NB: In 1979 the line-up of the Patti Smith Group was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl, Ivan Kral and Jay Dee Daugherty.
16 February 1979, Palladium, New York, NY, USA
"Benefit to Aid the Indo-Chinese Refugees"
Early Show:
Tomorrow (Andrea McArdle), Clarinet Improvisation
Late Show:
Tomorrow, Gloria
Note: Headlined by Blue Oyster Cult and Todd Rundgren & Utopia, with guests Patti Smith, David Johansen and Rick Derringer. Patti Smith performed the early show solo acapella but was accompanied by the Patti Smith Group for the late show.
Spring 1979, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Till Victory, Dancing Barefoot, Ask the Angels, Frederick,
Free Money, Space Monkey, Pumping (My Heart), Pissing in a River, Because the Night, (encore): Frederick (a second time), Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria
Note: Incomplete setlist, song order unconfirmed, date unknown but was during school term and it is more likely that it was in the Spring rather than Fall.
9 March 1979, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA
No setlist
17 March 1979, Gymnasium, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
No setlist
20 March 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
No setlist
21 March 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
No setlist
22 March 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
No setlist
8 April 1979, Soap factory, Long Island, NY, USA
No setlist
22 April 1979, Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, 25th Floor, Revenge, 5-4-3-2-1, Pumping (My Heart), Seven Ways of Going, Because the Night, Frederick, Jailhouse Rock, Gloria, My Generation
Note: The actual date is 22 since it started after midnight in the evening of the 21st hence the fact that it is also sometime dated 21 April.
Johnny Winter: 22 April 1979, Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
Improvisation
Note: Patti was a guest.
30 April 1979, The Capri, Atlanta, GA, USA
No setlist
10 May 1979, Warner Theater, Washington DC, USA
25th Floor, Kimberly, Broken Flag, Ask the Angels, Revenge, 5-4-3-2-1, Because the Night, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Land, Further Adventures of Gloria, My Generation
11 May 1979, Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, USA
Privilege (Set Me Free), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Dancing Barefoot, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams), Redondo Beach, Revenge (truncated), 5-4-3-2-1 (Manfred Mann), Citizen Ship, Ask the Angels, Poppies, Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers), Jailhouse Rock, Wave, (intermission), 25th Floor, Revenge, Cold Turkey, Broken Flag, Till Victory, Ain’t it Strange, Pumping (My Heart), Mr Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan), Frederick, Because the Night, Seven Ways of Going, Gloria, (encore), Pledge of Allegiance/Star Spangled Banner, My Generation
12 May 1979, Alumni Stadium, Amherst, MA, USA (afternoon)
Redondo Beach, Mr.Tambourine Man, 25th Floor, It’s So Hard, Jailhouse Rock, Because the Night, Seven Ways of Going, Gloria
12 May 1979, Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, USA (evening)
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Hymn, Revenge, Secret Agent Man, Broken Flag, It’s So Hard, Because the Night, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, 5-4-3-2-1, Kimberly, Dancing Barefoot, Mr.Tambourine Man, Poppies, Citizen Ship, Jailhouse Rock, 25th Floor, (encore): You Light Up My Life, My Generation
13 May 1979, Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA
(first set):
Privilege (Set Me Free), Till Victory, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Mr.Tambourine Man, Citizen Ship, It’s So Hard, Redondo Beach, Poppies, Tomorrow, Jailhouse Rock,
(second set):
25th Floor, Working on the Chain Gang, Kimberly, 5-4-3-2-1, Be My Baby, Secret Agent Man, Revenge, Dancing Barefoot, Because the Night, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Hymn, Gloria, (encore): Pumping (My Heart), My Generation
17 May 1979, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI, USA
"Detroit Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert"
No setlist
18 May 1979, Punch & Judy Theater, Grosse Pointe, Detroit, MI, USA
"Detroit Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert"
Dancing Barefoot, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), My Generation
Note: Incomplete setlist
22 May 1979, Palladium, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
23 May 1979, Palladium, New York, NY, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Kimberly, Privilege (Set Me Free), Dancing Barefoot, Poppies, Secret Agent Man, Citizen Ship, It’s So Hard, Jailhouse Rock, Hymn, 25th Floor, Till Victory, Revenge, 5-4-3-2-1, Wave, Redondo Beach, Broken Flag, Ask the Angels, Free Money, Because the Night, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Mr. Tambourine Man, Birdland, Gloria, My Generation
24 May 1979, CBGB, New York, NY,USA
"Bob Dylan B-day bash"
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), She Belongs to Me (Bob Dylan), Because the Night, Dancing Barefoot, Be My Baby*, Poppies, 25th Floor, Frederick, 5-4-3-2-Wave
Note : * with Ronnie Spector
June 1979, Off-the-Wall Hall, Lawrence, KS, USA
No setlist
Note: Poetry reading
2 June 1979, Opera House, Lawrence, KS, USA
No setlist
6 June 1979, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Jailhouse Rock, Because the Night, Frederick, Gloria, My Generation, Tomorrow
Note: Incomplete setlist
7 June 1979, Orpheum Theater, Madison, WI, USA
(first set): Rock n Roll Nigger, Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, Poppies, Secret Agent Man, Citizen Ship, Twist and Shout (The Isley Brothers), Jailhouse Rock, (second set): 25th Floor, Till Victory, Revenge, The Kids are Alright, Free Money, Cold Turkey, Because the Night, Frederick, Gloria, My Generation
8 June 1979, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA
No setlist
11 June 1979, Kunstmuseum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
No setlist
Note: this was a poetry reading.
13 June 1979, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
No setlist
Note: this was a poetry reading.
24 June 1979, Kids Are People Too, ABC TV, New York, NY, USA
You Light Up My Life
Note: Patti Smith accompanied by Joseph Brooks (piano)
26 June 1979, Civic Center Theater, St-Paul, MN, USA
Land,
25th Floor, Redondo Beach, Mr Tambourine Man, Dancing Barefoot, Poppies, Revenge, Citizen Ship, It’s So Hard, Because the Night, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan), Ghost Dance, Free Money, Frederick, Variations On a Theme for George Jetson
Note: A ticket-stub confirms a show a day later. Either there were 2 shows at the venue this date is wrong.
27 June 1979, Civic Center Theater, St-Paul, MN, USA
No setlist
Note: Show confirmed by ticket-stub. Either there were 2 shows at the venue or the date of the 26 june show is wrong. Until we find out more about this, please use the setlist of the 26th as reference.
30 June 1979, Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Till Victory, Dancing Barefoot, Satta Massagana (The Abyssinians), 25th Floor, Revenge, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Because the Night, Pumping (My Heart), Seven Ways of Going, Frederick, Variations On a Theme for George Jetson, 5-4-3-2-1, Twist and Shout, My Generation, Improvisation
6 July 1979, Capri Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, USA
No setlist
10 July 1979, Music Hall, Houston, TX, USA
Privilege (Set Me Free), Pumping (My Heart), 25th Floor, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Poppies, Dancing Barefoot, Revenge, Because the Night, 5-4-3-2-1, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Free Money, Citizen Ship, Fire of Unknown Origin, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Time Is on My Side, Gloria, Jailhouse Rock, Twist & Shout, My Generation, Tomorrow
11 July 1979, Dallas Convention Center Theatre, Dallas, TX, USA
Pumping (My Heart), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Privilege (Set Me Free), Revenge, 25th Floor, Redondo Beach, Oh Boy, Citizen Ship, Poppies, Till Victory, All Along The Watchtower, Satta Massagana, Dancing Barefoot, Space Monkey, Seven Ways of Going, Hymn, Because the Night, Frederick, You Light Up My Life, Time Is on My Side, My Generation, Twist & Shout, 5-4-3-2-1
12 July 1979, Austin Opera House, Austin, TX, USA
No setlist
14 July 1979,WBCN, Boston, MA, USA
You Light Up My Life
15 July 1979, Leona Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
No setlist
22 July 1979, Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA, USA
No setlist
23 July 1979, Paramount Theater, Portland, OR, USA
No setlist
25 July 1979, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
No setlist
27 July 1979, Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA, USA
No setlist
28 July 1979, Fox Venice Theater, Venice, CA, USA
"An evening of poetry"
No setlist
28 July 1979, Bayonne, France (unconfirmed)
No setlist
Note: From advertisement in Best or Rock n Folk magazines. Was there an error or confusion in the magazines? Unlikely to have happened in July, would be more logical in August with the rest of the European tour.
29 July 1979, Bezier, France (unconfirmed)
No setlist
Note: From advertisement in Best or Rock n Folk magazines. Was there an error or confusion in the magazines? Unlikely to have happened in July, would be more logical in August with the rest of the European tour.
29 July 1979, Palladium, Hollywood, CA, USA
No setlist
Note: confirmed by ticket stub.
30 July 1979, Fregus, France (unconfirmed)
No setlist
Note: From advertisement in Best or Rock n Folk magazines. Was there an error or confusion in the magazines? Unlikely to have happened in July, would be more logical in August with the rest of the European tour.
31 July 1979, Orange, France (unconfirmed)
No setlist
Note: From advertisement in Best or Rock n Folk magazines. Was there an error or confusion in the magazines? Unlikely to have happened in July, would be more logical in August with the rest of the European tour.
10 August 1979, The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, Long Island, NY, USA
No setlist
11 August 1979, Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York, NY, USA (afternoon).
We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, Kimberly, Pumping (My Heart), Revenge, It’s So Hard, 25th Floor, For Your Love (The Yardbirds), Seven Ways of Going, Land, Because the Night, Frederick, 5-4-3-2-1, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Jailhouse Rock, My Generation
11 August 1979, CBGB, New York, NY, USA (evening)
Glass Factory, Redondo Beach, Song For Jim Morrison, Kimberly, Dancing Barefoot, Space Monkey, Privilege (Set Me Free), 25th Floor, Cold Turkey, For Your Love, Revenge, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Poppies, All Along the Watchtower, The Spider and the Fly, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star) , 5-4-3-2-1, Twist & Shout, My Generation
August? 1979, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
Break it Up, Today I Met The Boy I’m going to Marry, You Light Up My Life, Variations on a Theme of The Spider and The Fly, improvisation
Note: with Richard Sohl, Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty (on piano with Sohl). From a review dated 18 August 1979, New Musical Express. A very chaotic event in an intimate setting.
August? 1979, San Francisco, CA, USA
No setlist
Note: From a review dated 18 August 1979, New Musical Express that Patti and the band would play a bigger venue the night following the Boarding House event.
August? 1979, San Diego, CA, USA
No setlist
31 August 1979, Arenes de Fréjus, Fréjus, France
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, Poppies, Revenge, She Belongs to Me, Citizen Ship, 25th Floor, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Time Is on My Side, For Your Love, Broken Flag, Because the Night, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, 5-4-3-2-1, Gloria, Twist & Shout, My Generation,Tomorrow
1 September 1979, Parc des Expositions, Avignon, France
Frederick,
Seven Ways of Going, Because the Night, 5-4-3-2-1, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Jailhouse Rock, My Generation
Note: incomplete setlist
2 September 1979, Stade Aguillera, Biarritz, France
No setlist
Note: From advertisement in Best and Rock n Folk magazines
3 September 1979, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
No setlist
Note: Patti Smith read poems and played the clarinet following a screening of the film "More American Graffiti".
4 September 1979, Eden Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, Ain’t it Strange, For Your Love, Revenge, Frederick, Free Money, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Wave, Citizen Ship, Seven Ways of Going, Because the Night, 5-4-3-2-1, Twist and Shout, Gloria
5 September 1979, Wembley Arena, London, UK
Land,
Twist & Shout, All Along the Watchtower, For Your Love, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Be My Baby, Kimberly, Free Money, Redondo Beach, Because the Night, Frederick, Dancing Barefoot, 5-4-3-2-1
Note: incomplete setlist
7 September 1979, Olympia Halle, Munich, Germany
No setlist
9 September 1979, Antistadio di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, Ain’t it Strange, For Your Love, Revenge, Frederick, Free Money, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Wave, You Light Up My Life, Seven Ways of Going, Because the Night, 5-4-3-2-1, Star Spangled Banner/My Generation
10 September 1979, Stadio Comunale, Florence, Italy
Gloria, Kimberly, Rap Photo, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, Improvisation, Free Money, For Your Love, Ain’t it Strange, Ask the Angels, Citizen Ship, It’s So Hard, Revenge, 25th Floor, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Wave, Seven Ways of Going, Frederick, Because the Night, 5-4-3-2-1, (encore): Easter, Twist & Shout, Star Spangled Banner, My Generation, You Light Up My Life, Improvisation