November 8, 2011 | 6:12pm ET
Modern historians often speculate on the idea of witnessing past historic tragedies: the Bubonic plague, the sinking of the Titanic, the Hindenberg disaster, etc. But on Wednesday night, Later… with Jools Holland captured the most recent tragedy, this time on-stage: Lou Reed and Metallica. Their first live performance in support of Lulu, the eccentric collective dished out a rendition of the album track “Iced Honey”. Watch the video replay below.
Update: How’s this for a surprise: Lou and Metallica also performed a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat”. Check out the video below.
Lulu is out now.
