NB: In 1979 the line-up of the Patti Smith Group was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl, Ivan Kral and Jay Dee Daugherty.
1 January 1979, Annual New Year's Day Reading, The Poetry Project, St Mark's Church, New York, NY, USA
Ghost Dance
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.
9 March 1979, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA
No setlist
17 March 1979, Pritchard Gymnasium, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, Frederick, Citizen Ship, Ask the Angels, Revenge, Poppies, Broken Flag, Tomorrow, My Generation, Privilege (Set Me Free), Frederick, Jailhouse Rock, 25th Floor, Pumping (My Heart), Oh Boy, Because the Night, Seven Ways of Going, Gloria, (encore): Rock n Roll Nigger, You Light Up My Life, Tomorrow
18 March 1979, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Till Victory, Dancing Barefoot, Free Money, It's a Man's Man's Man's World, Jailhouse Rock, Frederick, Citizen Ship, Broken Flag, Unknown Song, (Intermission), Tomorrow, Gloria, My Generation, Ask the Angels, Space Monkey, Pumping (My Heart), Pissing in a River, Because the Night, (encore): Frederick,
Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria
Note: Song order unconfirmed.
20 March 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star), Ask the Angels, Redondo Beach, Frederick, Poppies, Jailhouse Rock, (Intermission), Pledge of Allegiance to Free Radio (improvisation), My Generation, Kimberly, Pumping (My Heart), Frederick, 25th Floor, Because the Night, Tomorrow, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria
Note: Incomplete setlist.
21 March 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
No setlist
22 March 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
No setlist
6 April 1979, Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Kimberly, Free Money, Pumping (My Heart), Be My Baby, Oh Boy, Because the Night, (encore): My Generation
Note: Incomplete setlist.
7 April 1979, Vassar Chapel, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Be My Baby, Seven Ways of Going, Because the Night, Redondo Beach, Oh Boy, 5-4-3-2-1, Tomorrow, My Generation
Note: Incomplete setlist.
8 April 1979, The Factory, Staten Island, NY, USA
"An Evening with Patti Smith"
So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star), Privilege (Set Me Free), Dancing Barefoot, Citizen Ship, Poppies, Oh Boy, 25th Floor, Revenge, 5-4-3-2-1, Pumping (My Heart), Redondo Beach, Because the Night, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going
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
So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star), Privilege (Set Me Free), Dancing Barefoot, Citizen Ship, Poppies, Redondo Beach, Secret Agent Man, Space Monkey, Pumping (My Heart), Jailhouse Rock, 25th Floor, Kimberly, Broken Flag/Pledge of Allegiance, Ask the Angels, Revenge, 5-4-3-2-1, Because the Night, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Land, Hymn, 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
Note: Patti Smith Group support for the Grateful Dead.
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
15 May 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star), Jailhouse Rock, Mr Tambourine Man, Pumping (My Heart), Because the Night, Frederick, Secret Agent Man, Birdland, Land, Redondo Beach, My Generation
Note: Incomplete setlist.
16 May 1979, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
No setlist
17 May 1979, , ROC Center, 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
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Till Victory, Privilege (Set Me Free), Citizen Ship, It's So Hard, Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, Poppies, Secret Agent Man, Land/Radio Ethiopia, 25th Floor, Kimberly, Revenge, Ask the Angels, Mr Tambourine Man, Free Money, Jailhouse Rock, Hym, 5-4-3-2-1, Because the Night, Broken Flag, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Tomorrow, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, Pumping (My Heart), My Generation
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), Mr Tambourine Man, She Belongs to Me (Bob Dylan), Because the Night, Dancing Barefoot, Tomorrow, Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan) (spoken), Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Bob Dylan), Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan), Be My Baby*, Poppies, Space Monkey, All Along the Watchtower, 25th Floor, Satta Massagana (The Abyssinians), The Kids Are Alright, 25th Floor, Frederick, Seven Ways of Going, Dog Dream, 5-4-3-2-Wave, Hymnd
Note : Special guest *Ronnie Spector
1 June 1979, Off-the-Wall Hall, Lawrence, KS, USA
Rape, Improvisation
Note: Poetry reading. Incomplete setlist.
2 June 1979, One Block West, Lawrence, KS, USA
Poppies
Note: Originally scheduled for the Memorial Hall. Incomplete setlist.
3 June 1979, Civic Auditorium Music Hall, Omaha, NE, USA
No setlist
6 June 1979, Milwaukee Auditorium, 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.
22 June 1979, Agora Ballroom, Columbus, OH, USA
No setlist
Note: The venue is now called Newport Music Hall.
23 June 1979, Palace Theatre, Cleveland, OH, USA
No setlist
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, (interval,
Hymn, All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan), Ghost Dance, Free Money, Frederick, Variations On a Theme for George Jetson
Note: Incomplete setlist.
27 June 1979, Civic Center Theater, St-Paul, MN, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star), Jailhouse Rock, (interval, Wave, (encore):
Twist and Shout, My Generation
Note: Special guest Tony Glover. Incomplete setlist.
30 June 1979, Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Till Victory, Dancing Barefoot, Satta Massagana, 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
7 July 1979, Brothers Music Hall, Birmingham, AL, 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, Homestead, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
You Light Up My Life
Note: Incomplete 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
26 July 1979, Boarding House, San Francisco, CA, USA
Babelfield, Hymn, Improvisation, (intermission), Break it Up, Today I Met The Boy I’m going to Marry, You Light Up My Life, The Spider and the Fly (Strong, Stevens), Psalm 23, improvisation
Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl, and Jay Dee Daugherty.
27 July 1979, Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA, USA
No setlist
28 July 1979, Fox Venice Theater, Venice, CA, USA
"An evening of poetry"
No setlist
28 July 1979, Arènes de Bayonne, Bayonne, France
Note: Concert cancelled.
29 July 1979,Arènes de Béziers, Béziers,
Note: Concert cancelled.
29 July 1979, Palladium, Hollywood, CA, USA
Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, For Your Love, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, (intermission), Time Is On My Side, All Along The Watchtower, Poppies, Citizen Ship, Revenge, Hymn, Frederick, Be My Baby, The Spider and the Fly, Seven Ways of Going, 25th Floor, Pumping (My Heart), 5-4-3-2-1, Rock n Roll Nigger, My Generation
30 July 1979, Arènes de Fréjus, Fréjus, France
Note: Postponed to 31 August 1979.
31 July 1979, Théâtre Antique d'Orange, Orange, France
Note: Concert cancelled.
August? 1979, Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, USA
No setlist
Note: Patti Smith with the Jim Carroll Band
August? 1979, San Diego, CA, USA
No setlist
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
Soundcheck: Cold Turkey, You Really Got Me, Oh Boy
Note: Special guest *Kimberly Smith.
11 August 1979, CBGB, New York, NY, USA (evening)
Land/Glass Factory, Redondo Beach, Fire of Unknown Origin, 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 (Strong, Stevens), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star) , 5-4-3-2-1, Twist and Shout, My Generation
31 August 1979, Arènes 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
Note: Postponed from 30 July 1979.
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 Aguiléra, , Biarritz, France
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Privilege (Set Me Free), Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, For Your Love, Poppies, Ask the Angels, Because the Night, Twist and Shout, Hymn, All Along the Watchtower, Revenge, Seven Ways of Going, Frederick, 25th Floor, 5-4-3-2-1, Gloria, My Generation
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, Jaap Edenhal, 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
31 December 1979, Hot Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA
No setlist
Note: Patti Smith did not appear at this concert, which was billed as Patti Smith's Group (minus Patti)
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