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Patti Smith ‘Horses’ Gets 50th Anniversary Reissue With Unearthed Demos and Live Cuts

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In 1975, Patti Smith entered Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York City with a vision: to fuse the jagged energy of punk with the fluid imagery of poetry. That vision became Horses, one of the most groundbreaking debut albums in rock history. Now, half a century later, Sony has announced the 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition of Horses, a release that both celebrates the legacy of the record and offers fans newly unearthed material from Smith’s early years.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith To Perform Horses Album Live

by Music-News.com

Patti Smith is set to play a pair of London Palladium shows as part of a tour performing her seminal debut album ‘Horses’ in full.

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Jack White, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Jack White Performs For First Time In A Year At Michigan Central Station Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Jack White was back on stage performing for the first time since February 2023 for the opening of Michigan Central Station in Detroit.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Speaks After Cancelled Italy Show Due To Health Reasons

by Music-News.com

Patti Smith has spoken out after her recent health emergency.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Rushed To Hospital In Italy

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith is reported to have been given the all-clear after being rushed to hospital in Bologna, Italy on Tuesday (12 December).

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Snoop Dogg photo by Ros O'Gorman

Snoop Dogg and Patti Smith Nominated For Songwriters Hall of Fame

by Music-News.com

Snoop Dogg, Patti Smith, and Gloria Estefan have been nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Australian Tour For 2022 Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

The Patti Smith Australian tour for April 2022 has been cancelled.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith, George Benson and The Wailers Have Leaked Their Own Bluesfest 2022 Dates

by Paul Cashmere

It appears George Benson, Patti Smith and The Wailers have let their fans in on a little secret before an official announcement has been made. Australian dates for April 2022 are on their official websites.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bluesfest Reschedule Postponed 2020 International Acts Into 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith, George Benson, The Wailers, Larkin Poe and Cory Henry & Funk Apostles now have rescheduled Australia tour dates for 2022.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith To Perform NYE Show On Billboards in London and New York

by Music-News.com

Patti Smith will ring in 2021 in style from high above London’s Piccadilly Circus.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Goes Busking In Midtown Manhattan

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith took to the streets of New York this weekend for an acoustic singalong of her classic “People Have The Power”.

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Patti Smith performs Horses at Hamer Hall in Melbourne on Sunday 16 April 2017

Patti Smith Talks Songwriting

by Music-News.com

Patti Smith says she admires the people who can combine “poetic elements” with melodies that find the formula to mainstream pop success.

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Russell Morris photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bluesfest Has An All-Australian Line-up Announcement for 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has announced its first ever all-Australian announcement. Russell Morris, Ian Moss and Kev Carmody join the line-up for 2021 in the 10 names announced.

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Peter Noble of Bluesfest - Image By Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, photo

Bluesfest Will Be Back In 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Noble has confirmed that Bluesfest will return in 2021.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Adds More Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith has added extra dates for Melbourne and Auckland in April as well as the addition of a date for Newcastle.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Watch Patti Smith Perform A Gobsmacking After The Gold Rush On The Tonight Show

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith has performed a astounding version of Neil Young’s ‘After The Gold Rush’ in the unusual location of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith’s Poem For Greta Thunberg

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith has written a birthday poem for teen activist Greta Thunberg.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith to Bluesfest Perform Shows for Sydney, Melbourne and Christchurch and Auckland

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith says she had ever intent of her last Australian tour being her last Australian tour ever but she had too good a time and so she is coming back.

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Neil Finn photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bluesfest First Announcement Patti Smith, Crowded House, George Benson, Dave Matthews

by Paul Cashmere

The first announcement for Bluesfest 2020 is in with Crowded House, Patti Smith, Dave Matthews and George Benson leading the lineup.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Is Performing Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning On Her Current Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith has added the Midnight Oil classic ‘Beds Are Burning’ to her current European tour.

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Eric Burdon Patti Smith photo by Yee Fan Chu

Eric Burdon Cake Sets Patti Smith’s Hair On Fire

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith personally delivered a birthday cake to Eric Burdon at his City winery show in New York on Friday night and accidentally set her hair on fire.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith To Release Horses: Patti Smith and her Band Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith has documented the 40th anniversary of the 70s masterpiece ‘Horses’ with the upcoming documentary ‘Horses: Patti Smith and her Band’.

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Neil Young and Stephen Stills, photo by Ros O'Gorman, noise11

Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Patti Smith Light Up The Blues For Autism In LA

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Burt Bacharach, Judy Collins, Sheryl Crow, Beck, Patti Smith, Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell as well as Chris and Oliver Stills gathered in Los Angeles to play for Autism on Saturday night (21 April 2018).

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Speaks Up For Planet Earth

by Music-News.com

Patti Smith is heartbroken by the environmental damage humans have wreaked on Earth’s beauty.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Pens Tribute To Sam Shepard

by Music-News.com

Punk star Patti Smith has recalled the heartbreaking final days of her friendship with her one-time lover Sam Shepard in an emotional tribute to the late actor and playwright.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Nick Cave and Patti Smith Win Helpmann Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave and Patti Smith have picked up 2017 Helpmann Awards.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Plays Her Last Ever Show In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith’s touring days are coming to an end. Australia has just witnessed the last time Patti will perform in the country.

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Patti Smith performs Horses at Hamer Hall in Melbourne on Sunday 16 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith Plays With Power and Passion On Final Australia Tour REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

The lyrics, “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine”, are the first words sung at Patti Smith’s final Australia shows over Easter. Patti Smith live was easily the most anticipated concert of the Bluesfest touring season in Australia for 2017 and it lived up to expectations.

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