JamBase — Watch Patti Smith guest with U2 and Beck honor Walter Becker on Sunday night in Detroit. more info

Stereogum — Pathway To Paris, a climate change initiative aligned with the Paris Agreement, just announced a concert to fight climate change and Patti Smith, Cat Power, and Michael Stipe will headline. The event takes place 11/5 at New York's Carnegie Hall and B... more info

PopSugar UK — Sam Shepard passed away at the age of 73 on July 27 after complications from ALS, and on Tuesday, musician Patti Smith penned a beautiful tribute to her late friend in The New Yorker. Patti looked back on her decades-long friendship with the legenda... more info

PopSugar — Sam Shepard passed away at the age of 73 on July 27 after complications from ALS, and on Tuesday, musician Patti Smith penned a beautiful tribute to her late friend in The New Yorker. Patti looked back on her decades-long friendship with the legenda... more info

MSN Music — Patti Smith has penned a stirring and poetic tribute to Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor who died from complications of ALS last week at age 73.   more info

Stereogum — Patti Smith published a short essay in The New Yorker paying tribute to her longtime friend and collaborator, the late playwright and actor Sam Shepard, who passed away Monday. The essay, titled "My Buddy," poetically details Smith and Shepard's deca... more info

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Stereogum — U2 are in the middle of their 30th anniversary Joshua Tree tour, and last night they performed at the Stade De France in Paris. Patti Smith was on hand at the show to join the band to sing "Mothers Of The Disappeared." Watch below. … more info

Uncut — Starring REM, Prince, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Townes Van Zandt, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sinead O’Connor, Morrissey, U2, Pixies and The Wedding Present! Starring REM, Prince, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Townes Van Zan... more info

The Quietus — Patti Smith, PJ Harvey and more lend support to campaign backing Wikileaks founder more info