The band was asked by Arista Records to begin writing their sophomore album. Patti Smith was caught up in the chaos of tour life that detached her from her pen.

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Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and students from Music Will perform during "People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith" at New York's Carnegie Hall on March 26, 2025 (photo: Taylor Hill / ...

The punk pioneer celebrates her groundbreaking debut while her new memoir, ‘Bread of Angels,’ reveals her early life in rock Patti Smith performs at Tollwood Festival on July 13, 2015, in Munich, ...

"I spent a day with him and he was able to calm," Smith says of her longtime friend on the Jan. 8 episode the 'All There Is with Anderson Cooper' podcast Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

Patti Smith is looking back, and coming home. Smith, the 78-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter, was born in Chicago and lived in Philadelphia before moving to Deptford and Pitman in ...

Patti Smith's landmark album "Horses" was released Dec. 13, 1975. Its 50th anniversary brings a contradiction that feels appropriate to the record's origins. For an album that helped define an era, it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. As it has been for at least 20 years now, the popularity of music ...

“Be strong. Don’t lose hope,“ Patti Smith shouted, concluding her politically charged concert at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia. The show marked the last in her tour celebrating the 50 ...

Into your starry eyes, baby. Patti Smith has been on tour all year, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Horses, her classic punk debut, released in November 1975. She brought the show to New York ...

Over the weekend, Patti Smith brought her tour celebrating 50 years of Horses back to New York for two performances at the Beacon Theatre. Smith earned a warm reception onstage at the historic ...