Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Neil Young and Patti Smith are going to head out on a tour together in the fall, both supporting new albums that came out this week. But the two met up even sooner (this past Wednesday to... more info

ContactMusic — Punk rocker Patti Smith and country/rock artist Neil Young arrive at the New York Book Expo America to set up for Smith's interview with Young about his new book 'Waging Heavy Peace'. Smith finds her microphone is too loud after she tries talking to ... more info

Guardian Music — Taylor Hawkins cast as Stooges frontman in forthcoming biopic of New York punk venueFoo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is to step into Iggy Pop's skinny jeans.Hawkins has signed on to play the Stooges frontman in new film CBGB, which tells the story... more info

DrownedInSound — A bit of musical beauty, some interesting lyricism and a pinch of hippy bollocks - still distinctly Patti Smith. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

ContactMusic — Johnny Depp helped Patti Smith record the title track of her new album Banga The Hollywood star - who is also a guitarist - worked on the track after helping the singer record her initial vocal idea She explained to Spinner com Its all... more info

Starpulse — Sting's actress daughter Mickey Sumner has landed the coveted role of punk icon Patti Smith in star-studded new movie CBGB. Sumner was added to the cast on Monday, alongside Foo Fighters rocker Ta... more info

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CNN Showbiz — The 65-year-old Priestess of Punk recently roared back into the zeitgeist thanks to her National Book Award-winning 2010 memoir, "Just Kids." more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Neil Young & Crazy Horse's new album Americana is out today (stream it in full HERE) and he's just announced a fall tour, part of which is with Patti Smith (Yes it's the godfather of grunge together with the... more info

ContactMusic — Stings actress daughter Mickey Sumner has landed the coveted role of punk icon Patti Smith in star-studded new movie Cbgb Sumner was added to the cast on Monday 04Jun12 alongside Foo Fighters rocker Taylor Hawkins who will make his acting debut as Ig... more info