the patti smith setlists

2012

1 January 2012, 38th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading, The Poetry Project, St Mark’s Church, New York, NY, USA
The Reign of the People (poem), Grateful

3 January 2012, St Mark’s Bookshop, New York, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Reading from Woolgathering

11 January 2012, Hotel Chelsea, New York, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Tony Shanahan. Private event.

12 January 2012, Ground Floor Ballroom, Hotel Chelsea, New York, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Cancelled

15 January 2012, Riverside Church, New York, NY, USA
"Worldwide Candlelight Vigil for Unity"
Peaceable Kingdom (acapella), People Have the Power (spoken)

Note: Occupy the Dream vigil in honour of Martin Luther King day.

16 February 2012, Sanremo Festival, Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy
Impressioni di Settembre (Premiata Forneria Marconi), Because the Night

Note: Patti Smith with Marlene Kuntz.

24 February 2012, Tune-In Music Festival, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, USA
"Philip Glass and Patti Smith: The Poet Speaks"
Notes to the Future, Wichita Vortex Sutra, The Blue Thangka, My Blakean Year, Ghost Dance, Pissing in a River, Etudes No 2 and No 10 (Philip Glass), "Dear Philip Love Patti", Magic Psalm, Footnote to Howl; (encore): People Have the Power

Note: Patti Smith and Philip Glass celebrate the works of Allen Ginsberg and William Blake. Patti Smith with Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye and Jesse Paris Smith.

27 February 2012, Strand Bookstore, New York, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Reading from Woolgathering.

8 March 2012, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Aria for Christoph (acapella)

Note: Charity auction for Operndorf Afrika.

27 March 2012, Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, New York, NY, USA
"Conversations on Practice: Patti Smith with Glenn Kurtz"
No setlist

28 March 2012, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Introduction to Years of Indescretion

1 April 2012, CBS Broadcast Center, New York, NY, USA
My Blakean Year, Grateful

9 April 2012, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
"An Evening with Patti Smith and Sam Shepard"
Easter 1916 (W B Yeats), This is the Girl, Pissing in a River, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (W B Yeats), Until the End of the World, The Jackson Song, People Have the Power, Goodnight Irene, Because the Night

Note: Patti Smith with Sam Shepard, Tony Shanahan,Hannah Shepard, Banjo Bill Whelan and Dermy Diamond. Incomplete setlist.

24 April 2012, Fígaro Café, Madrid, Spain
Because the Night (acapella), Grateful

Note: An impromptu performance for the family of Nicanor Parra.

4 May 2012, Press Conference, Museo Frida Kahlo, Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico
No setlist

Note: Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye.

5 May 2012, Museo Diego Rivera, Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico
Dancing Barefoot, Space Monkey, Redondo Beach, Free Money, Ghost Dance, My Blakean Year, Beneath The Southern Cross, We Three, Night Time (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet/Born To Lose/Pushin’ Too Hard, Pissing in a River, Peaceable Kingdom/People Have the Power (spoken), People Have the Power, Because the Night, Gloria, (encore): Wing^*, Rock n Roll Nigger^*

Note: Patti Smith and Her Band. Special guest: ^* Oliver Ray.

9 May 2012, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Just Kids, My Blakean Year, Wing^*, Boots of Spanish Leather^*, Because the Night^*

Note: Patti Smith and ^*Lenny Kaye.

10 May 2012, Van Duzer Theatre, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA
No setlist

11 May 2012, Campbell Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
"An Evening with Patti Smith"
No setlist

13 May 2012, City Winery, New York, NY, USA
No setlist

Note: Patti Smith with Jesse Paris Smith, Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche.

1 June 2012, Detroit Film Theatre, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, USA
No setlist

Note: Patti Smith with Jackson Smith, Jesse Paris Smith, James Simonson, Joe Mazolla and Eric Hoegemeyer.

23 June 2012, BergenFest, Bergenhus Festning, Bergen, Norway
No setlist