Patti Smith review – so charismatic she can goof up all she likes

Brighton DomeThe punk rock poet’s snarl was nowhere to be seen and she even got away with telling fans this was a London warmupIt feels a little strange to hear Patti Smith, poet laureate of punk rock, expounding on her love of the Sunday evening Inspector Morse spinoff Endeavour between songs, but here we are. Confined to her hotel room on Friday night by a heavy Brighton sea mist, she says – “I couldn’t see shit” – her evening was enlivened by watching a...

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