as he insisted on shouting obscenities at Essex in. J an attempttobe "funny."

Sign In to Your Account

Registered subscribers can access the complete archive.

Login

Don’t have an account?

Subscribe

...or read now for $1 via Supertab

READ NOW