Patti Smith
Patti Smith to perform Horses in full on 50th anniversary tour
Singer will visit US, UK and Europe later this year alongside members of the original band who recorded the classic punk text
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
11, Feb, 2025 @9:00 AM
Patti Smith collapses on stage in Brazil after suffering days-long migraine
The poet, author and musician fell during a performance with Soundwalk Collective, who later posted ‘she is being cared for by the best doctors’
Laura Snapes
30, Jan, 2025 @2:49 PM
Anger is an energy! Stars and writers on the songs that define punk spirit
As Patti Smith’s debut single turns 50, punk musicians and music writers pick the songs that define the genre’s resistance, rebellion and refusal
Words by Huw Baines, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Safi Bugel, Lauren Martin, Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes. Interviews by Dave Simpson
08, Nov, 2024 @5:00 AM
From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos
Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world
Alexis Petridis, Michael Cragg and Gabrielle Schwarz
28, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM
Patti Smith review – utterly transformed by the power of music
Whether she’s dancing, eulogising Kurt Cobain or covering Lana Del Rey, Smith remains such a compelling and moving live performer
Alexis Petridis
26, Jun, 2024 @12:43 PM
Patti Smith ‘in good health’ after being hospitalised in Italy
Singer suffers sudden illness while on tour and cancels remainder of dates
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
14, Dec, 2023 @9:28 AM
Holding the Note by David Remnick review – erudite portraits of musical greats
A collection of the New Yorker editor’s pieces on the likes of Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Aretha Franklin displays enviable knowledge and scope
Kitty Empire
23, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM
Patti Smith: ‘I am who I am with all my flaws’
At 75, the punk poet, singer, artist and author talks candidly about life, loss, loneliness and her acclaimed new photography project
Kate Kellaway
13, Nov, 2022 @10:00 AM
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM
‘Creem gave you a ground-level excitement about music’: the 1970s rock magazine makes a comeback
Founded in 1969, the Detroit title that first used the term ‘punk rock’ was daringly derisive but also often racist, sexist and homophobic – so why bring it back?
Michael Hann
01, Jun, 2022 @2:16 PM
What links Punchdrunk’s Burnt City to Patti Smith and John McEnroe?
As the celebrated theatre group launches a new immersive show, follow it down the rabbit hole via Damon Albarn, Meryl Streep and Glenda Jackson
Larry Ryan
23, Apr, 2022 @12:00 PM
‘I experience joy very easily’: Patti Smith on Springsteen, the climate fight and the meaning of punk
The singer, poet and writer answers your questions about playing music with her children, being at her friend Allen Ginsberg’s deathbed and maintaining hope in a troubled world
As told to Dave Simpson
31, Mar, 2022 @2:00 PM
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