Lou Reed reportedly recovering from liver transplant

Lou Reed is recuperating after a liver transplant that saved his life, said the New York rocker’s wife, Laurie Anderson, in an interview published Saturday in the Times of London.

“It’s as serious as it gets,� Anderson told the newspaper of the operation, which Reed had in Cleveland. “He was dying. You don’t get it for fun.�

In March the former Velvet Underground frontman, 71, canceled a handful of West Coast performances, including his planned appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. At the time he cited “unavoidable complications.�

Anderson said she’s not sure Reed will ever “totally recover� from the transplant, but added that “he’ll certainly be back to doing [things] in a few months. He’s already working and doing t’ai chi. I’m very happy. It’s a new life for him.�

In 2011 Reed collaborated with Metallica on the album “Lulu,� and last year he appeared with the band Metric on its album “Synthetica.�

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