Patti Smith

London Royal Festival HallPatti Smith regards the audience in the Royal Festival Hall with an affectionate, rather maternal smile and sighs. "In the true spirit of Ornette Coleman high-pressure Meltdown," she announces, "I'll be joined by many people onstage tonight who I've never met." Indeed, you could argue that Smith pretty much embodies the true spirit of the South Bank's Meltdown festival herself. It likes to encourage august artists to do something different and unpredictable, and august ...

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