Star rating: **** Warhol would have loved it. Because if, as the saying goes, they'd dropped a bomb on Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, the carnage would have taken out a major proportion of this nation's rock'n'roll cognoscenti.

Star rating: ****

Warhol would have loved it. Because if, as the saying goes, they'd dropped a bomb on Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, the carnage would have taken out a major proportion of this nation's rock'n'roll cognoscenti.

The fiery cross had gone round and hall boss Evan Henderson was granted a house near to capacity for this UK exclusive performance of a show inspired by the screen tests the artist made of the stars of his Factory. Providing the live soundtrack were Dean & Britta, guitarist Dean Wareham and bassist Britta Phillips formerly of Luna, with bandmates Anthony LaMarca (mainly on drums) and Matt Sumrow (mainly on guitar), whose presence was at least as significant a part of the draw. Their music was perfectly attuned to the project, clearly in a tradition that included the Velvet Underground (the couple's vocals more than resonant of Lou Reed and Nico) , yet entirely their own, with the instrumental pieces particularly impressive. It was only for the two tests by those VU musicians that the music was not original, with Dylan's composition for Nico, I'll Keep It With Mine, and Reed's own I'm Not A Young Man Anymore having rare outings.

Other footage was of Dennis Hopper, Paul America, Billy Name and a succession of ravishing women including Ann Buchanan, Edie Sedgewick, and 17-year-old Susan Bottomley. Each was accompanied by a diverting anecdote about their involvement with The Factory as well as the music. And that was very much the point, because this show is a great example of responsible curating by the Warhol Foundation: something that takes their archive out on the road and spreads the word about Andy and his associates in a vibrant new way.