the patti smith setlists

NB: In 1996 the line-up of Patti Smith and Her Band was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan, Oliver Ray and Tom Verlaine. Jackson Smith was a guest performer on the song Smoke on the Water each time it was played. Lenny Kaye sang lead vocal on Smoke on the Water, Love of the Common People and Hands of Faith.

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

Note: ^*Patti Smith and *Lenny Kaye.

19 February 1996, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA
"6th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert"
Beneath the Southern Cross^*, Wild Leaves^*+, Poem for the Dalai Lama^†

Note: Patti Smith with ^*Lenny Kaye, ^*David Mansfield, ⁺Laurie Anderson, ⁺Natalie Merchant and ^†Philip Glass.

18 March 1996, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
Piss Factory, Land, Written by a Lake, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Love of the Common People, 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

20 March, 1996 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA, USA
People Have the Power, Black Peter, Wing, Ravens, Naked as the Day You Were Born (Peter Astor), Pale Blue Eyes, Smoke on the Water, Redondo Beach, Love Me (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller), Rock n Roll Nigger, Dancing Barefoot, Loser (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter), Grateful (false start), Grateful, Farewell Reel, Wild Leaves, Gloria

Note: A show at midnight on the evening of the 19th, therefore sometimes dated 19 March 1996.

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, KCSA-FM, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Walking Blind, Dancing Barefoot, Because the Night

Note: Patti Smith with Tony Shanahan and Oliver Ray.

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

Note: Patti Smith with Tony Shanahan and Oliver Ray.

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

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.

27 March 1996, 4th & B, San Diego, CA, USA
Farewell Reel, Fever (Eddie Cooley & Otis Blackwell), Grateful, new song, Wing, Love of the Common People, People Have the Power, Smoke on the Water^*, (intermission), Hymn, Gone Again, Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, Because the Night, Dead Man Walking, About A Boy, Rock n Roll Nigger, Perfect Moon, Not Fade Away,
(encore): Gloria

Note: Special guest ^*Jackson Smith.

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, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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)

Note: This is the broadcast date. Recorded on 5 May.

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 (poem), About a Boy, Wing, Magua/Phenobarbital, Love (poem), Farewell Reel, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ghost Dance, In the End (poem), Gone Again, (encore): Grateful

Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray.

3 June 1996, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Piss Factory, Walking Blind, Dancing Barefoot, Dog Dream (teaser), About a Boy, Land (spoken), Wing, Farewell Reel, Beneath the Southern Cross, Magua/Phenobarbital, 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
"Second Annual River Rave"
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, Television Centre, London, UK
People Have the Power (spoken), Gone Again

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray. This is the broadcast date, the programme was recorded on 4 June 1996.

19 June 1996, Late Night show with David Letterman, CBS TV, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY, USA
Summer Cannibals

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) , Gone Again, Land/Rock n Roll Nigger

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: 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

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

Note: Patti Smith was one of many performers at this 9 hour event.Special guest ^* Oliver Ray.

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 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 Jackson Smith on guitar

11 July 1996, Festa dell’Unita, Correggio, 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, (encore): Because the Night, Land/Rock n Roll Nigger, Farewell Reel

Note:^*Note: Special guest ^*Jackson Smith. ⁺Michael Stipe accompanied by 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, (encore): Because the Night⁺, Land/Gloria⁺, Farewell Reel

Note: Special guests: ^* Jackson Smith and ⁺Michael Stipe

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

Note: Special guest ^*Michael Stipe.

15 July 1996, La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water^*, Love Me (Elvis Presley), Undertow⁺, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, Free Money, Beneath the Southern Cross, Summer Cannibals, Hands of Faith, When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power (spoken), Gone Again, (encore): Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

Note: ^*Note: Special guest ^*Jackson Smith. ⁺Michael Stipe accompanied by Tony Shanahan.

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)

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

24 July 1996, Casino Ostend, Ostend, Belgium
Piss Factory, Wing, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Smoke On the Water^*, Ghost Dance, Ravens, Beneath the Southern Cross (false start), 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, (encore): Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria, (second encore): Farewell Reel

Note: ^* 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 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 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 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 (spoken), Gone Again, (encore): Because the Night, Land/Gloria, Farewell Reel

2 August 1996, Rai Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Redondo Beach, 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 Jackson Smith on guitar

5 August 1996, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
Dancing Barefoot, Smoke on the Water^*, When Doves Cry/Ain't it Strange, Beneath the Southern Cross, People Have the Power, Land/Gloria

Note: Incomplete setlist.^* 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

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
"Summerstage"
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, (encore): Rock n Roll Nigger⁺, The Jackson Song

Note: Special guests ^* Jackson Smith and ⁺ Thurston Moore.

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

14 September 1996, The Gorge Amphitheater, Portland, OR, USA
Beneath the Southern Cross, Radio Ethiopia, People Have the Power, Gone Again, Wing, Wicked Messenger, About a Boy, Not Fade Away^*

Note: Support for Neil Young. Special guest ^*Peter Buck.

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 Assisi (poem by Artaud) , Babelogue, Dancing Barefoot, Jeanne D’Arc, Les Figures Sur La Page Inerte (Artaud) , Situation of the Flesh (Artaud), Walking Blind, Piss Factory, Easter(poem), Phenobarbital (false start), Phenobarbital 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) , encore: Prayer

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray.

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

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray. Incomplete setlist.

10 November 1996, Théâtre d’Auch, Auch, France
Piss Factory, Rimbaud Dead, People have the Power, Magua

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray. Incomplete setlist.

12 November 1996, Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal Plus Studio, Paris, France
Gone Again

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray.

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.