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Bruce Springsteen, Flea, Karen O, Michael Stipe, Johnny Depp and more have led an all-star jam with Patti Smith at her tribute concert in New York – check out footage from the show below.Last night (March 26), New York’s famed Carnegie Hall hosted the People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith tribute concert, featuring a star-studded line-up of musicians paying homage to the legendary Patti Smith.People Have The Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith is a Music Of benefit concert that will donate 100 per cent of its net proceeds to music education for underserved youth.At the show, Bruce Springsteen and the night’s house band led by Tony Shanahan, a longtime member of Smith’s band, along with Flea and Rolling Stones tour drummer Steve Jordan, performed a rendition of ‘Because The Night’ – which you can watch footage of below.A star-studded line-up took to Carnegie Hall for a celebration of Patti Smith on Wednesday night – here’s Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) and @flea333 performing ‘Because The Night’ pic.twitter.com/7fBrVRHEc1— NME (@NME) March 27, 2025Elsewhere during the gig, the likes of Matt Berninger, Kim Gordon, Michael Stipe and more performed, while other A-listers such as Scarlett Johansson, Michael Shannon, Jim Jarmusch and Sean Penn made appearances to read Patti’s poetry. Karen O also performed a cover of Smith’s 1975 classic ‘Gloria’.Another huge name who performed but was not announced for the show was actor-musician Johnny Depp, who joined Flea and The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart for ‘Dancing Barefoot’.

Bruce Springsteen is reportedly joining the all-star line-up for an upcoming Patti Smith tribute concert in New York this week.This Wednesday (March 26), New York’s famed Carnegie Hall will host the People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith tribute concert, featuring an all-star line-up of musicians paying homage to the legendary Patti Smith.Among those previously announced to perform include Karen O, Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon, Flea, and more. The line-up of performers will be backed by a house band led by Tony Shanahan, a longtime member of Smith’s band, along with Flea and Rolling Stones tour drummer Steve Jordan.A post shared by Alison Mosshart (@amosshart)Now, Consequence has reported that Bruce Springsteen will reportedly be joining the tribute concert, though further details surrounding his performance remain unknown at this time.

Patti Smith has announced a run of special gigs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her debut studio album, ‘Horses’. Find all the details below.The singer-songwriter will celebrate the 1975 record with her band, including two members of the original group, Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty, along with keyboardist/bassist Tony Shanahan, who has been in the line-up for 30 years.

Patti Smith has been announced, with a line-up of performers that include Karen O, Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon, Flea, and more.People Have The Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith will take place on March 26, 2025 at New York’s Carnegie Hall – it is a Music Of benefit concert that will donate 100% of net proceeds to music education for underserved youth.The event is named after Smith’s 1988 single, which was notably performed by U2 with Eagles Of Death Metal following the 2015 Bataclan attack.The line-up of performers will be backed by a house band led by Tony Shanahan, a longtime member of Smith’s band, along with Flea and Rolling Stones tour drummer Steve Jordan.Other artists set to perform at the concert are The National‘s Matt Berninger, Courtney Barnett, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, Ben Harper, and Kronos Quartet. Gordon will perform alongside her Body/Head bandmate Bill Nace.

Patti Smith has announced that she’ll perform a special show next month featuring music and excerpts from her most recent book.The virtual event, which takes place on September 4 at 2am BST, will be filmed at the Murmrr Theatre in Brooklyn, where Smith will read from her 2019 book Year Of The Monkey and play a handful of songs with longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan.The ticketed event, which is being billed as Smith’s only worldwide staged program of 2020, will be filmed by cinematographer Matthew Schroeder, and, according to the show’s description, will “be a high-end multi-camera visual and sonic experience.”Tickets cost $30 and each come with a new paperback copy of Year Of The Monkey.