Patti Smith announces London shows for October

The punk singer will perform classic album 'Horses' in full

Patti Smith has announced two shows at London’s Roundhouse for later this year.

The punk icon, who recently performed at Field Day festival over the weekend, will perform her classic album ‘Horses’ in full at the pair of dates. She will appear at the venue in Chalk Farm, north London on October 30 and 31.

Tickets for the dates will go on sale this Friday (June 12). Smith is set to play additional UK dates in Manchester and Glasgow on Monday (June 8) and Tuesday (June 9) respectively.

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The punk poet recreated her seminal 1975 album as she appeared on the main stage at Field Day on Sunday (June 7). Before the final song from the record, ‘Elegie’, she told the crowd the song had been written “in memory of Jimi Hendrix”.

“This song is for all the people we’ve lost,” she continued, calling out the names of deceased friends like Robert Mapplethorpe and her husband Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith. “Call out!” she invited the audience, before adding two more names of her own – Lou Reed and John Nash.

After finishing playing ‘Horses’ from start to finish, Smith added some extra songs to the set, following a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ for bassist Tony Shannan. ‘Dancing Barefoot’ was dedicated to “Polly Harvey”, while a cover of The Who’s ‘My Generation’ – the final song of the set – was preceded by Smith recalling where she was when Rolling Stones drummer Brian Jones died.

“I was in Paris with my sister,” she told the audience. “When Brian Jones died, they had a free concert in Hyde Park. I was working in a bookshop and watched it on TV and I thought how amazing it would be to sing in front of all those people. This is my Hyde Park.”

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