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NB: In 1998 the line-up of Patti Smith and Her Band was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan and Oliver Ray.
9 January 1998, 99X, Atlanta, GA, USA
Don’t Say Nothing, Ghost Dance, Summer Cannibals, Whirl Away
19 February 1998, Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY, USA
Footnote to Howl, God Running (new song)

Note: Incomplete setlist
9 March 1998, Tibet-House Benefit, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA
Stories, Poem to PO, Spell, 1959, People Have the Power+

Note: Patti Smith and Philip Glass. + All artists finale.
Oliver Ray: 3 April 1998, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Oliver Ray is joined for 2 Songs by Patti and the band
April 1998, Doubleday Sales Conference, Chicago, IL, USA
No setlist

Note: Private event. Possibly held at the Doubletree Hotel, Northbrook, IL.
Robert Hunter: 11 April 1998, Irving Plaza, New York,NY, USA
New Speedway Boogie, Franklin Tower

Robert Hunter is joined at the end of the second set by Patti for these two songs
9 May 1998, Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA, USA
"99x FreeTibet Concert"
No setlist
10 May 1998, Center Stage, Atlanta, GA, USA
"A Flash of Lightning: a Concert for the Dalai Lama"
1959, A Small Entreaty, People Have the Power*

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band. *Special guests Sheryl Crow, Philip Glass, Joan Osborne and Michael Stipe.
14 May 1998, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY, USA
"A Tribute to Allen Ginsberg"
On Cremation of Chögyam Trungpa Vidyadhara* (Allen Ginsberg), Spell+

*Patti Smith and Philip Glass. + Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan, Oliver Ray and Philip Glass.
Janet Hamill and Moving Star: 25 May 1998, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Patti was a guest on Clarinet for 2 songs.
5 June 1998, Huerta de San Vicente, Granada, Spain
"Patti Smith con Lorca"
No setlist

Note: Patti Smith and Oliver Ray, a reading with guitars.
13 June 1998, Tibetan Freedom Concert, Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington DC, USA
Note: The concert was cancelled.
14 June 1998, Guinness Fleadh, Randall’s Island, NY, USA
Spell

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band. Incomplete setlist.
July 1998, Brownie’s, New York, NY, USA
Pissing in a River, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Note: with Lenny Kaye
28 July 1998, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Free Money, Wing, Poem, Rockin’ In The Free World (Neil Young) , Redondo Beach, Pissing in a River, Summer Cannibals, Don’t Say Nothing, Dead City, Death Singing, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, Gone Again, Rock n Roll Nigger
29 July 1998, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Spell, Dead City, We Three, Because the Night, Wild Leaves, Dancing Barefoot, Whirl Away, Kimberly, Summer Cannibals, Pissing in a River, About a Boy, Wing, Poem, Rockin’ In The Free World, Don’t Say Nothing, The Jackson Song, People Have the Power
30 July 1998, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Piss Factory, Paint it Black, Summer Cannibals, We Three, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Wing, Pissing in a River, Rockin In The Free World, Don’t Say Nothing, About a Boy, Dead City, People Have the Power, Rock n Roll Nigger, Land/Gloria
31 July 1998, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Babelfield, Paint it Black, Summer Cannibals, We Three, Kimberly, Don’t Say Nothing, Wicked Messenger, Pissing in a River, Notes for the Future, Rockin’ In The Free World, Dancing Barefoot, Dead City, About a Boy, Wing, Spell, Momento Mori/Not Fade Away, Rock n Roll Nigger
4 August 1998, Salzburg Domplatz, Austria
Spell, Paint it Black, Summer Cannibals, Kimberly, We Three, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Wing, Pissing in a River, Notes for the Future, Rockin’ In The Free World, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Because the Night, Dead City, People Have the Power, Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria
5 August 1998, Arena, Vienna, Austria
Spell, Dead City, Kimberly, Dancing Barefoot, Wicked Messenger, Beneath the Southern Cross, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Don’t Say Nothing, Pissing in a River, Wing, Summer Cannibals, About a Boy, People Have the Power, Rockin’ In The Free World, Not Fade Away, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger
6 August 1998, Pepsi Sziget Festival, Óbudai-Sziget, Budapest, Hungary
Paint It Black, Dancing Barefoot, Pissing in a River, People Have the Power, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria,
8 August 1998, Dranouter Festival, Dranouter, Belgium
Spell, Dead City, Wicked Messenger, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, We Three, Don’t Say Nothing, Pissing in a River, About a Boy, Because the Night, Memento Mori/In Flanders Fields/Not Fade Away
14 August 1998, Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
Spell, Kimberly, Wicked Messenger, Dead City, Pissing in a River, Whirl Away, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Because the Night, About a Boy, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Wing, Don’t Say Nothing, People Have the Power, Rock n Roll Nigger, Momento Mori, Not Fade Away, Rockin’ In The Free World
15 August 1998, Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
Babelogue, Paint it Black, Redondo Beach, We Three, Summer Cannibals, Dancing Barefoot, Dead City, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Free Money, Wild Leaves, Poem, Rockin’ In The Free World, Pissing in a River, Momento Mori/Not Fade Away, People Have the Power, Land/Gloria
16 August 1998, Hollywood Athletic Club, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Because the Night, Spell, Babelogue, Paint it Black, Redondo Beach, Whirl Away, Dead City, Beneath the Southern Cross, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Love Me (Elvis Presley)*, Summer Cannibals, Pissing in a River, About A Boy, Wing, Notes to the Future, Rockin' in the Free World, Rock n Roll Nigger, We Three, Memento Mori, Not Fade Away, People Have the Power

*Tony Shanahan on vocal
21 August 1998, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia
Beneath the Southern Cross, Free Money, Whirl Away, Because the Night, Dead City, Pissing in a River, Rockin' in the Free World, Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
22 August 1998, Melbourne Park, Melbourne,
Power Have the Power, Wicked Messenger, Summer Cannibals, Dancing Barefoot, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dead City, Rockin' in the Free World

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
24 August 1998, Entertainment Center, Adelaide, Australia
People Have the Power, Wicked Messenger, Spell, Dancing Barefoot, Because the Night, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dead City, Rock n Roll Nigger, Rockin’ In The Free World

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
26 August 1998, Burswood Dome, Burswood, Australia
Memento Mori/Not Fade Away, Wing, Because the Night, Pissing in a River, Paint It Black, People Have the Powerbr />
Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
28 August 1998, Darwin Amphitheatre, , Darwin, Australia
Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, Free Money, Beneath the Southern Cross, Redondo Beach, Dead City, About a Boy, Rock n Roll Nigger/People Have the Power
Soundcheck: Summer Cannibals, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Gloria

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
30 August 1998, Townsville Breakwater Entertainment Centre, Townsville, Australia
Beneath the Southern Cross, Waiting Underground, Dancing Barefoot, Ghost Dance, Because the Night, Rockin' in the Free World, Land/Gloria

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
1 September 1998, Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
Ghost Dance, Wicked Messenger, Waiting Underground, Dancing Barefoot, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dead City, Because the Night, Memento Mori/Not Fade Away, People Have the Power

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
2 September 1998, Hum Instore, Sydney, Australia
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Dog Dream, Grateful, Beneath the Southern Cross
3 September 1998, Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
Waiting Underground, Whirl Away, Dead City, Redondo Beach, Summer Cannibals, Memento Mori/Not Fade Away, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Rockin’ In The Free World

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
4 September 1998, Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, Spell, Dead City, Beneath the Southern Cross, People Have the Power, Wild Leaves, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
5 September 1998, Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia
People Have the Power, Spell, Dead City, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Don’t Say Nothing, Because the Night, Land/Gloria

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
7 September 1998, North Shore Events Centre, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand
Rockin’ In The Free World, Dancing Barefoot, Don’t Say Nothing, Because the Night, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dead City, People Have the Power/Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
8 September 1998, North Shore Events Centre, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand
Gone Again, Dancing Barefoot, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful (false start), Grateful Free Money, About a Boy, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
10 September 1998, Queens Wharf Event Center, Wellington, New Zealand
Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, Waiting Underground, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Dead City, Memento Mori/Not Fade Away, Momento Mori, People Have the Power

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
12 September 1998, Christchurch Westpac Trust Event Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
Spell, Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, Because the Night, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Dead City, Rockin’ In The Free World, Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band supporting Bob Dylan.
1 October 1998, Planet News Tribute to Allen Ginsberg, Cathedral St John the Divine, New York, NY, USA
No setlist
2 October 1998, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
"Jewel Heart Benefit Concert"
Song (Allen Ginsberg), E-Bow the Letter*, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Dead City, Wing, 1959, Rockin’ In The Free World, Spell, People Have the Power

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye, Tony Shanahan and Oliver Ray.
*Michael Stipe, Tony Shanahan and Patti Smith.
19 October 1998, CBGB Lounge, New York, NY, USA
Kimberly,
Redondo Beach, Ain’t it Strange, Ghost Dance, We Three, So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star) , Hymn, Paths That Cross, Wild Leaves, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Last Call

Note: the evening was subtitled " a song or 2 from each record "
REM: 21 October 1998, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
E-Bow the Letter

Note: Patti was a guest
27 October 1998, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY, USA
Poetry Reading, Last Call, Beneath the Southern Cross
29 October 1998, Barnes and Nobles, Brooklyn, NY, USA
"Poetry Reading"
No setlist
31 October 1998, Greenwich Village Halloween Parade Float, New York, NY, USA
Rock n Roll Nigger, Rockin’ In The Free World, People Have the Power, Dancing Barefoot, Rock n Roll Nigger, Monster Mash (Bobby Boris Pickett), Because the Night, Space Monkey, Dead City, People Have the Power, Land, Gloria, Rockin’ In The Free World, Because the Night
8 November 1998, San Francisco Book Fest, San Francisco, CA, USA
Birdland*, Babelogue*, Wild Leaves*, Looking For You (I Was)*, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Blue Poles, Farewell Reel, Because the Night, People Have the Power

Note: * Reading
9 November 1998, LA Public Library, Los Angeles, CA, USA
To Find a Voice, Birdland, Ain’t it Strange, 25th Floor/High on Rebellion, Up There Down There, The Jackson Song, Beneath the Southern Cross, Pissing in a River, Dancing Barefoot, Last Call, Blue Poles, Intro to Because the Night, Because the Night
13 November 1998, FastLane Club, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
Paint it Black, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Wicked Messenger, Space Monkey, Dead City, Beneath the Southern Cross, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Don’t Say Nothing, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, People Have the Power (spoken) , Rock n Roll Nigger, (encores): Because the Night, Land/Gloria*

Note: * with Jackson Smith on guitar
14 November 1998, Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rockin’ In The Free World, Waiting Underground, Whirl Away, Space Monkey, Kimberly (with Kimberly on guitar) , Redondo Beach, Dancing Barefoot, Beneath the Southern Cross, Pissing in a River, Don’t Say Nothing, Dead City, Paint it Black, About a Boy, People Have the Power, (encores): Because the Night, Land/Gloria
15 November 1998, Webster Theater, Hartford, CT, USA
Wicked Messenger, Whirl Away, Redondo Beach, Paint it Black, Spell, Don’t Say Nothing, Dead City, Wing, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Pissing in a River, Rockin’ In The Free World, Dancing Barefoot, Spell, Memento Mori, Not Fade Away, (encore): Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger
17 November 1998, Olson’s Books and Records,Washington, DC, USA
Wing, Because the Night

Note: This was a book signing event. Patti performed 2 songs with Oliver Ray.
18 November 1998, 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
Dead City, Dancing Barefoot, Revenge, Redondo Beach, Pissing in a River, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Rockin’ In The Free World, Paint it Black, Wild Leaves, Memento Mori/Not Fade Away, Because the Night, Wing, Space Monkey, Spell, (encores): Declaration of Independance/Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: setlist is not in perfect order.
19 November 1998, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL, USA
People Have the Power (spoken)

Note: Incomplete setlist.
20 November 1998, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Wicked Messenger, Kimberly, Redondo Beach, Dead City, Space Monkey, Paint it Black, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Don’t Say Nothing, Because the Night, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Wild Leaves, People Have the Power, Pissing in a River, Land, Gloria*

Note: Special guest *Grant Hart.
21 November 1998, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Piss Factory, Dead City, Free Money, Spell, Redondo Beach, Don’t Say Nothing, Gone Again, , I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Summer Cannibals, Dancing Barefoot, Because the Night, People Have the Power (spoken), Rockin’In The Free World, When Doves Cry/Ain’t it Strange, Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger*

Note: Special guest *Grant Hart.
22 November 1998, The Riviera, Chicago, IL, USA
Dead City, Dancing Barefoot, Redondo Beach, Spell, Don’t Say Nothing, Gone Again, Beneath the Southern Cross, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Wing, Summer Cannibals, Free Money, About a Boy, Because the Night, People Have the Power, Rockin’ In The Free World, Pissing in a River, Declaration of Independance, Rock n Roll Nigger
30 December 1998, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Privilege (Set Me Free), Waiting Underground, Don’t Say Nothing, 1959, Dancing Barefoot, Dream of Life, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Dead City, Pissing in a River, Looking For You (I Was), Seven Ways of Going, Notes for the Future, People Have the Power, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger (including Pledge of Allegiance)
31 December 1998, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Spell, Wicked Messenger*, Kimberly*, Looking For You (I Was), Don’t Say Nothing, Dancing Barefoot, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Ghost Dance, Privilege (Set Me Free), Dream of Life, Dead City, People Have the Power**, Auld Lang Syne, Rock n Roll Nigger**

Note: Special guests *Kimberly Smith and **Michael Stipe



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