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Lou Reed’s company awarded $180K for canceled performance

Legendary rocker Lou Reed is still cashing in on his fame — even though he is six feet under.

A Manhattan judge awarded Reed’s company, Sister Ray Enterprises, $180,000 on Thursday for a canceled performance at a Miami festival a year before he died.

Justice Charles Ramos awarded the six-figure payout after a rep for the UR-1 Festival failed to show up for a court hearing.

“Motion’s granted. No opposition,” Ramos ruled from the bench at the minutes-long hearing.

The punk poet’s widow, avant garde musician Laurie Anderson, sued festival head Alejandro Olmes of Go Big Productions earlier this month to collect the past-due debt.

Reed was supposed to take the stage at the Miami Beach show alongside Kanye West in December 2012, but at the last minute the concert was canceled because of money problems.

The “Sweet Jane” singer’s fee was $200,000 and he had only collected the $20,000 down payment.

West’s $1.5 million take reportedly caused some of Go Big’s money woes.

Ramos confirmed an earlier $180,000 arbitration award to Reed’s estate. The arbitrator had found that the rocker was “ready, willing and able to perform” but was “prevented from doing so by [Go Big’s] actions.”

Anderson, who inherited the bulk of her late husband’s $30 million fortune, also won $7,100 in legal fees.

Anderson’s attorney declined to comment.