Brooklyn Vegan — Gogol Bordello - Dec 2009 (more by Paul Birman) Once again, we're approaching the new year, and as always, there are tons of ways to celebrate in NYC with a number of different New Year's Eve shows. Gogol Bordello are... more info

The Newsroom — Rock singer and poet Patti Smith makes a surprise appearance at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to pay tribute to French novelist, playwright and poet Jean Genet. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Join artists, musicians, and local community members for an all-day performance event in support of Occupy Wall Street's re-occupation of space in downtown Manhattan." Lou Reed & Patti Smith scheduled to play on Saturday, December 17th - the THREE M... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — What's going on Friday? today in NYC * Occupy Broadway * Patti Smith @ the Met * Tim Berne @ The Stone * Revival Times @ Zebulon * The Crooked Trio @ Barbes * The Roulette Sisters @ Barbes *... more info

Guardian Music — Discover Ireland's best kept musical secret. Plus, our albums of the year, Grammy nominations, and a Laura Marling interviewOn guardian.co.uk/music this weekThe best albums of 2011: 50-11Next week we'll be counting down our top 10 albums of the year.... more info

Guardian Music — A cover of a 60s staple helped set in motion a musical revolution in mid-70s New York"Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine …" The first line of Gloria, the first song on what was Patti Smith's first album.Smith was a virtual unknown in the ... more info

Gigwise — Full tracklist revealed... more info

Guardian Music — Half of the world's most famous musical pairing of albino brothers produces a storming piece of funkThere was a time when, if you spent most of your life inside a Smiths T-shirt, liking funk and soul stood alongside wearing stonewashed jeans as socia... more info

Guardian Music — King's College, LondonBy the time the Ting Tings' new album appears in February, it will be nearly four years since their chart-topping debut, We Started Nothing, a gap that has given us all ample time to forget all about them. During those years, th... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonOrnette Coleman's visits to these shores have always been remarkable events, featuring collaborations with bagpipers, rappers, opera singers, orchestras and – at 2009's Meltdown festival – Patti Smith, Flea and the Root... more info