the patti smith setlists

NB: In 1996, Tom Verlaine played guitar in many concerts and Jackson Smith was on guitar everytime that "Smoke on the Water" was played. And Lenny Kaye is the lead vocal for "Smoke on the Water", "Love of the Common People" and "Hands of Faith". Sorry if this is mentioned only at random. But when Tom Verlaine is mentioned, it is confirmed that he was there!

17 January 1996, Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY, USA
"Rock & Roll Hall of Fame dinner"
Velvet Underground Induction Speech, Pale Blue Eyes^*

Note: ^*performed at the party after the event

19 February 1996, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA
"Tibet House benefit"
Beneath the Southern Cross, Wild Leaves, Poem for the Dalai Lama

18 March 1996, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
Piss Factory, Land, Written by a Lake, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Love of the Common People (Waylon Jennings) , Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple), Gone Again, Walking Blind, Wing, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Neo Boy/Rock n Roll Nigger, December, Redondo Beach, About a Boy, Dog Dream, Wicked Messenger, Wild Leaves, Not Fade Away, Gloria

19 March 1996, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
Babelfield, Psalm 23 Revisited, Ballad of a Bad Boy, Combe, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Love of Common People, Smoke On the Water, The Salvation of Rock/Gone Again, Walking Blind, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ravens, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star) , Paths That Cross, Wicked Messenger, Wild Leaves, Not Fade Away, Land/Gloria

Note: with Tom Verlaine

20 March, 1996 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA, USA
Black Peter, Wing, Ravens, The Darkest Hour^* (Wailing Souls, Lenny on vocals) , Pale Blue Eyes, Smoke on the Water, Redondo Beach, So Lonely^* (Tony on vocals) , Rock n Roll Nigger, Dancing Barefoot, Looser^*, Grateful, Farewell Reel, Wild Leaves, Gloria

Note: A show at midnight in the evening of the 19th, and that’s why it is also dated 19 March.
^* Unconfirmed songs or approximate titles.

20 March 1996, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Piss Factory, Land, Written by a Lake, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Because the Night, Love of the Common People, Smoke on the Water, The Salvation of Rock/Gone Again, Walking Blind, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, James Bond theme (Monty Norman Orchestra)/Rock n Roll Nigger, Wicked Messenger, Wild Leaves, Gloria

22 March 1996, KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
The Jackson Song, Wild Leaves, Walking Blind, Ghost Dance, People Have the Power

23 March 1996, Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Piss Factory, Land, Written by a Lake, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Love of the Common People, Gone Again, Smoke On the Water, Walking Blind, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing (the poem) , Wing, Redondo Beach, December, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Rock n Roll Nigger, Wicked Messenger, Wild Leaves, James Bond theme, Not Fade Away, Gloria

Note: with Tom Verlaine

25 March 1996, The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Written by a Lake, Grateful, I Don’t Think of Her (Bob Neuwirth)^*, Ghost Dance, Love of the Common People, Gone Again, Smoke On the Water, Walking Blind, Wing, Redondo Beach, December, Dancing Barefoot, Wicked Messenger, About a Boy, Rock n Roll Nigger, Y, Wild Leaves, Not Fade Away, Gloria

Note: ^* Bob Neuwirth plays his own song while Patti takes a rest.

5 April 1996, Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
"Jewel Heart Benefit Concert"
December, Cowboy Truths, Grateful, Psalm 23 Revisited, Walking Blind, People Have the Power, Ghost Dance, The Thread, Beneath the Southern Cross (false start) , Beneath the Southern Cross, Indian Rubies, Gone Again, Art in Heaven, Wild Leaves

5 May 1996, Saturday Night Special, Fox TV
Gone Again, People Have the Power (spoken)
Rehearsal setlist: Gone Again, Gone Again, Land, People Have the Power

Note: This is the recording date. Broadcast date is 18 May.

18 May 1996, Saturday Night Special, Fox TV, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gone Again, People Have the Power (spoken)

28 May 1996, New York Public Library, New York, NY, USA
"Coral Sea Reading (Solo)"
"Something white fell from the sky"^*, To the Reader, The Throw, Y

Note: ^*This is an approximate title

1 June 1996, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
"Genet/Artaud Conference"
Walking Blind, Libya, About a Boy, Wing, Phenobarbitol, Love, Farewell Reel, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ghost Dance, Poem, Gone Again, Grateful

3 June 1996, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Piss Factory, Walking Blind, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Land, Wing, Farewell Reel, Beneath the Southern Cross, Magua/Phenabarbitol, Ghost Dance, Gone Again

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray

4 June 1996, Press Conference, Soho House, London, UK
Beneath the Southern Cross

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye

8 June 1996, Great Woods, Boston, MA, USA
Wicked Messenger, Redondo Beach, Smoke On the Water, Walking Blind, Summer Cannibals, About a Boy, Dancing Barefoot, People Have the Power (spoken)/Gone Again, Land

8 June 1996, Later with Jools Holland, BBC TV, London, UK
People Have the Power, Gone Again

Note: this is the broadcast date, recording date is not known.

21 June 1996, Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA
Piss Factory, Ravens, I Don’t Need (written & sung by Kimberly) , Smoke On the Water, Beneath the Southern Cross, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Hands of Faith (Lenny Kaye?)^*, Ghost Dance, Free Money, Walking Blind, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Summer Cannibals, When Doves Cry (Prince), People Have the Power/Gone Again, Wild Leaves, Land/Rock n Roll Nigger, Farewell Reel

Note: Many people believe that Lenny wrote that song.

22 June 1996, Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA
Prayer, Piss Factory, Ravens, I Don’t Need (written & sung by Kimberly), Smoke On the Water, Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Hands of Faith, Beneath the Southern Cross, Walking Blind, Summer Cannibals, When Doves Cry, About a Boy, Free Money, Wing, People Have the Power/Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Rock n Roll Nigger, Farewell Reel

30 June 1996,Orange Stage, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Wicked Messenger, Redondo Beach, Because the Night, Dancing Barefoot, Beneath the Southern Cross, Walking Blind, Summer Cannibals, About a Boy, Free Money, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken) , Land/Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar

2 July 1996, Olympia, Paris, France
Piss Factory, Dream of Rimbaud, Jeanne Darc, Schinden, Dog Dream, Ravens, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ghost Dance, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Hands of Faith, Dancing Barefoot, Walking Blind, Summer Cannibals, When Doves Cry, About a Boy, Free Money, People Have the Power/Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Rock n Roll Nigger, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine. Jeanne Darc as written by Patti in Babel while the original french spelling is Jeanne d’Arc.

3 July 1996, Olympia, Paris, France
Prayer, Ballad of a Bad Boy, Death by Water, Schinden, Kiss of the Butterfly(iii) , The Crystal Ship (The Doors), Ghost Dance, Ravens, Beneath the Southern Cross, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Hands of Faith, Dancing Barefoot, Wing, Summer Cannibals, LA Woman (The Doors), When Doves Cry, About a Boy, Free Money, Walking Blind, People Have the Power/Gone Again, Wild Leaves, Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine

7 July 1996, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
"Poetry Olympics"
To the Reader, The Passenger M, The Throw, Staff of Life, Charity Boy, Beneath the Southern Cross, Farewell Reel

Note: this was a 9 hour event.

8 July 1996, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
Babelfield (version) , Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water^*, Ghost Dance, Wing, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Hands of Faith (Lenny) , Wild Leaves, People Have the Power/Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar.^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

9 July 1996, Teatro Romano, Verona, Italy
Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water^*, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Walking Blind, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, When Doves Cry, Hands of Faith (Lenny), Wing, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken)/Gone Again, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

11 July 1996, Festa dell’Unita, Corregio, Italy
Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke on the Water, Ghost Dance, Undertow^*, Tom Verlaine solo, Beneath the Southern Cross, Walking Blind, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, When Doves Cry, Ain’t it Strange, Wing, About a Boy, Free Money, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (Spoken), Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Rock n Roll Nigger, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^*Michael Stipe’s song with Tony Shanahan.

12 July 1996, Villa Arconati, Bollate, Milan, Italy
Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water^*, Free Money, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Hands of Faith (Lenny), When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken)/Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

14 July 1996, Escalarre, Spain, Doctor Music Festival
Wing, Redondo Beach, Because the Night, Wicked Messenger, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals

15 July 1996, La Riviera, Madrid, Spain (From Cuesheet, in order?)
Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water, Love Me^*, Undertow^**, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, Free Money, Beneath the Southern Cross, Summer Cannibals, Hands of Faith, When Doves Cry, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken), Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: ^* Tony Shanahan on vocal. ^** Michael Stipe on vocal.

17 July 1996, Chateau de l'Empéri, Salon de Provence, France
Wing, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke on the Water, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Hands of Faith, When Doves Cry, About a Boy, Beneath the Southern Cross, People Have the Power (spoken)/Gone Again, Wild Leaves, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel, La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf)

18 July 1996, Théâtre Antique de Fourière, Lyon, France
Ghost Dance, Land/Gloria

Note: incomplete setlist.

23 July 1996, E-Werk, Köln, Germany
Wing, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messanger, Smoke On the Water, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ravens, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, December, Hands of Faith (Lenny) , The Crystal Ship, When Doves Cry, Ain’t it Strange, Free Money, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken)/Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar.

24 July 1996, Casino Ostende, Ostende, Belgium
Piss Factory, Wing, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water^*, Ghost Dance, Ravens, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, December, Hands of Faith, The Crystal Ship, When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange, Free Money, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken), Gone Again, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

26 July 1996, Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland
Wing, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water^*, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, December/Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, The Crystal Ship, When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange, Free Money, About a Boy, Because the Night, People Have the Power (spoken)/Gone Again, Wild Leaves, Gloria

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

29 July 1996, Palacy Kultury, Prague, Czech Republic
Wing, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Smoke on the Water^*, Wicked Messenger, Redondo Beach, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Hands of Faith (L.Kaye), December, Free Money, About a Boy, The Crystal Ship, When Doves Cry /Ain’t it Strange, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power/Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Rock n Roll Nigger, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

30 July 1996, Tempodrome, Berlin, Germany
Wing, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Smoke On the Water^*, Wicked Messenger, Redondo Beach, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Hands of Faith, Free Money, About a Boy, The Crystal Ship, When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange, Because the Night, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken)/Gone Again, People Have the Power, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: with Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

1 August 1996, Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany
Wing, People Have the Power, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Wicked Messenger, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Redondo Beach, Free Money, About a Boy, The Crystal Ship, When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power, Gone Again, Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: Incomplete setlist.

2 August 1996, Rai Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Redondo Beact, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Smoke on the Water^*, Wicked Messenger, Beneath the Southern Cross, When Doves Cry, People Have the Power, Free Money, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken), Gone Again, Because the Night, Land, Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: Incomplete setlist. With Tom Verlaine on guitar. ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar

7 August 1996, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK
Piss Factory, Wing, Redondo Beach, Dog Dream, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water, Burning Roses, Dancing Barefoot, People Have the Power, Summer Cannibals, Hands of Faith (Lenny) while Patti reads Babelfield, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ain’t it Strange/When Doves Cry, Free Money, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have The Power, Gone Again, The Crystal Ship, Because the Night, Land/Gloria^*, Farewell Reel

Note: ^* with special guest John Cale

8 August 1996, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK
Piss Factory, Wing, Not Fade Away, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, The Jackson Song, Smoke On the Water^*, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wicked Messenger, Hands of Faith, When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange, The Crystal Ship, Rap, Free Money, About a Boy, Redondo Beach, Rap, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken) , Gone Again, Rap, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar.

9 August 1996, Waterfestival, Stockholm, Sweden
Wing, Beneath the Southern Cross, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, The Crystal Ship, When Doves Cry, Love of the Common People, About a Boy, Ain’t it Strange, Not Fade Away, Radio Ethiopia/People Have the Power/Gloria, Free Money, Gone Again, Wild Leaves, Because the Night

23 August 1996, Peak Lounge, KXPK, Denver, CO, USA
Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Gone Again

24 August 1996, Fox Theater, Boulder, CO, USA
Piss Factory, Walking Blind, Dancing Barefoot, Ghost Dance, About a Boy, Grateful, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wild Leaves, Gloria, People Have the Power, Gone Again, (encore): Farewell Reel?

5 September 1996, Central Park, New York, NY, USA
Piss Factory, Radio Ethiopia, People Have the Power (spoken), Gone Again, Wing, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Ain’t it Strange, When Doves Cry, Kimberly, Summer Cannibals, Ghost Dance, About a Boy, Not Fade Away, Wild Leaves, Free Money, People Have the Power, Smoke On the Water^*, Gloria, Rock n Roll Nigger, The Jackson Song

Note: ^* with Jackson Smith on guitar.

11 September 1996, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA
Radio Ethiopia/People Have the Power/Gone Again, Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Wing, About a Boy, Not Fade Away

Note: Patti and her band are opening for Neil Young and Crazy Horse

12 October 1996, Warner Theater, Washington, DC, USA
"Lifebeat Concert Benefit"
Quilt Improvisation, People Have the Power (spoken), Gone Again, Beneath the Southern Cross, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, Rock n Roll Nigger

19 October 1996, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, USA
"Bridge School Benefit"
Wing, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ghost Dance, Gone Again, About a Boy, People Have the Power, (group encore): Helpless (Crosby Stills Nash & Young)

20 October 1996, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, USA
"Bridge School Benefit"
Wing, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, People Have the Power

31 October 1996, Nightingales, New York, NY, USA
Kimberly, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wild Leaves (false start) , Wild Leaves, Free Money, About a Boy, Rock n Roll Nigger, Land, Gloria

Lenny Kaye, 3 November 1996, Hale-House Benefit, CB’s Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Pale Blue Eyes, Gloria^*

Note: Patti is guest on 2 songs. ^* Oliver Ray joined in for this one.

7 November 1996, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
"Antonin Artaud Benefit!"
St. Francis of Asisi (poem by Artaud) , Babelogue, Dancing Barefoot, Jeanne D’Arc, Les Figures Sur La Plage Inerte (Artaud) , Situation of the Flesh (Artaud), Walking Blind, Piss Factory, Easter, Song by Oliver Ray, Here Lies (Artaud) , Poem for the Dalai Lama, Beneath the Southern Cross, A Journey In Hell (Rimbaud), Gone Again, Y, Wild Leaves, Neo Boy/Rock n Roll Nigger, All Art Is Pointless (poem for Artaud) , Prayer

Note: with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray only.

9 November 1996, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Dancing Barefoot, Walking Blind, Gone Again, Not Fade Away

26 November 1996, Lied Center of Kansas University, Lawrence, KA, USA
"Nova Convention revisited: William S. Burroughs & the Arts"
Wing, Dancing Barefoot, Walking Blind, Beneath the Southern Cross, Excerpts from Introduction to "Queer" by William S. Burroughs^*, Gone Again

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray. ^* with Michael Stipe on improvised vocals.