In early 1976 the line-up of the Patti Smith Group was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl, Ivan Kral and Jay Dee Daugherty.
1 January 1976, My Father’s Place, Roslyn, Long Island, NY, USA
No setlist
2 January 1976, My Father’s Place, Roslyn, Long Island, NY, USA
No setlist
4 January 1976, My Father’s Place, Roslyn, Long Island, NY, USA
No setlist
4 January 1976, My Father’s Place, Roslyn, Long Island, NY, USA
No setlist
9 January 1976, The Jazz Workshop*, Boston, MA, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Georges Franju/Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Child of Paradise, Birdland, Mafia, Land, Time Is on My Side, Gloria, (encore):
My Generation
Note: This was a 2 or 3 nights stand with 2 shows/night. It is unknown if this setlist is the Early or Late show. No reference if there was a show on the 10th.
* There are two venues in Boston next door to each other: "Paul’s Mall" and "The Jazz workshop". Our team goes for "The Jazz workshop" until proof of the contrary.
11 January 1976, The Jazz Workshop*, Boston, MA, USA
No setlist
Note: This was a 2 or 3 nights stand with 2 shows/night. No reference if there was a show on the 10th.
* There are two venues in Boston next door to each other: "Paul’s Mall" and "The Jazz workshop". Our team goes for "The Jazz workshop" until proof of the contrary.
13 January 1976, The Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, NJ, USA
No setlist
16 January 1976, Cellar Door, Washington DC, USA
Early Show:
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, One More Cup of Coffee (Bob Dylan) (fragment), Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Jolene (Dolly Parton) (fragment), Birdland, Gloria, (encore): My Generation*
Late Show:
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Slavery Days (Burning Spear), Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, One More Cup of Coffee (fragment), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Jolene, Birdland, Gloria, (encore): My Generation*
Note: *Special guest John Cale
23 January 1976, Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom,
Atlanta, GA, USA
No setlist
26 January 1976, The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Birdland, Break it Up, Land, Gloria, Time Is on My Side, (My Generation)
27 January 1976, The Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money (false start), Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Birdland, Break it Up, Land/Gloria, Time Is on My Side, My Generation
January 1976, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
No setlist
30 January 1976, The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Pale Blue Eyes, Pumping (My Heart), Birdland, Gloria, My Generation
3 February 1976, Back Door, Aztec Center, San Diego State University, CA, USA
"An Evening with Patti Smith"
Early show (7:30 pm)
No setlist.
Late show (10:00 pm)
No setlist
4 February 1976, Back Door, Aztec Center, San Diego State University, CA, USA
"An Evening with Patti Smith"
Early show (7:30 pm)
No setlist.
Late show (10:00 pm)
No setlist
6 February 1976, The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA, USA
No setlist
7 February 1976, The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA, USA
No setlist
8 February 1976, The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA, USA
No setlist
11 February 1976, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
12 February 1976, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
13 February 1976, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
14 February 1976, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
15 February 1976, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Time Is on My Side, Flying Saucers Rock ‘N’ Roll, Gloria, My Generation
Note: There were 2 shows. It is unknown if this setlist is from the first or the second show.
17 February 1976, Longbranch, Berkeley, CA, USA
No setlist
Note: Source of information is an advertisement and from someone who was at the concert.
6 March 1976, Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA
No setlist
9 March 1976, Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Birdland, Slavery Days, Land, Gloria, My Generation*
Note: * with Fred "Sonic" Smith
14 March 1976, The Poplars, Bloomington IN, USA
No setlist
? 1976, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
19 March 1976, Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, USA
No setlist
24 March 1976, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
24 March 1976(?), George Washington University Auditorium , Washington DC, USA
No setlist
Note: Maybe this show took place at another day.
25 March 1976(?), The Cellar Door, Washington DC, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
26 March 1976(?), Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
27 March 1976, Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Jolene, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pumping (My Heart), Pissing in a River, Ain’t it Strange, Birdland/Land/Gloria, My Generation
29 March 1976(?), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
Note: The date of this show might be wrong.
30 March 1976(?), Princeton University Princeton, NJ, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
31 March 1976, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA
No setlist.
12 April 1976, Brockport State University, Brockport, NY, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Birdland, Land
15 April 1976, Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Birdland, Land, Gloria, My Generation
17 April 1976, Saturday Night Live, NBC TV, New York, NY, USA
Gloria, My Generation
18 April 1976, Reno Sweeney, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
22 April 1976, New Century Theater, Buffalo, New York, USA
No setlist
26 April 1976, Westchester Premier Theater, Tarrytown, NY, USA
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
*
Incomplete setlist. * Special guest Papa John Creach.
May 1976, Orpheum, Boston MA, USA
No setlist
May 1976, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, USA
Early show
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pumping (My Heart), unidentified song, unidentified poem, Gloria, (encore): Pale Blue Eyes
Late show
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pumping (My Heart), unidentified song, unidentified poem, Gloria, (encore): My Generation
10 May 1976, Silver Dollar Saloon, East Lansing, MI, USA
Early show:
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Time Is on My Side, Birdland, Slavery Days, Land, Gloria, My Generation
Late show:
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart), Birdland, Slavery Days, Gloria, My Generation, Time Is on My Side
11 May 1976, Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV, London, UK
Land, Hey Joe
12 May 1976, Daddy’s Dance Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Land, Gloria, My Generation
13 May 1976, Théâtre Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France
Early Show (6:30 p.m.)
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Privilege (Set Me Free) , Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, An American Prayer (Jim Morrison), Radio Ethiopia, Land/Gloria, (encore): My Generation
Late show (9:00 pm)
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Land/Gloria, Time Is On My Side, (encore): My Generation
14 May 1976, Théâtre Elysée, Montmartre, Paris, France
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
16 May 1976, Roundhouse, London, UK
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Radio Ethiopia, Land, Gloria, My Generation, Time Is on My Side
Note: incomplete setlist
17 May 1976, Roundhouse, London, UK
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Land, Ain’t it Strange (reprise), Gloria
3 June 1976, Uptowne Theater, Milwaukee, WI, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Privilege (Set Me Free) , Ain’t it Strange, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Pumping (My Heart) , Birdland
9 July 1976, Wollman Rink Theater, Central Park, New York City, NY, USA
Let’s Twist Again (Chubby Checker) , Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Poppies, Pissing in a River, Ask the Angels, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia/Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, Land, My Generation
26 July 1976, Ocean Club, New York City, NY, USA
Buffalo Ballet (John Cale), I’m Waiting for the Man (Velvet Underground)
Note: Patti Smith was a guest at a John Cale concert, where he performed with Lou Reed, Chris Spedding, David Byrne et al.
28 August 1976, Arène Romaines de Nimes, France
"Orange Festival"
Note: The whole festival was cancelled.
8 September 1976, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, USA
Early show:
Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Jolene, Ask the Angels, Poppies, Rock n Roll Nigger, Pumping (My Heart) , Radio Ethiopia, Land, Gloria, Time Is on My Side
Late show:
Kimberly, Free Money, Today I Met The Boy I’m Going to Marry, Ask the Angels, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Time Is on My Side, Pumping (My Heart) , High Over the Lonely Hill, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Let’s Twist Again
23 September 1976, Hofstra Playhouse, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
Early show
No setlist
Late show
No setlist
Note: with Television
NB: In late 1976 the line-up of the Patti Smith Group was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Ivan Kral, Jay Dee Daugherty and Andy Paley.
3 October 1976, Conserthouse, Stockholm, Sweden
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Ask the Angels, Ain’t it Strange, Time Is on My Side, Radio Ethiopia/Gloria, Land/Rock n Roll Nigger
5 October 1976, Stakladen, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
No setlist
6 October 1976, Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Ask the Angels, Time Is on My Side, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia/Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria
9 October 1976, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Ask the Angels, Time Is on My Side, Ain’t it Strange, Pumping (My Heart) , Radio Ethiopia/Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, My Generation, Land
10 October 1976, Cirque Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
No setlist
12 October 1976, Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland
Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Ask the Angels, Time Is on My Side, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia/Rock n Roll Nigger
14 October 1976, Town Town, Munich, Germany
No setlist
16 October 1976, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
No setlist
19 October 1976, Madrid, Spain
Cancelled
Note: This date was found in an unknown newspaper, however we know that Patti played in Paris that night (see below).
19 October 1976, Pavillon de Paris (Les Abattoirs), Paris, France
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Ask the Angels, Time Is on My Side, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, Land, My Generation
Note: Based on a review in the French magazine Rock N Folk. John Cale as opening act.
20 October 1976, Club Juventud, Barcelona (Badalona), Spain
No setlist
21 October 1976, Bus Palladium, Paris, France
Time Is on My Side
22 October 1976, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Ask the Angels, Time Is on My Side, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, Land
23 October 1976, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK
My Generation
Note: Incomplete setlist.
The Clash: 23 October 1976, ICA, London, UK
I’m So Bored with the USA
Note: Patti was a guest
24 October 1976, Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, UK
No setlist
28 October 1976, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK
Cancelled
29 October 1976, Odeon, Edinburgh, UK
Cancelled
Bruce Springsteen, 30 October 1976, Palladium, New York, NY, USA
Rosalita/Land
Note: Patti as a guest.
9 November 1976, Celebrity Theater, Phoenix, AR, USA
No setlist
Note: Source is a newspaper review.
9 November 1976, Town Hall, New York, NY, USA
Y"Orgyen Cho Dzong: a benefit performance for the visit to the United States of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche"
No setlist
Note: Patti is mentioned on the poster, but as she was in California at that time, she may not have appeared.
10 November 1976, Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA
No setlist
11 November 1976, Civic Center, San Diego, CA, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Do You Want to Dance? (Bobby Freeman) , Redondo Beach, Free Money, Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie, Ask the Angels, Time Is on My Side, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, My Generation
12 November 1976, Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA, USA
No setlist
15 November 1976, The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA
What Makes Ruda Ivory, Jam, Free Money, Pissing in a River, Annie Had a Baby, Picture Hanging Blues, Rock n Roll Nigger
November 1976, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
Poetry reading
No setlist
Note: Our source said it happened after playing in Los Angeles.
18 November 1976, Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, CT, USA
No setlist
22 November 1976, Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
23 November 1976, Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
24 November 1976, Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
25 November 1976, Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
26 November 1976, Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
Early Show:
Arcane Translations of Ascension, Improvisation,
My Car is Invisible (or the case of Bruce Springsteen)*, Picture Hanging Blues*, We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together*, Redondo Beach, Ask The Angels, Time Is On My Side, Playing with Fire, Pumping (My Heart), You Can Dig It*, Ain’t It Strange*, Radio Ethiopia/Rock n Roll Nigger/Improvisation, Gloria, My Generation*
Late Show:
They Call Me Meridia, Neo Artist, Improvisation, Introduction to Nietzsche’s The Anti-Christ (H L Mencken), Girl Trouble, Ballad of a Bad Boy, Land/Not Fade Away*, Jolene, Kimberly, Ask The Angels, Free Money*, You Can Dig It*, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t It Strange*, Radio Ethiopia/Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria*, My Generation*+
Note: Special guests *Bruce Springsteen and +John Cale.
27 November 1976, Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
28 November 1976, Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
7 December 1976, Mike Douglas Show, KYW-TV, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ask the Angels, Free Money
Note: This is the recording date. The broadcast date was 19 January 1977.
9 December 1976, Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI, USA
No setlist
10 December 1976, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA
No setlist
12 December 1976, Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Poppies, Ask the Angels, Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Band of Gold (Freda Payne) , Radio Ethiopia/Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria, My Generation*
Note: * Special guest Rob Tyner.
15 December 1976, Akron, OH, USA
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Poppies, Ask the Angels, Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, My Generation
17 December 1976, Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Redondo Beach, Free Money, Ask the Angels, Ain’t It Strange, Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart), Radio Ethiopia, Land, Time Is On My Side, Rock n Roll Nigger
Note: incomplete setlist
19 December 1976, Seneca College, Toronto, Canada
No setlist
31 December 1976, Palladium, New York, NY, USA
Land, Ask the Angels, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Queen of Sheba, Space Monkey, Pissing in a River, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Auld Lang Syne (traditional, words by Robert Burns) , Radio Ethiopia, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, The Revenge of Vera Gemini, Birdland, My Generation