OFF AND ON: “Lollapalooza� organizers have met...

OFF AND ON: “Lollapalooza� organizers have met with Smashing Pumpkins and the Beastie Boys about possibly co-headlining the ’94 trek, but any decisions about the lineup are still a ways off. . . .

The proposed U.S. tour of the reunited Velvet Underground has been scrapped due to conflicts between members Lou Reed and John Cale over “certain production issues.� An official statement from Reed’s manager, his wife Sylvia Reed, says, “Lou feels he accomplished what he set out to do with the European shows. . . . That being done, he intends to return to his solo work.�