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"Lou Reed has pulled out of this year&amp;#039;s Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival. The Velvet Underground co-founder will no longer appear at next month&amp;#039;s festival, which features acts such as the Stone Roses, Blur, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Reed has also cancelled a number of shows in California which were due to take place between the two Coachella weekends. A spokesperson for promoters Goldenvoice said that the cancelled shows were down to &amp;quot;unavoidable complications&amp;quot;, and the musician&amp;#039;s name has been removed from the latest batch of promotional material and posters for Coachella. The full list of Lou Reed&amp;#039;s cancelled dates is as follows:  Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival (April 12, April 19) The Warfield, San Francisco (April 14) Golden State Theatre, Monterey (April 16) Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles (April 17) Listen to The Velvet Underground&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m Waiting For the Man&amp;#039; - accompanied by rehearsal footage of the band - below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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