U2 joined onstage by punk legend

Well, anything REM can do...

U2 were joined onstage by punk icon Patti Smith during their show in New York earlier this week (November 21).

The two joined forces for a version of John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma!’ in the encore at Madison Square Garden.

Smith also appeared onstage with REM earlier this year, performing ‘E-Bow The Letter’ with them in London’s Hyde Park.

U2, whose US tour goes on till December 19, also played a snippet of The Clash’s ‘Rock The Casbah’.

The full U2 set was:

‘City Of Blinding Lights’
‘Vertigo’
‘Elevation’
‘I Will Follow’
‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’
‘Beautiful Day’
‘Original Of the Species’
‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own’
‘Love And Peace Or Else’
‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’
‘Bullet The Blue Sky’
‘Miss Sarajevo’
‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’
‘Where The Streets Have No Name’
‘One’

Encore:
‘Until The End Of The World’
‘Mysterious Ways’
‘With Or Without You’
‘The First Time’
‘Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of’
‘Instant Karma!’
‘Bad’