Patti Smith News

On October 29th at The Beacon Theatre in New York City, The Fab Faux will perform The Beatles' seminal ‘MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR', live, in its entirety, from start-to-finish. Featuring such legendary tracks as ‘All You Need Is Love,' ‘I Am The Walrus', ‘Strawberry Fields Forever' and more, ‘Magical Mystery Tour' was the #1 album in the United States for eight weeks. The event marks the first time The Fab Faux have performed ‘Magical Mystery Tour' in New York City.

Abbey Pub announces their upcoming monthly events. Purchase advance tickets on line at www.abbeypub.com

Todd Rundgren, rock and roll icon, guitarist, interactive progenitor, singer-songwriter and record producer, plays the Manchester HMV Ritz today.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), led by celebrated Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, performs two concerts featuring internationally renowned soprano Karina Gauvin, called 'breathtaking,' by The Times (London), on Saturday, October 15, 8 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, and Sunday, October 16, 2011, 7 pm, at UCLA's Royce Hall.

Todd Rundgren, rock and roll icon, guitarist, interactive progenitor, singer-songwriter and record producer, plays the Manchester HMV Ritz on Saturday October 1st.

On October 24th, Reprise Records will release two very special and highly anticipated packages: a three-DVD set and a two-CD collection that feature unique live performances from many of the phenomenal artists who've performed at the beloved Annual Bridge School Benefit Concerts over the past 25 years.

Since 1973, The Abbey has been Chicago's home for live music, good food and great times. The Abbey has live music most nights, featuring local, regional and national acts from indie rock to traditional Irish music.

Next up for Logan is a big screen adaptation of Patti Smith's 'Just Kids,' the 2010 bestselling memoir.

Park Avenue Armory has announced plans for its second Tune-In Music Festival, to be held February 23-26, 2012, featuring and co-curated by the iconic composer Philip Glass on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

Three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Earle returns to Columbus in support of the April 2011 release of I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, the 14th studio album of his celebrated career.

La MaMa, the world-renowned downtown theatre founded by the late Ellen Stewart, will celebrate is 50th anniversary season in 2011-12 -- entitled 'Homecomings' - with a two day celebration on October 16th and 17th 2011: The La MaMa 50 World Block Party and The La MaMa 50 Gala. The festivities kick off with the La MaMa 50 World Block Party on Sunday, October 16 from 2 to 6pm on the block of East 4th Street (between the Bowery and Second Avenue in Manhattan) that is home to La MaMa's three performance spaces, and where Ms. Stewart herself resided for many years before her death in January 2011.

Lou Reed has just announced that he will release a live DVD of his historic performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2009.

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Patti Smith raises the curtain on OUTSIDE SOCIETY, a new collection of her signature songs on the Arista and Columbia labels. The landmark 18-song release marks the first single-CD collection to span Patti's entire body of recorded work.

Todd Rundgren, rock and roll icon, guitar genius, interactive progenitor, consummate singer-songwriter and record producer, will get up close and personal with four rare UK concerts in October 2011.

Three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Earle returns to Columbus in support of the April 2011 release of I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, the 14th studio album of his celebrated career.

SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK has been making headlines since even before it began previews in November 2010. It comes as no surprise, then, that Law & Order: Criminal Intent - known for molding the stories that make news into their plot - created an episode inspired by the mammoth musical that aired last night, June 19. Click below to watch Cynthia Nixon channel Julie Taymor and the cast spoof SPIDEY.

SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK has been making headlines since even before it began previews in November 2010. It comes as no surprise, then, that Law and Order: Criminal Intent - known for molding the stories that make news into their plot - set to work on an episode inspired by the mammoth musical.

Grey announced today that its Fifth Annual Legends of Music Seminar will feature Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Patti Smith, the American singer-songwriter, poet, author and artist, who is widely regarded as the 'Godmother of Punk' on Friday, June 24th (1:45 p.m. Cannes time) at the Debussy Theater.

ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will honor hip-hop impresario Sean 'Diddy' Combs with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award during its 24th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.

Lou Reed and his band will perform a series of exhilarating summer concerts and outdoor festival appearances in Europe during July 2011.