Horses will also be commemorated with a tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on 26 March, featuring stars such Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon, the National’s Matt Berninger, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O and Sharon Van Etten who will perform album tracks backed by a band including the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea.
Horses was Smith’s 1975 debut album, and came to be seen as a foundational text in New York’s punk scene, although Smith rejected the term punk, instead describing Horses as “three-chord rock merged with the power of the word”.
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.
Patti Smith is to perform her classic album Horses in full on a tour to mark the album’s 50th anniversary.
But her live performances remain as spirited and distinctive as ever, with the Guardian’s Alexis Petridis describing a June 2024 concert as “moving, powerful and unexpected, a perfect reminder that, 12 years after her last album, Patti Smith is still in constant motion.”.
