Lou Reed is set to play songs from last year's controversial 'Lulu' album on his forthcoming European tour.

The former frontman of The Velvet Underground will embark on the 'From VU to LULU' European tour in the summer. The trek will start in Luxembourg on June 5th and take in several festivals, including Switzerland's Caribana, France's Montereau, Berlin's Citadel and Slovakia's Pohoda. The tour will also hit Belgium, Germany, France, Holland and Denmark.

Lou Reed's band will consist of Tony "Thunder" Smith (drums), Rob Wasserman (bass), Kevin Hearn (keyboards) and Aram Bajakian (guitar).

Lou and band will perform material from Reed's entire career, ranging from The Velvet Underground to his recent collaboration with Metallica which split fans into two camps; haters and simply dislikers....

LOU REED - FROM VU TO LULU
EUROPEAN 2012 TOUR DATES

- Luxembourg - Rockhal (June 6)
- Nyon, Switzerland - Caribana Festival (June 8)
- France - Montereau Festival (June 9)
- Paris - Olympia (June 11)  
- Lille, France - L'Aeronef (June 12)  
- Amsterdam - Heineken Music Hall (June 14)
- Brussels - Ancienne Belgique (June 15)  
- Copenhagen - Falconer Salen (June 18)
- Berlin - Citadel Music Festival (June 20)  
- Mainz, Germany - Zollhafen/Nordmole (June 23)  
- Clermont Ferrand, France - Cooperative de Mai (June 25)
- Bordeaux, France - Fete le Vin (June 26)  
- Bonn, Germany - Kunst!Rasen (June 29)  
- Dresden - Filmnächte am Elbufer (June 30)
- Munich - Tollwood Festival, Olympic Park (July 1)  
- Trencin, Slovakia - Pohoda Festival (July 5)