Patti Smith has announced that she will host a special performance interpolating her music and a reading of excerpts from her latest memoir, Year of the Monkey.
Filmed by cinematographer Matthew Schroeder, An Evening of Words & Music With Patti Smith will be recorded at Murmrr Theatre in Brooklyn. The live stream will see Smith perform beloved cuts with longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan.
This will be Smith’s only performance of 2020. Tickets will set you back $30 and will arrive with a new paperback copy of Year of the Monkey. They’ll go on sale on August 7th at 11 a.m. ET via the Murmrr website.
Year of the Monkey marks Patti Smith’s third memoir. Following 2010’s acclaimed Just Kids, that chronicled the genesis of her career as a musician, and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and 2015’s M Train, a study of the 40 year legacy of her debut record Horses. Year of the Monkey, sets its lens on 2016.
Patti Smith was set to grace Australian shores back in April, for a very special performance at Bluesfest Festival in Byron Bay. Thankfully, the legendary songwriter will return for the 2021 instalment.
Check out ‘Gloria’ by Patti Smith:
Bluesfest 2021 Lineup
Bon Iver
Patti Smith and Her Band
Jimmy Barnes
George Benson
The Teskey Brothers
John Butler
Xavier Rudd
The Cat Empire
Kool & the Gang
The Gipsy Kings
Kasey Chambers
The Waifs
Troy Cassar-Daley
Michael Franti & Spearhead
The Wailers Perform Songs from Legend
LP
Morcheeba
The Black Sorrows
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Tori Kelly
Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Marcus King Band
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Jimmie Vaughan
John Mayall
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Chain
Larkin Poe
Weddings, Parties, Anything – Exclusive Show
Backsliders
Harts Plays Hendrix
Ash Grunwald
The War & Treaty
Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles
Walter Trout
The Bamboos
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission
Dami Im
Pierce Brothers
Emily Wurramara
Roshani
Ray Beadle
Henry Wagons
Hussy Hicks
Pacey, King & Doley
Daniel Champagne
Nathan Cavaleri
Little Georgia
Bluesfest Busking Competition & Winners
The Australian Americana Music Honours
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Thursday, April 1st – Monday, April 5th, 2021
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Byron Bay, NSW
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