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NB: In 1999 the line-up of Patti Smith and Her Band was Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan and Oliver Ray.
1 January 1999, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Rockin’ In The Free World, E-Bow the Letter *+, Wild Leaves, I Don’t Need *, I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) , No Jestering, Cheesy Blues Jam In A Major(Jackson Smith)#, Throw Your Arms Around Me (Hunters and Collectors) , The Sky Is Open , All I Want Is Sleep $, Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) , This Wheel’s on Fire (Bob Dylan) , Seven Ways of Going, Land/Gloria

Note: The concert was at 1.00 am, one hour after the New Year’s Eve concert. Patti Smith did not perform during the middle part of the concert. Special guests *Kimberly Smith, + Michael Stipe,Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, #Jackson Smith, Wade, Nicholas and Justin, §Jake Miller
22 February 1999, 11th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA
E-Bow the Letter*, "On Cremation of Chögyam Trungpa, Vidyadhara" (Allen Ginsberg), 1959, Boy Cried Wolf, Ghost Dance, People Have the Power+

Note: Patti Smith and Philip Glass. * REM with Patti Smith. + All artists finale.
1 May 1999, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
People Have the Power, Dead City, Kimberly, 1959, Ghost Dance, Grateful, Boy Cried Wolf, Dancing Barefoot, Don’t Say Nothing, Wing, Because the Night, The Lord’s Prayer (spoken) , Redondo Beach, Pissing in a River, Dream of Life, Persuasion, Rock n Roll Nigger
6 June 1999, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
Y, Land (spoken), True Music, Wing, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Black Scream (spoken), Dancing Barefoot, Birdland, Boy Cried Wolf (start), Boy Cried Wolf, Wave (spoken), Beneath the Southern Cross, Babelfield, Pissing in a River, Kimberly, Upright Come, Grateful, Night Litany (Spell), Because the Night, Rap (remember this night) , People Have the Power
23 June 1999, Hallen van Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Piss Factory, Dead City, Free Money, Dancing Barefoot, Wing, Persuasion, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Boy Cried Wolf, Ghost Dance, Because the Night, Don’t Say Nothing, Gone Again, People Have the Power, Pissing in a River, Babelogue/Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria
24 June 1999, Club Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Free Money, Dead City, Spell, Dancing Barefoot, Pissing in a River, Persuasion, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Because the Night, About a Boy, Rock n Roll Nigger, Wild Leaves, Land/Gloria, People Have the Power
26 June 1999, BBC Tent, Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, UK
Beneath the Southern Cross

Note: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray.
26 June 1999, New Tent, Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, Pilton, UK
Dead City, Dancing Barefoot, Spell, Pissing in a River, Free Money, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Don’t Say Nothing, Because the Night, About a Boy, People Have the Power, Rock n Roll Nigger
28 June 1999, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Spell, Dead City, Kimberly, Persuasion, Happy Birthday, Wing, Dancing Barefoot, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Beneath the Southern Cross, Boy Cried Wolf, Ghost Dance, Don’t Say Nothing, Because the Night, About a Boy, Free Money, People Have the Power, (encore): Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger
29 June 1999, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Wicked Messenger, Piss Factory, Dead City, Redondo Beach, 1959, Beneath the Southern Cross, Boy Cried Wolf, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, Don’t Say Nothing, Wing, About a Boy, Because the Night, People Have the Power, Land/Gloria, Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger
30 June 1999, Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester, UK
Piss Factory, Seven Ways of Going, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Birdland, Dancing Barefoot, Wing, Pissing in a River, People Have the Power, Because the Night

Patti Smith and Oliver Ray. A reading to promote Patti Smith Complete.
1 July 1999, Kentish Town Forum, London, UK
Piss Factory, Dead City, Persuasion, Redondo Beach, Pissing in a River, Boy Cried Wolf, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Ghost Dance, Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, Don’t Say Nothing, Free Money, About a Boy, Because the Night, Wing, People Have the Power, Land/Gloria
2 July 1999, Kentish Town Forum, London, UK
Gone Again, Dead City, Looking For You (I Was), Redondo Beach, Persuasion, Boy Cried Wolf, Grateful, Beneath the Southern Cross, Death Singing, Dancing Barefoot, Don’t Say Nothing, Rockin’ In The Free World, Pissing in a River, About a Boy, Because the Night, People Have the Power, Free Money, Rock n Roll Nigger
3 July 1999, Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton University, Brighton, UK
Piss Factory, Seven Ways of Going, Going Under, Beneath the Southern Cross, Redondo Beach, Kimberly, Blue Poles, Grateful, Wing, Dancing Barefoot, Because the Night, People Have the Power
5 July 1999, Bercy, Paris, France
Dead City, Redondo Beach, Boy Cried Wolf, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Because the Night, Pissing in a River, People Have the Power, Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria
REM: 5 July 1999, Bercy, Paris, France
E-Bow the Letter

Note: Patti opened for REM and was a guest for this song.
8 July 1999, Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria
Pissing in a River, Kimberly, Boy Cried Wolf, Beneath the Southern Cross, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Because the Night, Rock n Roll Nigger
REM: 8 July-1999, Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria
E-Bow the Letter, People Have the Power

Note: Patti was the opening act for REM. Patti sang E-Bow the letter with REM, and the whole Patti Smith Band joined for People Have the Power.
10 July 1999, 6th International Istanbul Jazz Festival, Cemil Topuzlu Amphitheatre, Istanbul, Turkey
Wicked Messenger, Spell, Dead City, About a Boy, Redondo Beach, Wing, Wild Leaves, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Paths that Cross, Rockin’ in the Free World, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Ghost Dance, Because the Night, Free Money, People Have the Power, (encore): Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger
12 July 1999, Mylos, Thessalonika, Greece
Gone Again, Don’t Say Nothing, Looking For You (I Was), Spell, Redondo Beach, Beneath the Southern Cross, Summer Cannibals, Dead City, Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, About a Boy, Wing, Because the Night, Grateful, People Have the Power, Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: setlist order is unconfirmed
13 July 1999, Mylos, Thessalonika, Greece
Gone Again, Wicked Messenger, Don’t Say Nothing, Redondo Beach, Looking For You (I Was), I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Beneath the Southern Cross, Boy Cried Wolf, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, Wing, Dead City, Persuasion, Free Money, About a Boy, Because the Night, People Have the Power, Land/Gloria
14 July 1999, Rockwave Festival, Agios Kosmas, Athens, Greece
No setlist
17 July 1999, Festival il Violino e La Selce, Corte Malatestiana, Fano, Italy
Dead City, Beneath the Southern Cross, Free Money, Dancing Barefoot, People Have the power, Because the Night, Summer Cannibals, Grateful, Boy Cried Wolf, Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: Incomplete setlist.
18 July 1999, Pistoia Blues Festival, Piazza Duomo, Pistoia, Italy
Free Money, Wicked Messenger, Beneath the Southern Cross, Wing, Redondo Beach

Note: Incomplete setlist.
20 July 1999, Piazza Castello, Ferrara, Italy
No setlist
21 July 1999, Teatro Romano, Ostia, Italy
Spell, Dead City, Looking For You (I Was), Redondo Beach, 1959, Wicked Messenger, Boy Cried Wolf, Grateful, Beneath the Southern Cross, Dancing Barefoot, Free Money, Y, Wild Leaves, Paths That Cross, About a Boy, Up There Down There, Because the Night, True Music (dedicated to Papa Luciani), Wing, People Have the Power, Pissing in a River, "Italy the round" (poem) , Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria
23 July 1999, Stimmen Festival, Marktplatz, Lörrach, Germany
Kimberly, Looking For You (I Was), Spell, Wicked Messenger, Redondo Beach, Ghost Dance, Boy Cried Wolf, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Dead City, Dancing Barefoot, Don't Say Nothing, Wing, Free Money, Gone Again, Because the Night, People Have the Power,(encore): Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger
24 July 1999, Idroscalo Park, Milan, Italy
Spell, Dead City, Gone Again, Redondo Beach, Looking For You (I Was), Boy Cried Wolf, Beneath the Southern Cross, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Persuasion, Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, Summer Cannibals, Wing (dedicated to the King of Morocco), Rockin’ In The Free World, About a Boy, Because the Night, Pissing in a River, People Have the Power, Free Money, Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria
25 July 1999, Landesmuseum, Zürich, Switzerland
"Live at Sunset"
Wing, Redondo Beach, Looking For You (I Was), Beneath the Southern Cross, I´m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Dancing Barefoot, Y, Wild Leaves, Persuasion, Dead City, Ghost Dance, Free Money, Wicked Messenger, About a Boy, Because the Night, People Have the Power, Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria, (encore): Frederick
29 July 1999, Yoav Kutner’s Music Today Show, Galei Tzahal (Israel Army Radio), Tel Aviv, Israel
Dancing Barefoot, China Bird, Because the Night, Ghost Dance, Wing, People Have the Power

Note: Patti Smith & Oliver Ray
29 July 1999, Cinerama Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel
Dead City, Redondo Beach, Spell, 1959, Wicked Messenger, Dancing Barefoot, Looking For You (I Was), Rockin’ In The Free World, Ghost Dance, Beneath the Southern Cross, About a Boy, Seven Ways of Going, Wild Leaves, I’m So Lonely I Could Cry, Wing, Summer Cannibals, Free Money, Gone Again, Because the Night, People Have the Power, (encores): Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger/Gloria
R.E.M.: 4 September 1999, Jones Beach Theater, Wantaugh, NY, USA
E-Bow the Letter

Note: Patti was a guest
7 September 1999, Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA, USA
Looking For You (I Was) , Redondo Beach, Dead City, Spell, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Boy Cried Wolf, Ghost Dance, Dancing Barefoot, Persuasion, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Because the Night, Wing, People Have the Power, (encore): Pissing in a River, Rock n Roll Nigger, Gloria
8 September 1999, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Looking For You (I Was) , Redondo Beach, Spell , Beneath the Southern Cross , Boy Cried Wolf , Dancing Barefoot , People Have The Power , Rock n Roll Nigger

Note: Support act for R.E.M.
R.E.M.: 8 September 1999, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
E-Bow the Letter

Note: Patti was a guest
6 October 1999, Festival di Palermo sul Novecento, Teatro Politeama, Palermo, Italy
"Words and Music"
Grateful, Ghost Dance, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, People Have the Power, Wild Leaves, Wing, Because the Night

Note: Patti Smith, Oliver Ray and Giovanni Apprendi. Incomplete setlist.
30 December 1999, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star), Pumping (My Heart), Summer Cannibals, Dancing Barefoot, Wing, Lo and Beholden, (Popeye cartoon story), Seven Ways of Going, (Birthday cake for Patti), Grateful, (Talk about voting), Boy Cried Wolf, Glitter In Their Eyes, Ghost Dance, Persuasion, Dead City, Gone Pie, Don’t Say Nothing, Because the Night, About a Boy, Rock n Roll Nigger, Pissing in a River
31 December 1999, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Gloria, Redondo Beach, Birdland, Kimberly*, Pumping (My Heart), So You Want to Be (A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star) Spell, Lo and Beholden, Beneath the Southern Cross, Grateful, Don’t Say Nothing, Wild Leaves+, Not Fade Away, New Party, Persuasion, Imagine (John Lennon, Yoko Ono), Gung Ho, Gone Pie, Glitter In Their Eyes, People Have the Power, Improvisation, Land/Gloria

Patti Smith and Her Band with special guests *Kimberly Smith, +Tom Verlaine and Grant Hart.



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