Patti Smith is still performing. In 2023, Patti Smith is currently touring across 4 countries and has 8 upcoming concerts.
Patti Smith is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, and author best known as an iconic part of the New York City punk rock movement.
Patti Smith was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize. In 2010, Patti Smith had a brief cameo in Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme.
In 2012, Patti Smith was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In 2012, Patti Smith recorded a cover of Io come persona by Italian singer-songwriter Giorgio Gaber.
Patti Smith made her television acting debut at age 64 on the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where she appeared in an episode titled “Icarus”.
Patti Smith also recorded the song “Capitol Letter” for the official soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
On December 6, 2015, Patti Smith made an appearance at the Paris show of U2’s iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE TOUR 2015, performing “Bad” and “People Have the Power” with U2.