Lou Reed Keynote Speaker At Music Festival

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Lou Reed will serve as the keynote speaker for the annual South by Southwest Music Conference, which kicks off in Austin, Texas, on March 13.

SXSW will also feature a screening of the Julian Schnabel performance documentary "Lou Reed's 'Berlin."'

Reed's publicist has already released a transcript of the speech, which reads "Hello, I'm -- will everybody shut up? Will all you assholes SHUT UP? Okay, I'm fuckin' out of here."

Lou Reed Keynote Speaker At Music Festival