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Bono & David Bowie Honor Lou Reed

May 1st, 2007 4:21pm EDT  Post a comment    Read 2 comments   Add to My News

Lou ReedBono and David Bowie were among friends, students and fans who left Lou Reed visibly touched as he was honored by New York's Syracuse University. Bowie and Bono joined in a 'Lou' chant when the former Velvet Underground frontman was handed the George Arents Pioneer Medal For Excellence In The Arts from his alma mater last week.

Reed, who was an undergraduate at the college in the early 1960s, has also been named in a new scholarship for creative writing undergraduates.

But he joked, "Everyone knows you can't do anything with an English degree."

- Lou Reed Discography

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)


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