Wild horses couldn’t drag us away from this one.
Patti Smith just announced she’s embarking on a ‘Horses 50th Anniversary Tour’ to celebrate her seminal 1975 debut album with the same name.
Toward the end of the international run, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is slated to make a pair of stops at New York’s Beacon Theatre on Friday, Nov. 21 and Saturday, Nov. 22.
At all shows, the Punk Poet Laureaute will perform the eight-track “Horses” — which includes “Gloria,” “Redondo Beach,” “Free Money” among other classics — in full for the first time since 2005 along with guitarist Lenny Kaye and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, both of whom played on the now 50-year-old record that she describes as a “three-chord rock merged with the power of the word.”
“Please join us to help celebrate the final ride of our irreverent thoroughbred,” the New Jersey native and ’70s New York icon shared in a press release.
As for whether Smith still has “it,” critics seem to think so.
“She’s still passionate, still fiery, still a dynamite live performer,” Park Life DC wrote about a September 2023 Washington, D.C. concert of Smith’s. “She’s all heart, and sometimes she stumbled with a lyric before catching herself, but it’s all part of being so deeply emotionally engaged with her material. If you haven’t seen Patti do her thing, you should make a point of it, because you’re guaranteed to get a great show.”
Prior to the outing, REM’s Michael Stipe, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, The National’s Matt Berninger and more are headlining a Patti Smith tribute concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, March 26.
If you’d like to attend any of the concerts listed above, fans can purchase tickets for all upcoming North American Patti Smith shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, Feb. 14.
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Patti Smith tour schedule 2025
A complete calendar including all North American tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.
Patti Smith Carnegie Hall tribute show
For those hoping to catch the Carnegie Hall tribute show and are curious who the “and more” artists are, we’re here for you.
According to Carnegie Hall, this is the complete lineup of performers for the one-of-a-kind show:
Michael Stipe
Matt Berninger
Courtney Barnett
Sharon Van Etten
Alison Mosshart
Kronos Quartet
Ben Harper
Karen O
Kim Gordon
Angel Olsen
House band led by Tony Shanahan with Flea, Steve Jordan, and more
Additional artists to be announced
“Horses” track list
If you haven’t trotted “Horses” out in a few years, here are all the songs on the record as a refresher:
01.) “Gloria”
02.) “Redondo Beach”
03.) “Birdland”
04.) “Free Money”
05.) “Kimberly”
06.) “Break It Up”
07.) “Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer(de)”
08.) “Elegie”
Later editions feature a live cover of The Who’s “My Generation.”
You can find the beloved 43-minute album here.
Patti Smith band
Kaye and drummer Daugherty aren’t the only band members backing Smith on the road this November.
Guitarist Jackson Smith as well as keyboardist and bass player Tony Shanahan — who has been performing live with Smith’s band since 1996 — will also join her.
The last time Smith performed “Horses” live in full was at the 2005 Meltdown Festival in London where she celebrated the record’s 30th anniversary.
Classic rockers on tour in 2025
Although no act is quite like Smith — she’s punk, she’s poetry, she’s rock and roll, she’s ferocious, she’s avant-garde, she’s a million things — here are five artists with somewhat similar sensibilities on the road this year.
• Heart (with Cheap Trick)
• Joan Jett and The Blackhearts (with Billy Idol)
• Devo
• AC/DC
Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of all the biggest classic rockers on tour in 2025 to find the show for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
