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NB: In 1978 the line-up of the Patti Smith Group was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Ivan Kral, Jay Dee Daugherty and Bruce Brody.
4 January 1978, Merv Griffin Show, Metromedia TV, Hollywood, CA, USA
No setlist
5 February 1978, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Radio Ethiopia, Rape, Piss Factory, Ghost Dance, Improvisation, Ballad of a Bad Boy, Improvisation

Note: The arrival of the Patti Smith Group was delayed by bad weather. Patti Smith performed solo and with the Sonic Rendezvous Band.
6 February 1978, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
No setlist
7 February 1978, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
We Three, Privilege (Set Me Free), Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger, Pumping (My Heart), My Generation*

Note: Incomplete setlist. * Special guest Fred Sonic Smith.
9 February 1978, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Land, Till Victory, We Three, Privilege (Set Me Free) , Because the Night, Ask the Angels, Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger, 25th Floor, Be My Baby, Pumping (My Heart), Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, My Generation
10 February 1978, The Fleetwood, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
"Third anniversary party for the magazine Back Door Man"
Redondo Beach, Seventh Heaven, Radio Ethiopia, Fire of Unknown Origin, Gloria, Rock n Roll Nigger, Money ( Barrett Strong)* , 25th Floor, Babelfield

Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye accompanied by The Pop. Special guest *Don Waller.
14 February 1978, Agora, Painesville, OH, USA
Early Show
No setlist

Late Show
No setlist
16 February 1978, Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH, USA
No setlist
17 February 1978, Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA
No setlist.
19 February 1978, Clark Hall, Buffalo University, Buffalo, NY, USA
Land, Kimberly, Privilege (Set Me Free), We Three, Because the Night, Ask the Angels, Ghost Dance, 25th Floor, Be My Baby, Free Money, Radio Ethiopia, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, Pissing in a River
22(?) February 1978, Stanley Siegel Show, WABC TV, New York, NY, USA
No setlist.
23 February 1978, Today Show, NBC TV, New York, NY, USA
Lullaby (I Was Working Real Hard)

Note: Patti Smith accompanied by Ivan Kral.
28 February 1978, Press Conference, Arista Records Office, London, UK
"Brian Jones birthday"
Babelfield

Note: Patti read several poems from Babel
5 March 1978, Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Ask the Angels, 25th Floor, Parachute Woman, We Three, Till Victory, Be My Baby, Privilege (Set Me Free), Time Is on My Side, Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Free Money
6 March 1978, Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden
No setlist
7 March 1978, Daddy’s Dance Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Ask The Angels, 25th Floor, You Really Got Me (The Kinks), We Three, Till Victory, Privilege (Set Me Free), Be My Baby, Time Is On My Side, Pumpin’ (My Heart), Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Land
10 March 1978, Dad's Dancehall, Malmo, Sweden
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Till Victory, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright*, We Three, Privilege (Set Me Free), Time Is on My Side, You Really Got Me**, Because the Night, Ghost Dance, Be My Baby, Pumping (My Heart) , Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, My Generation

Note: *sung by Lenny Kaye. ** sung by Ivan Kral
12 March 1978, Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
No setlist
13 March 1978, Stadthalle, Erlangen, Germany
No setlist

Note: Supported by Greg Kihn Band and The Readymades.
15 March 1978, Rosengarten/Musensaal, Mannheim, Germany
No setlist
17 March 1978, Schwabinger Bräu, Munich, Germany
No setlist
18 March 1978, Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
No setlist
19 March 1978, Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
No setlist
20 March 1978, Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Till Victory, Time Is on My Side, 25th Floor, Ghost Dance, The Kids Are Alright, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, We Three, Ain’t it Strange, Be My Baby, Pumping (My Heart), Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, (encore): Rock n Roll Nigger/My Generation, Jailhouse Rock, Land
21 March 1978, Hamburg, Germany
Be My Baby, Till Victory, Ask the Angels, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Because the Night, Time Is on My Side, Ghost Dance, Privilege (Set Me Free), 25th Floor, It’s So Hard, We Three, My Generation
23 March 1978, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
No setlist
24 March 1978, Cirque Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Till Victory, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright, Ghost Dance, We Three, Ask the Angels, Privilege (Set Me Free), Time Is on My Side, Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Be My Baby, Rock n Roll Nigger (a capella), My Generation
25 March 1978, Cirque Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
No setlist
26 March 1978, Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France
Land, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, Kimberly, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, Ghost Dance, We Three, Time Is on My Side, It’s So Hard, Ask the Angels, Pumping (My Heart) , Ain’t it Strange, Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Jailhouse Rock, Rock n Roll Nigger, My Generation
27 March 1978, Pop Express, Antenne 2, Studio Pathé Marconi, Paris, France
Because the Night, 25th Floor

Note: This performance may have been re-broadcast on Un Sur Cinq on 26 April 1978.
27 March 1978, Bourse du Travail, Lyon, France
No setlist
29 March 1978, Salle des Fêtes, Vitrolles (Marseille), France
No setlist
31 March 1978, Bingley Hall, Birmingham, UK
Cancelled
April 1978, Rock Garden, London, UK
No setlist
1 April 1978, The South Bank Show, ITV TV, London Weekend Television Studios, London, UK
Rock n Roll Nigger
1 April 1978, Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
Privilege (Set Me Free), Ask the Angels, Kimberly, Space Monkey, Pumping (My Heart), 25th Floor, Because the Night, The Kids Are Alright, Till Victory, Ain’t it Strange, We Three, Time Is on My Side, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Land

Note: Setlist incomplete
2 April 1978, Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
Privilege (Set Me Free), Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, Ghost Dance, Because the Night, Kimberly, Pumping (My Heart), Till Victory, Ain’t it Strange, We Three, Time Is on My Side, It’s So Hard, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, (encore): Be My Baby, My Generation
3 April 1978, Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV, BBC Television Studios, Manchester, UK
Because the Night, 25th Floor

Note: This is the recording date. It was broadcast on BBC2 on 4 April 1978.
4 April 1978, Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
Privilege (Set Me Free), Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Space Monkey, We Three, 25th Floor, It’s So Hard, Ghost Dance, Ain’t it Strange, Time Is on My Side, Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Easter, Gloria, Be My Baby, My Generation
18 April 1978, Agora, Cleveland, OH, USA
Privilege (Set Me Free), Redondo Beach, 25th Floor, Ain’t it Strange, The Kids Are Alright, Easter/Radio Ethiopia/Gloria
21 April, 1978, Paramount Theatre, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
No setlist.

Note: The Ramones were also part of this event.
23 April 1978 , The Paradise, Boston, MA, USA
Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, Redondo Beach, Space Monkey, Ask the Angels, It’s So Hard, Ghost Dance, Be My Baby, Ain’t it Strange, Pumping (My Heart)
25 April 1978, Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, USA
No setlist
26 April 1978, Memorial Auditorium, Louisville, KY, USA
Till Victory, Pumping (My Heart), Be My Baby, Jailhouse Rock, The Kids are Alright, Because the Night

Note: Special guest Andi Ostrowe.Incomplete setlist.
28 April 1978, Park West, Chicago, IL, USA
Mad Juana, Privilege (Set Me Free), Pumping (My Heart), The Kids Are Alright, We Three, Space Monkey, 25 th Floor, Redondo Beach, Be My Baby, You Light Up My Life (Joseph Brooks), Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Because the Night, My Generation
29 April 1978, State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, The Kids Are Alright, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, Ask the Angels, You Really Got Me, Till Victory, Be My Baby, We Three, Pumping (My Heart), (encore): Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria
2 May 1978, Oriental Theater, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, 25th Floor, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, You Light Up My Life, Be My Baby, (encore): My Generation, Jailhouse Rock

Note: Incomplete setlist.
4 May 1978, The Place, Eugene, OR, USA
Land/Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), No Jestering, Free Money, Pissing in a River, 25th Floor, Pumping (My Heart), You Really Got Me, Time Is on My Side, Ghost Dance, Because the Night, Easter/Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Jailhouse Rock, My Generation
5 May 1978, Paramount Theater, Portland, OR, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ask the Angels, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, The Kids Are Alright, Till Victory, 25th Floor, Space Monkey, We Three, Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Time Is On My Side, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, You Light Up My Life, Land, My Generation
6 May 1978, Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Ask the Angels, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, The Kids Are Alright, 25th Floor, Space Monkey, We Three, Ghost Dance, Pumping (My Heart), It’s So Hard, You Light Up My Life, Ain’t it Strange, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Because the Night, My Generation
9 May 1978, The Place, Eugene, OR, USA
The Salvation of Rock, Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Till Victory, Redondo Beach, The Kids Are Alright, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, It’s So Hard, We Three, You Light Up My Life, Be My Baby, Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, (encore:) My Generation
11 May 1978, Licorice Pizza Record Store, Los Angeles, CA, USA
No setlist

Note: The performance took place in the parking lot outside the store.
11 May 1978, Tomorrow Show, NBC Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA
No setlist
12 May 1978, Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Till Victory, Redondo Beach, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright, Ghost Dance, Be My Baby, Time Is on My Side, It’s So Hard, Pumping (My Heart) , Because the Night, You Light Up My Life, Easter/Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Ask the Angels, My Generation
13 May 1978, Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Privilege (Set Me Free), Space Monkey, You Light Up My Life, Because the Night, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright, Be My Baby, Time Is On My Side, You Gotta Move (Fred McDowell), Gloria, Jailhouse Rock, Easter, My Generation

Note: Supported by The Readymades and the Greg Kihn Band. Incomplete setlist.
14 May 1978, Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, USA
No setlist

Note: Patti Smith jammed with The Zeroes.
15 May 1978, B Dalton Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, USA
No setlist

Note: Reading from Babel
15 May 1978, California Theater, San Diego, CA, USA
John the Baptist’s Head*/ I Don’t Come from My Sister*, Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, The Kids Are Alright, It’s So Hard, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, Ghost Dance, Be My Baby, Ain’t it Strange, Time Is on My Side, You Really Got Me, Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Easter/Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, My Generation

Note: * Jim Carroll with Bruce Brody & Patti
18 May 1978, Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
19 May 1978, Tower Theater , Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, Kimberly, Space Monkey, The Kids Are Alright, 25 th Floor, Ghost Dance, Be My Baby, (Road Crew Dedication), It’s So Hard, Ain’t it Strange, You Really Got Me, Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, You Light Up My Life, Easter/Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia, Gloria, Ask the Angels, My Generation
20 May 1978, Palladium, New York, NY, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, Kimberly, Space Monkey, The Kids Are Alright, 25th Floor, Ghost Dance, Time Is On My Side, It’s So Hard, We Three, Be My Baby, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, You Light Up My Life, Redondo Beach, My Generation
21 May 1978, Palladium, New York, NY, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Till Victory, Kimberly, The Kids Are Alright (Lenny), Privilege (Set Me Free), Space Monkey, It’s So Hard (Ivan), Ghost Dance, We Three, You Light Up My Life, Because the Night, 25th Floor, Ain’t it Strange, Easter/Radio Ethiopia, Pumping (My Heart), Gloria, (encores): Jailhouse Rock, My Generation
22 May 1978, Providence College, Providence, RI, USA
No setlist
23 May 1978, Rutgers Athletic Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
"Bill Bradley for Senator Benefit Concert"
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, The Kids Are Alright, You Light Up My Life, Because the Night, Time Is On My Side, 25th Floor
Richard Lloyd and Friends: 3 June 1978, Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, USA
She’s Got Everything, Gimme Some Lovin’, Rebel Rebel, I Need You, Glad All Over, Back Door Man, Today I Met the Boy I’m Going to Marry*, Under My Thumb, Don’t Bring Me Down, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, Miss You (Rolling Stones)*

Note: Richard Lloyd, Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Fred Smith, Richie Fliegler and Bruce Brody.
* Patti sang two songs.
12 June 1978, Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA, USA
No setlist

Note: Support for the Rolling Stones
14 June 1978, Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, Long Island. NY, USA
Land, Kimberly, Free Money, Redondo Beach, It’s So Hard (sung by Ivan), Privilege (Set Me Free), Be My Baby, Till Victory, You Light Up My Life, 25th Floor, Pumping (My Heart) , Because the Night, We Three, Easter/Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, (first encores): Time Is on My Side, Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, (2nd encore): Fire of Unknown Orgin
15 June 1978, Filthy McNasty’s, Kent, OH, USA
No setlist
16 June 1978, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA
Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, It’s So Hard, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, You Light Up My Life, Be My Baby, The Kids Are Alright, All in My Mind (Maxine Brown), Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Jailhouse Rock, My Generation
17 June 1978, East Lansing, MI, USA
Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, Kimberly, Time Is on My Side, We Three, The Kids Are Alright, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, 25th Floor, Gloria
19 June 1978, Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO, USA
No setlist
20 June 1978, Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK, USA
No setlist
23 June 1978, Warehouse, New Orleans, LA, USA
No setlist
24 June 1978, Cullen Auditorium, Houston, TX, USA
Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Privilege (Set Me Free), Redondo Beach, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, Till Victory, All in My Mind, Ghost Dance, Time Is on My Side, It’s So Hard, Ain’t it Strange, Because the Night
25 June 1978, Ritz Theater, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
No setlist
26 June 1978, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, TX, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Privilege (Set Me Free), 25th Floor, Be My Baby, It’s So Hard, The Kids Are Alright, Till Victory, Ask the Angels, Pumping (My Heart), Redondo Beach, Space Monkey, We Three, Because the Night, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, You Light Up My Life, My Generation, Easter
28 June 1978, Raul’s, Austin, TX, USA
My Generation

Note: Patti Smith jammed with The Skunks.
29 June 1978, Opry House, Austin, TX, USA
No setlist
30 June 1978, Randy’s Rodeo, San Antonio, TX, USA
Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Privilege (Set Me Free), Redondo Beach, Till Victory, All in My Mind, Ghost Dance, Time Is on My Side, It’s So Hard, Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Easter/Radio Ethiopia, Gloria
6 July 1978, Factory, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Privilege (Set Me Free), Redondo Beach, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright, Till Victory, Ghost Dance, All in My Mind, It’s So Hard, Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, You Light Up My Life

Note: Support act Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
7 July 1978, Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL, USA
No setlist

Note: Support act Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
8 July 1978, Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL, USA
Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Privilege (Set Me Free), Redondo Beach, Space Monkey, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright, Till Victory, You Light Up My Life, Ghost Dance, All in My Mind, It’s So Hard, Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria

Note: Support act Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
15 July 1978, Leona Theatre, Homestead, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Space Monkey, Because the Night, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, You Light Up My Life, Easter

Note: Support act the David Johansen Group. Incomplete setlist.
24 July 1978, Shaboo Inn, Willimantic, CT, USA
No setlist
25 July 1978, Shaboo Inn, Willimantic, CT, USA
No setlist
28 July 1978, Leona Theater, Homestead, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Space Monkey, Because the Night, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, You Light Up My Life, Easter

Note: Incomplete setlist
29 July 1978, Warner Theatre, Washington DC, USA
No setlist
30 July 1978, Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, MD, USA
No setlist
1 August 1978, Mid-Hudson Winery, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Originally scheduled for 23 July 1978. Support act was David Johansen.
4 August 1978, Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York, NY, USA
Dr Pepper Music Festival
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Till Victory, Kimberly, Set Me Free, Redondo Beach, 25th Floor, Space Monkey, The Kids Are Alright, Free Money, All in My Mind, Ghost Dance, It’s So Hard (sung by Ivan), Ask the Angels, Godspeed, Because the Night, Be My Baby, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star) (The Byrds), My Generation (w/ long jam), (encores): Piss Factory (w/band), Land, You Light Up My Life

Note: This show is also sometime wrongly dated as 18 August 1978 and 23 August 1978
5 August 1978, Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Space Monkey, Kimberly, Till Victory, The Kids Are Alright, Redondo Beach, 25th Floor, , Ask the Angels, Pumping (My Heart), Ghost Dance, All in My Mind, It’s So Hard, We Three, Because the Night, Easter, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), ) Pledge of Allegiance/My Generation

Note: The Ramones were the support act.
22 August 1978, Hurrahs, New York, NY, USA
Cold Turkey, Oh Boy, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Poppies, Redondo Beach, All in My Mind, The Kids Are Alright, Space Monkey, Ask the Angels, Free Money, Seven Ways of Going, Pissing in a River, 25th Floor, Be My Baby, Revenge, Pumping (My Heart), It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Because the Night, Radio Ethiopia, Till Victory, Gloria, (encore), Jolene, Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, You Light up My Life
27 August 1978, Reading Festival, Berkshire, UK
Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Redondo Beach, Free Money, Ghost Dance, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World (James Brown), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Ask the Angels, 25th Floor, Because the Night, Gloria, You Light Up My Life, My Generation, Godspeed
29 August 1978, City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Godspeed, Till Victory, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Space Monkey, High On Rebellion/25th Floor, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Radio Ethiopia, Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, My Generation, Time Is on My Side (version)
30 August 1978, Upstairs Room, Odeon Cinema, Edinburgh, UK (afternoon)
High On Rebellion, Dog Dream, Rape, Edie Sedgwick, Dream of Rimbaud, Girl Trouble, The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game, Sally, Neo Boy, Lullaby, Prayer
30 August 1978, 3rd Edinburgh Rock Festival, Odeon Cinema, Edinburgh, UK (evening)
Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright, Till Victory, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Poppies, It’s So Hard, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, Be My Baby, Free Money, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), My Generation
31 August 1978, Apollo, Manchester, UK
Poppies, NME rap, 25th Floor, The Kids Are Alright, Ain’t it Strange, You Really Got Me, Pumping (My Heart), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Because the Night, Free Money, Radio Ethiopia, Rock n Roll Nigger, Till Victory, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Ask the Angels, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
1 September 1978, Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Set Me Free, Kimberly, 25th Floor, Till Victory, The Kids Are Alright, Poppies, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Space Monkey, It’s So Hard, Revenge, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Radio Ethiopia/Godspeed, Gloria, My Generation
2 September 1978, Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, UK
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Kimberly, Space Monkey, The Kids Are Alright, Pumping (My Heart), We Three, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Privilege (Set Me Free), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Because the Night, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, (encore): Land, My Generation, God Speed

Note: Incomplete setlist
2 September 1978, Top Hat, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
Note: Concert cancelled.
3 September 1978, Project Arts Centre, Dublin,
Broken Flag, The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game, Poppies, Jenny, Gloria, Prayer, Pinwheels, Thread, Rape, Marianne Faithful
5 September 1978, Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), 25th Floor, Kimberly, Till Victory, The Kids Are Alright, Poppies, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Ask The Angels, Pissing in a River, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, You Really Got Me, Because the Night, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, (encore): You Light Up My Life/My Generation
6 September 1978, Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany
No setlist
7 September 1978, Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany
No setlist

Note: Source: ticket stub.The suggestion that Patti played in Nürnberg on this date is probably because it is the nearest city to Neunkirchen am Brand.
8 September 1978, Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
"In Memory of Keith Moon", Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, 25th Floor, Space Monkey, The Kids Are Alright, Be My Baby, Till Victory, Poppies, Revenge, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Ask the Angels, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star)*/LA Woman*, It’s So Hard, Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, My Generation

Note: * with James Osterberg aka Iggy Pop.
9 September 1978, Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Ask the Angels, 25th Floor, Oh Boy (Buddy Holly), Poppies, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), You Really Got Me, Revenge, Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Land, My Generation
11 September 1978, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Poppies, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Till Victory, Ask the Angels, We Three, Revenge, Cold Turkey (John Lennon), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Ain’t it Strange, Star Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix), Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, Be My Baby, My Generation
12 September 1978, Cirkus Krone, Munich, Germany
No setlist

Note: a poster only mentions the 12th, the mystery remains if the 13th was played at the same venue.
13 September 1978, Munich, Germany
No setlist
14 September 1978, Rhein-Main-Halle, Wiesbaden, Germany
Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Ask the Angels, 25th Floor, Poppies, The Kids Are Alright, Till Victory, Free Money, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Revenge, It’s So Hard, Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Radio Ethiopia, Gloria
15 September 1978, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Till Victory, Oh Boy, Poppies, Ask the Angels, You Really Got Me (Lenny), Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Star Spangled Banner/Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, Revenge, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), You Light Up My Life, My Generation, Rock n Roll Nigger, 5-4-3-2-1 (Manfred Mann)

Note: also dated 19 September
16 September 1978, One World Poetry Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neo Boy, Babelogue

Note: Poetry reading.
18 September 1978, Vorst Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
No setlist
30 September 1978, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ, USA
No setlist
1 October 1978, Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ, USA
No setlist
6 October 1978, Curry Hicks Cage, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
No setlist
7 October 1978, McDonough Gym, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
No setlist
9 October 1978, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
"A Poetry Reading by Patti Smith"
No setlist

Note: Supporting Sonic’s Rendezvous Band.
10 October 1978, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
"A Poetry Reading by Patti Smith"
Pledge of Allegiance, If I Needed Someone (George Harrison), The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game*, Improvisation

Note: Patti Smith with *Richard Sohl. Supporting Sonic’s Rendezvous Band.
13 October 1978, Hard Rock Cafe, Hartford, CT, USA
No setlist
15 October 1978, Cook College Gym, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
No setlist
14 October 1978, Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Star Spangled Banner, Babelogue, Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Till Victory, 25th Floor, Poppies, Oh Boy, Frederick, Revenge, It’s So Hard, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, Seven Ways of Going, Radio Ethiopia, Gloria, (encore): You Light Up My Life, My Generation
21 October, Lundholm Gym, UNH Field House, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
No setlist
22 October 1978, Walsh Hall, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA
No setlist

Note: The Ramones were the support act.
31 October 1978, CBGB, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
1 November 1978, CBGB, New York, NY, USA
"Benefit Concert"
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Frederick, Poppies (Patti on clarinet), song w/Richard Wright, The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game, You Light Up My Life, Revenge, 25th Floor, It’s a Man’s Man’ Man’s World, Song w/gay guest, Till Victory, Be My Baby, Oh Boy*, (intermission), Pumping (My Heart), Pissing in a River, Frederick (2nd time), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star) w/guest, Godspeed, Ask the Angels, Song w/Paley Bros, It’s So Hard**, Because the Night, Seven Ways of Going, Star Spangled Banner, Pledge of Allegiance, Radio Ethiopia (instrumental version), Babelogue, Gloria

Note: *with Lenny on vocals, ** with Ivan on vocals.
11 November 1978, Gymnasium, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Ain't it Strange, Free Money, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, Frederick, Revenge, Seven Ways of Going, 25th Floor, So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star), Poppies

Note: Incomplete setlist.
2 December 1978, Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, USA
"Nova Convention"
Poem for Jim Morrison/Bumble Bee



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